Arnold Ranum

Brief Life History of Arnold

When Arnold Ranum was born about 1911, in Minnesota, United States, his father, Arnie Ranum, was 33 and his mother, Emma Noble Pauline Mathieson, was 26. He lived in Lansing Township, Mower, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, United States in 1930.

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Family Time Line

Arnie Ranum
1879–1961
Emma Noble Pauline Mathieson
1886–1976
Pearl Christina Ranum
1906–1991
Theodore Ranum
1908–
Arnold Ranum
1911–
Manda Ranum
1917–
Cora Ranum
1914–2005
Kenneth Adolph Ranum
1919–1989
Evelyn Rose Ranum
1922–1934
Donald Richard Ranum
1929–1986

Sources (2)

  • Arnold E Rannum in household of Arne F Rannum, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Arnold Ranum in household of Arnie Ranum, "United States Census, 1920"

World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1914 · The Man With The First Air Conditioned Home

Charles Gates was the first person in the United States to install air conditioning in his home. Funny thing was, Gates died a year before it was installed.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Iver, Juel, Nils.

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads named in Old Norse as either Ranheimr or Randheimr, the second element in each case being heimr ‘home, farmstead’, the first elements being respectively rani ‘muzzle, nose’ (with reference to a natural formation, such as a mountain or rocky outcrop so shaped), and rand ‘edge, brink’.

Danish: habitational name from a placename with the same derivation as Randheimr (see 1 above).

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

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