Brief Life History of Roy Ezra
When Roy Ezra Carlson was born on 14 November 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Alfred George Carlson, was 30 and his mother, Ida Maria Hvenfelt, was 29. He married Pearl Gertrude Swanson on 21 February 1946, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 26 November 1989, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Roy E Carlson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Roy Ezra Carlson, "Alabama, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
- Roy Ezra Carlson, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1916 · No-Ni-Shee Arch
The No-Ni-Shee Arch was a temporary archway near the intersection of Main Street and South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The archway was built in 1916 for the Wizard of the Wasatch festival. The name No-Ni-Shee was derived from a mythical American Indian Salt Princess. Her tears caused the Great Salt Lake to be salty. The arch was dedicated to her and sprayed with salt water so that salt eventually crystallized on Main Street. The Wizard’s carnivals enlivened Utah’s summers for several years. The last Wizard of the Wasatch carnival was held in 1916, on the eve of World War I.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lennart, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Iver, Berger, Erland, Lars, Anders, Evald.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Carlsson or Karlsson . This is also an Americanized form of the Norwegian and Danish cognates Carlsen and Karlsen . Compare Charlson .
German: variant of Karlson and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in Britain, possibly to be associated first with immigration of German miners into Cumberland in the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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