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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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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".
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Thor, Bjorn, Sven, Aase, Alf, Anders, Erlend, Gorm, Johan, Knut, Lars.
Norwegian and Danish: variant of Johannesen .
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