Louis Hilding Melander

Male24 March 1902–24 July 1991

Brief Life History of Louis Hilding

When Louis Hilding Melander was born on 24 March 1902, his father, Olof Melender, was 38 and his mother, Anna Olivia Nordin, was 34. He married Ruby Smith on 29 March 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 24 July 1991, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89.

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Family Time Line

Louis Hilding Melander
1902–1991
Margaret Mary Phelan
1903–1983
Marriage: 15 October 1953

Sources (5)

  • Louis Melander, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Marriage Licenses, Louise[sic] Melander & Ruby Smith, St. Louis Globe-Democrat
  • Louis H Melander, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 October 1953St. Louis, Missouri, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

    Age 1

    A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

    1904

    Age 2

    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    1927

    Age 25

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.

    Swedish: ornamental or habitational name composed of Mel-, an unexplained element of Swedish placenames, + the suffix -ander, derived from Greek anēr (genitive andros) ‘man’. Alternatively, perhaps of the same origin as 2.

    German: humanistic name, from a translation of Schwarzmann ‘black man’ into a Greek compound derived from melas ‘black’ + the suffix -ander, derived from anēr (genitive andros) ‘man’.

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

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