Borghild Inga Johannessen

Brief Life History of Borghild Inga

When Borghild Inga Johannessen was born on 3 May 1884, in Aker, Akershus, Norway, her father, Julius Johannessen, was 25 and her mother, Hanna Orensia Berntsdatter, was 22. She had at least 2 sons with Sverre Tollander. She lived in Clyde Township, St. Clair, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died in 1961, in United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Sverre Tollander
1879–1938
Borghild Inga Johannessen
1884–1961
Bernt Stanley Tollander
1924–2008
Roy Norman Tollander
1927–2010

Sources (3)

  • Borghild Johanness., "Norway Census, 1900"
  • Borghild Jesrud* in entry for Roy N Tollander, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Inga Tallander in household of Sverre Tallander, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain

The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit "water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream." H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, "TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII".

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Thor, Bjorn, Sven, Aase, Alf, Anders, Erlend, Gorm, Johan, Knut, Lars.

Norwegian and Danish: variant of Johannesen .

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

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