Frank Joseph Hoversten

Brief Life History of Frank Joseph

When Frank Joseph Hoversten was born on 24 October 1930, in Marshall, Minnesota, United States, his father, Joseph Hoversten, was 23 and his mother, Mary Gertrude Carroll, was 28. He married Elizabeth A Burlingham in February 1951, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Newark Township, Webster, Iowa, United States in 1940 and Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States in 2011. He died on 19 February 2011, in Platte, Charles Mix, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sturgis, Meade, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Joseph Hoversten
1930–2011
Elizabeth A Burlingham
1930–2011
Marriage: February 1951
Jody Haversten
1955–
Joseph Bernard Hoversten
1958–2001

Sources (7)

  • Francis Hoversten in household of Joseph Hoversten, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Francis Joseph Hoversten, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Francis J Hoversten in entry for Louis R Hoversten, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Knut.

Americanized form of Norwegian Håvarstein, a habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Håvastein, from Old Norse as Hávisteinn, from hár ‘high’ + steinn ‘stone’, indicating a tall stone, such as a standing stone.

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

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