Arvid Layman Kragtorp

Brief Life History of Arvid Layman

When Arvid Layman Kragtorp was born on 4 December 1913, in Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States, his father, Carl Ulriksen Kragtorp, was 41 and his mother, Remina Augusta Rialson, was 38. He married Laurell Winifred Rialson on 28 June 1940, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Mount Rainier, Prince George's, Maryland, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died in January 1985, at the age of 71, and was buried in Rialson Cemetery, Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States.

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Arvid Layman Kragtorp
1913–1985
Laurell Winifred Rialson
1915–2009
Marriage: 28 June 1940
Virginia Laurell Kragtorp
1942–2001

Sources (8)

  • Arvid L Kragtorp, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Arvia Layman Krogthrop, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
  • Arvid Layman Kragtorp, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

From an Old Norse personal name from arn ‘eagle’ + viðr ‘wood, tree’.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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