When Dedric Norman Iversen was born on 22 October 1858, in Norway, his father, Ivar Isachsson, was 34 and his mother, Charlotte Augusta Andreasdatter Berg, was 27. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866. He died on 7 June 1929, at the age of 70.
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School Act of 1860 which required permanent schools in both towns and rural areas.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Iver, Bernt, Erik, Niels, Svein, Alf, Anders, Bent, Bjorg, Einer, Gudmund, Jorgen.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Iver, from Old Norse Ívarr, a compound of either ív ‘yew tree, bow’ or Ing (the name of a god) + ar ‘warrior’ or ‘spear’.
North German: patronymic from an ancient Germanic personal name, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Iverson 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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