Knute O. Norby

Male1868–15 January 1900

Brief Life History of Knute O.

Knute O. Norby was born in 1868, in Norway as the son of Od Norby and Aasne Stormyr. He died on 15 January 1900, in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States.

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Od Norby
Aasne Stormyr
Knute O. Norby
1868–1900
Sigrid Norby
–1906
Margret Norby
John Odsen Norby
1870–1955

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  • Knute O. Norby, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"

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World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Age 0

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1869 · Gustav Vigeland

Age 1

Birth year of Gustav Vigeland. Well-known Norwegian sculptor. His statues can be seen in Frogner Park in Oslo which sculpture area occupies 80 acres.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 13

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bendt, Borge, Erik, Kresten, Niels.

English: from Norby in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. The placename derives from Old English or Old Norse north ‘northern, north’ + Old Norse ‘village, settlement’.

Danish and Norwegian: variant of Nordby .

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

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