Wayne J Stromberg

Male20 July 1923–12 January 2003

Brief Life History of Wayne J

When Wayne J Stromberg was born on 20 July 1923, in Nebraska, United States, his father, Ossian Elving Stromberg, was 26 and his mother, Florence Alina Rodine, was 23. He lived in Polk, Polk, Nebraska, United States in 1935 and Clarksville Township, Merrick, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He died on 12 January 2003, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Ossian Elving Stromberg
1897–1979
Florence Alina Rodine
1900–1973
Hollis Dever Stromberg
1919–2009
Darlene Soll
Mervin Russel Stromberg
1921–1977
Wayne J Stromberg
1923–2003
Jeanette Stromburg
1925–2010
Joyce D Stromberg
1932–2006

Sources (10)

  • Wayne Stromberg, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Wayne Stromberg in entry for Jeanette E Colson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Wayne Stromburg in household of Osher Stromburg, "United States Census, 1930"

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Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1927

Age 4

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag

Age 4

The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 21

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lennart, Arndt, Gunn, Knute, Lisen, Maija, Mats, Nels, Olle, Thor.

German: habitational name from any of various places sonamed, in Westphalia, Rhineland, and Hesse.

Swedish(Strömberg): ornamental name composed of the elementsström ‘river’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’.

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

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