Brief Life History of Ferne Marie
When Ferne Marie Sandvall was born on 11 February 1920, in Alcester, Union, South Dakota, United States, her father, Oscar Edward Sandvall, was 39 and her mother, Amy Theresa Swenson, was 39. She married John Louis Dykstra on 24 February 1940, in Anoka, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 27 December 2012, in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States.
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- Fern M Sandvall in household of Oscar E Sandvall, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ferne M Sandvall, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Fern M Dykstra in household of John L Dykstra, "United States Census, 1940"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1944 · The G.I Bill
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
English:
habitational name from Sandal Magna or Kirk Sandall (Yorkshire), from Old English sand ‘sand’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’ (often referring to land in a riverbend or a hollow).
from the Middle English personal name Sandolf (Old Norse Sandúlfr, from sand ‘sand’ + úlfr ‘wolf’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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