Brief Life History of Esther Viola
When Esther Viola Christensen was born on 9 January 1908, in Lake, South Dakota, United States, her father, Peter Christensen, was 36 and her mother, Augusta Josephine Capion, was 32. She died on 23 March 1910, in Shelburne Township, Lyon, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 2.
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- * Christensen, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016"
- Esther Viola Christensen, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
- Esther Viola Christensen, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"
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World Events (3)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1910 · The Mann Act
This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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