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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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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World Events (8)
1855 · Erik Werenskiold
Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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