Brief Life History of Clara M
When Clara M Odden Torgerson was born on 18 January 1892, in Starbuck, Pope, Minnesota, United States, her father, Nils Knudsen Odden, was 29 and her mother, Maline Gudmundsen, was 31. She had at least 6 sons and 1 daughter with Selmer A Torgerson. She lived in United States in 1949 and Lindahl Township, Williams, North Dakota, United States in 1950. She died on 24 August 1981, in Tioga, Williams, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Tioga, Williams, North Dakota, United States.
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- Clara Torgerson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Clara Odden - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Clara Odden
- Clara Torgerson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1893 · The Minnesota State Flag
The Flag of Minnesota was adopted on August 2 and consists of scenes from the seal of Minnesota. The flag has been modified over the years to be easier to manufacture.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Lars.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, so named from the definite singular form of odde, from Old Norse oddi ‘headland’.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Oden 3 and 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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