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