Brief Life History of Neill Wallum
When Neill Wallum Andersen was born on 15 March 1905, in Hadley, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Unorganized Borough, Alaska, United States, his father, Hans Andersen, was 34 and his mother, Sybilla Margaret Wallum, was 32. He married Dorothy Elizabeth Wakefield on 25 July 1930, in Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island, Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska, United States. He lived in First Judicial District, Alaska, United States in 1930 and Sitka Recording District - No. 5, First Judicial District, Alaska, United States in 1940. He died on 27 November 1992, in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Sitka, Baranof Island, City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Neill Anderson in household of Hans Anderson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Neill W. Andersen, "BillionGraves Index"
- Neill W Andersen in entry for Sybilla M Andersen, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Nels, Per, Anders, Holger, Jorgen, Thor, Bjorn, Helmer, Alf.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . Compare Anderson 1.
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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