Brief Life History of Melvin Bolli
When Melvin Bolli Ogden was born on 23 February 1902, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, his father, George Albert Ogden, was 24 and his mother, Melle or Jean Warner, was 21. He lived in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 16 August 1954, at the age of 52.
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- Melvin Ogden in household of Melle Ogden, "United States Census, 1920"
- Melvin Bollie Ogden, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Melvin Ogden, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from two hamlets named Ogden in Rochdale and Oldham parishes (Lancashire). The placename derives from Old English āc + denu ‘oak valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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