Brief Life History of Hilda O.
When Hilda O. Carlson was born on 19 November 1881, in Maple Ridge Township, Isanti, Minnesota, United States, her father, Alfred Carlson, was 35 and her mother, Anna Olsdotter, was 30. She married Herman Teodor Hokanson about 1899, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Dalbo Township, Isanti, Minnesota, United States in 1900. She died on 6 October 1978, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 96.
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- Hellda O Carlson in household of Alfred Carlson, "Minnesota State Census, 1895"
- Hilda O. Hokanson, "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002"
- Hilda Carlson in entry for Albin Harold Hokanson and Lorraine Carolyn Swenson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lennart, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Iver, Berger, Erland, Lars, Anders, Evald.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Carlsson or Karlsson . This is also an Americanized form of the Norwegian and Danish cognates Carlsen and Karlsen . Compare Charlson .
German: variant of Karlson and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in Britain, possibly to be associated first with immigration of German miners into Cumberland in the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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