Brief Life History of Norman
When Norman Knight Amundsen was born on 25 January 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Andrew Amundsen, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Anna Glover, was 28. He married Sarah Charlotte Graham on 29 June 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 27 October 1966, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Norman K Amundsen, "United States 1950 Census"
- Norman K. Amundsen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Norman Knight Amundsen, "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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: status or occupational name from Middle English knight ‘retainer, attendant’ (Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, lad)’. The specialized feudal sense ‘a high-ranking tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier’ is not known to have ever given rise to the surname, although it is not out of the question that it may occasionally have been used as a nickname, perhaps for someone who played the part of an armed knight in a local pageant.
Irish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the knight’. See also McKnight .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life Story of NORMAN KNIGHT AMUNDSEN by Eugene Knight Amundsen
Life Story of NORMAN KNIGHT AMUNDSEN by Eugene Knight Amundsen Norman Knight Amundsen, known as N.K. by his wife, was born in 1890 in Salt L …
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