Brief Life History of Orvin Leroy
When Orvin Leroy Knutson was born on 28 August 1910, in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, Charles Malvin "Melvin" Knutson, was 27 and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Nelson, was 21. He had at least 1 son with Pearl Ruby Woodhouse. He lived in Rutland, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 16 October 1969, at the age of 59.
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Sources (4)
- Orrin Knutson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Orvin Le Roy Knutson in entry for Harold Orvin Knutson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Orvin Knutson in household of Melvin Knutson, "United States Census, 1920"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois
Grace Wilbur Trout was elected president of the Chicago Political Equality League and started her presidency by making sure that each senate district was supporting suffrage for women. A few months later, the bill was up for voting in the state. Trout and her team went as far as to get male voters from their homes. The bill passed giving Women the right to vote for President of the Nation and all local offices not in the Illinois Constitution.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Knute, Selmer, Ingard, Jarl, Jorgen, Juel, Nels, Obert, Tryg, Algot, Egil.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Knutsson: patronymic from the personal name Knut (see Knudsen ).
Americanized form of Norwegian Knutsen , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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