Selmer Alme
1891–
Rutland, Dane, Wisconsin Territory, United States
The Life of Selmer
When Selmer Alme was born in May 1891, in Rutland, Dane, Wisconsin Territory, United States, his father, Herman O Alme, was 42 and his mother, Bertha Andersdotter, was 25.
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Family Time Line
Herman O Alme
1848–1896
Bertha Andersdotter
1865–1952
Orin Alexander Alme
1884–1963
Olive Alme
1886–
Selmer Alme
1891–
Carl Alme
1893–
Parents & Siblings
- Herman O Alme
1848–1896Male
1865–1952Female
siblings
(4)
1884–1963Male
1886–Female
1891–Male
1893–Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 7
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 32
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from any of the seven farms, most in western Norway, so named, from an inflected form of Old Norse almr ‘elm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Selmer Alme, "United States Census, 1930"
Selmer Alme, "United States Census, 1940"
Selmer Alme in household of Robert Ottoson, "United States Census, 1900"
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