Elmo Madsen Meldgaard

Brief Life History of Elmo Madsen

When Elmo Madsen Meldgaard was born on 1 February 1921, in Sabin, Clay, Minnesota, United States, his father, Peter Meldgard, was 35 and his mother, Christina F B Jensen, was 26. He lived in Deerhorn Township, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States in 1930. He died in April 1982, at the age of 61.

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Family Time Line

Peter Meldgard
1887–
Christina F B Jensen
1894–
Iva Dorothy Meldgaard
1919–1996
Elmo Madsen Meldgaard
1921–1982
Selma Elizabeth Meldgaard
1923–2001
Zana Marie Meldgaard
1933–1998

Sources (5)

  • Elmo Meldgaard in household of Pete Meldgaard, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Elmo Meldgaard, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • 1930 United States Federal Census

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Erik, Juel, Nels.

Norwegian (also Melgård): from any of several farmsteads in eastern Norway named Melgård, from Old Norse Methalgarthr, a compound of methal ‘mid(dle)’ + garthr ‘farmstead, dwelling, enclosure’.

Danish: habitational name from a farmstead named with the same elements as 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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