Joseph Alton Gundersen

Brief Life History of Joseph Alton

When Joseph Alton Gundersen was born on 8 April 1911, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Olaf Gundersen, was 34 and his mother, Harriet Wollerton Brinton, was 33. He married Lenore Cutler on 1 November 1934, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Election Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 2 March 1983, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Alton Gundersen
1911–1983
Lenore Cutler
1911–1997
Marriage: 1 November 1934
Thomas Cutler Gundersen
1943–1994

Sources (41)

  • Joseph A Gunderson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Joseph Alton Gundersen, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Joseph Alton Gundersen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

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1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Alf, Knut, Anders, Astrid, Bjorn, Fredrik, Gudrun, Helmer, Hilmar, Hilmer, Johan.

Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Gunder, from Old Norse Gunnarr, a compound of gunn ‘battle’ + arr ‘warrior’. Compare Gunderson and Gunnerson .

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

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Pa's Mission Farewell 1919

“On May 28, 1919, my father left on a mission to the Southern States. After coming home from the railroad station, I went upstairs and cried and cried and I suppose mother was in her bedroom doing the …

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