Brief Life History of Myrtle Alice
When Myrtle Alice Nelson was born on 24 October 1907, in Lakota, Nelson, North Dakota, United States, her father, John Mork Nelson, was 30 and her mother, Josephine A Hanson, was 25. She married Thorvald "Thor" Stangeland on 13 July 1933, in Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island, Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in First Judicial District, Alaska, United States in 1930 and Ketchikan Recording District - No. 3, First Judicial District, Alaska, United States in 1940. She died on 16 January 1989, in Blaine, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Greenacres Memorial Park, Ferndale, Whatcom, Washington, United States.
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- Myrtle A Nelson in household of John M Nelson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Myrtle E Stangeland, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Myrtle Stangeland in entry for Thor Stangeland, "Alaska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1910 · Women Gain the Right to Vote in Washington
On November 8, 1910, Washington became the first state to allow women to vote. This event would lead to the long battle by women in all the states to fight for the right to vote. This would happen 10 years later.
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.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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