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John Oscar Ceder (1874-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Finland,
August
16, 1874.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1919-20.
Finnish ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
11, 1948 (age 74 years, 117
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Mabel Mercer (1882-1964). |
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
Son of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947).
Republican. Vegetable
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1943.
Congregationalist.
Danish and German
ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947);
married to Mathilde Lassen (1892-1918); married, November
4, 1922, to Gladys Oliver Lawson (1901-1995). |
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Franklin S. Forsberg (1905-2002) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
21, 1905.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; publishing
executive; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1981-85.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 29,
2002 (age 96 years, 159
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ann Rountree. |
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Lile Gibbons —
also known as Lile Rasmuson —
Daughter of Elmer
Edwin Rasmuson and Lile (Bernard) Rasmuson.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; elected 2000.
Female.
Swedish ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Relatives:
Married to John A. Gibbons, Jr. |
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John A. Pilgard (c.1866-1935) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Denmark,
about 1866.
Democrat. Grocer; banker;
elected mayor
of Hartford, Conn. 1935, but died before taking office.
Danish ancestry.
Died, following gall
bladder surgery, in St. Francis Hospital,
Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
14, 1935 (age about 69
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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