Brief Life History of Carl Johan
When Carl Johan Swendsen was born on 25 October 1915, in Humboldt, California, United States, his father, Carl Johan Swendsen, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ellen Sharp, was 26. He had at least 1 daughter with Ruth Leona Cooper. He lived in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States for about 15 years and Nevada Judicial Township, Nevada, California, United States in 1940. He died on 1 May 1966, in Nevada, California, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Nevada City, Nevada, California, United States.
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- Carl Swendsen, "United States Census, 1950"
- Carl J Swendsen, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
- Carl Johan Swendsen, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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Americanized form of Danish and Norwegian Svendsen . Compare Swensen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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