Robert Jay Haldeman

Brief Life History of Robert Jay

When Robert Jay Haldeman was born on 4 October 1920, in Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, Harry Jury Haldeman, was 26 and his mother, Carla Valborg Nielsen Lyngby, was 26. He married Helen Ruth Nielsen on 7 November 1941, in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 1 years. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 15 August 2002, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Poway, San Diego, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Jay Haldeman
1920–2002
Helen Ruth Nielsen
1921–1998
Marriage: 7 November 1941
Richard Jay Haldeman
1942–2019

Sources (17)

  • Robert J Haldeman, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert Jay Haldeman, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Robert J Haldeman, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"

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World Events (8)

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of South German Haldemann: topographic name for someone who lived on a mountainside or slope, from Middle High German halde ‘slope’ + man(n) ‘man’.

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

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