Melvin Theodore Hallen

Brief Life History of Melvin Theodore

When Melvin Theodore Hallen was born on 4 May 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Andrew Theodore Hallen, was 34 and his mother, Maria Ulrika Swalberg, was 37. He married Rosena Paulina Winkel on 18 October 1935, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 2, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 5 November 1995, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Melvin Theodore Hallen
1909–1995
Rosena Paulina Winkel
1912–2003
Marriage: 18 October 1935

Sources (26)

  • Melvin T Hallen, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Melvin Theodore Hallen, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Melvin Theodore Hallen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1912

Stockholm, Sweden hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Thor.

Swedish (mainly Hallén): ornamental, topographic, or a habitational name from the (placename) element hall ‘hall’ or ‘rock’ (see Hall ) + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’.

Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name, e.g. in Telemark, the definite singular form of hall, from Old Norse hallr ‘slope, incline’.

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

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