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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- 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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1910 · The BSA is Made
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.
1910 · The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot, the Rio Grande Depot, is a former train station on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City. The depot was constructed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad to surpass the nearby Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot and was the main jewel of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The depot included a barber shop, a telegraph office a gift shop, a restaurant, a men's smoking room and a women's lounge. The depot opened Salt Lake City to a new influx of immigrants, and was also a central point in shipping soldiers off to war in both World War I and World War II. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. After the State of Utah purchased the depot in 1977, the building was converted to house the Utah State Historical Society and its research center, the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts, as well as the Rio Gallery.
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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