August Torgesen Dahl

Brief Life History of August Torgesen

August Torgesen Dahl was born on 11 February 1852, in Norway. He married Ida Gena Jorgine Johnson on 12 November 1880, in Dunn, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Rice Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States in 1900 and Menomonie, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States for about 15 years. He died on 28 March 1929, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

August Torgesen Dahl
1852–1929
Ida Gena Jorgine Johnson
1865–1906
Marriage: 12 November 1880
George Theodore Dahl
1881–1955
Edith Dahl
1899–

Sources (6)

  • August Dahl, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
  • August T Dahl, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
  • August T Dahl, "United States Census, 1910"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Selmer, Alf, Nils, Jorgen, Per, Sven, Astrid, Helmer, Holger, Iver, Johan.

Norwegian and Danish: habitational name from a common farm name derived from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’.

Swedish: topographic or ornamental name from an ornamental spelling of dal ‘valley’, or a habitational name from a placename containing this word, e.g. Dalby.

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

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