Brief Life History of Gustav Adolph
When Gustav Adolph Magnussen was born on 24 February 1868, in Leck, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, his father, Hans Hinrich Magnusen, was 55 and his mother, Ingeborg Cecilia Sonnichsen, was 32. He married Marie Krugger on 22 March 1889, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years and Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 September 1944, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Gustave Magnussen, "United States Census, 1930"
- Gustav Adolph Magnussen, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Gustaf Adolph Magnussen, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
Spouse and Children
1868–1944 Male
1867–1930 Female
Children (1)
1894– Female
Parents and Siblings
1812–1877 Male
1836– Female
Siblings (4)
1863–1953 Female
1865–1926 Male
1868–1944 Male
1871–1949 Male
World Events (8)
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
Age 1
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1889
Age 21
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Alf, Bjorn, Helle, Oivind.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Magnus .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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