Frank Laakso

Male7 November 1931–5 September 1985

Brief Life History of Frank

When Frank Laakso was born on 7 November 1931, in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States, his father, Frans Albert Laakso, was 24 and his mother, Sylvia Florence Koski, was 20. He lived in Calumet Township, Houghton, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Redford, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1985. He died on 5 September 1985, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 53.

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Family Time Line

Frans Albert Laakso
1907–1983
Sylvia Florence Koski
1911–1991
Albert Richard Laakso
1930–1996
Frank Laakso
1931–1985
Kenneth Gordon Laakso
1933–1993
Bruce Laakso
1934–2014
Jack William Laakso
1937–2002
Margaret Lois Laakso
1938–2012

Sources (3)

  • Frank Laakso in household of Albert Laakso, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Frank J Laakso, "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996"
  • Frank Laakso, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1932

Age 1

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1943 · The Detroit Race Riots

Age 12

The 1943 Detroit Race Riot started on the evening of June 20 and lasted through June 22. It occurred in a period of dramatic social tensions associated with the military buildup of World War II, as Detroit's automotive industry was converted to the war effort. What fueled the fire the most was the arrival of nearly 400,000 migrants, both African-American and White Southerners, and the competition for space and jobs. It was suppressed after 6,000 federal troops were ordered into the city to restore peace. A total of 34 people were killed, 25 of them African-Americans and most at the hands of white police or National Guardsmen; 433 were wounded, 75 percent of them African-American.

1946 · Russell Kelly Office Service

Age 15

"Russell Kelly Office Service is an American office staffing company that operates globally. It was founded by William Russell Kelly in 1946, initially providing office services performed at Kelly's offices rather than at the client's. However, customers asked for the work to be performed at their own offices, and the temporary staffing concept was born in the same year. The temporary workers, usually female, became known as ""Kelly girls"" and the company name was changed to Kelly Girl Service, Inc. in 1957."

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Finnish Toini, Eino, Aarre, Arvo, Eero, Jorma, Olavi, Tarja, Tauno, Toivo, Veikko. Scandinavian Erik, Hilma, Nels, Viljo.

Finnish: from laakso ‘valley’, generally an ornamental name adopted during the name conversion movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Often, it was adopted by Finnish bearers of Swedish names containing the Swedish element dal ‘valley’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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