Brief Life History of Eugene Vorkink
When Eugene Vorkink Evertsen was born on 5 June 1919, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Dirk Evertsen, was 34 and his mother, Jacoba Hendrika Geertrui Vorkink, was 30. He married Anne Louise Horsley on 31 August 1942, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 11 April 2005, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ted E Evertsen, "United States 1950 Census"
- Eugene V Evertsen, "Hawaii, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
- Eugene V. Evertsen, "Arizona, Mesa LDS Family History Center, Obituary Index, 1959-2014"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
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
Dutch and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Evert, a cognate of German Ebert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Departing SLC for the Mission Field (details from Orin R. Woodbury missionary journal)
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