Brief Life History of Holger Christian
When Holger Christian Thomsen was born on 13 November 1894, in Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark, his father, Christen Thomason, was 34 and his mother, Christiane Mettine Jensen, was 28. He lived in Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Wisconsin, United States in 1990. He died on 30 November 1990, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Green Ridge Cemetery, Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Holger Thompson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Holger Thomsen birth from Church Record of Hjørring, Sankt Catharine, Hjørring, Denmark
- Holger Thomsen, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1914
World War I. Denmark remains neutral throughout the war.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Bent, Carsten, Einer, Nels, Sven, Viggo, Aksel, Anders, Astrid, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Thomas . This surname is also found in the Netherlands. Compare Thompson and Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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