Brief Life History of Chris
When Chris Sorenson was born on 17 September 1894, in Alpha, Jackson, Minnesota, United States, his father, Hans Sorenson, was 26 and his mother, Ida Ingelbrigston, was 22. He married Mary or Marie in 1917. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Jackson, Minnesota, United States in 1894. He died before 1998.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Chris Alfred Sorenson, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
Spouse and Children
1894–1998 Male
1898–1922 Female
Children (2)
1918–2002 Female
1922–1991 Male
Parents and Siblings
1868–1898 Male
1872–1898 Female
Siblings (1)
1894–1998 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
1898 · The Kensington Runestone
Age 4
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 29
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Nils, Helmer, Sig, Thor, Iver, Kerstin, Kjeld, Knute, Ove.
Americanized form of Danish and Norwegian Sørensen (see Sorensen ) or of the Swedish cognate Sörensson and its very rare variant Sörenson.
Jewish (northeastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Sore (from the Hebrew female name Sara ‘princess’) + German Sohn ‘son’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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