Brief Life History of John
When John Berntson was born on 15 May 1890, in Norway Olso Mission, Norway, his father, Julius Berntsen, was 34 and his mother, Trin Christensen, was 33. He married Alice Erma Wilson on 9 June 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lemhi, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 20 October 1982, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John Berntson, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Berntsen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John Berntson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1915 · Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Bernt, Lars, Lennart, Thor.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Berntsson: patronymic from the personal name Bernt . This is also an Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish cognate Berntsen . Compare Bernson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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