When Frances Jean Christiansen was born on 27 May 1923, in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States, her father, ElRay LaVar Christiansen, was 25 and her mother, Lewella Ann Rees, was 23. She married Rosel Eugene Elwood on 3 July 1946, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1935. She died on 4 December 1992, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
The Tower Theatre is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society. The theater presents independent films and is a venue for the Sundance Film Festival. It also presents classic films on occasional weekends and hosts a movie-rental library for those that want to expand their cinematic knowledge.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Nels, Holger, Bent, Carsten, Lars, Per, Sven, Ejner, Johan, Jorgen.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christian . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the Norwegian and Danish variant Kristiansen .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German patronymic Christensen , a cognate of 1 above. Compare Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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