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	Gabriel Bie Ravndal (1866-1950) — also known as G. Bie Ravndal — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak.; Orlando, Orange County, Fla. Born in Norway, June 22, 1866. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper publisher; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1893-94; U.S. Consul in Beirut, 1898-1905; Dawson, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1906-10; Constantinople, 1910-17, 1919-24; SAINT Nazaire, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; Zurich, as of 1926-27; Hamburg, as of 1929; Berlin, 1930. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Orlando, Orange County, Fla., March 23, 1950 (age 83 years, 274 days). Interment at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson, Fillmore County, Minn.   Relatives: Married, September 14, 1893, to Dorothea Magelssen (1869-1945; sister of Wilhelm Christian Magelssen); father of Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899-1984).   Political family: Ravndal-Magelssen family of Minnesota.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Wilhelm Christian Magelssen (1873-1919) — also known as William C. Magelssen — of Bratsberg, Fillmore County, Minn. Born in Bratsberg, Fillmore County, Minn., October 19, 1873. U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Beirut, 1899-1905; in Beirut, in August 1903, he was shot at but not injured; press reports incorrectly reported that he was dead; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1905-06; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1906-09; Colombo, 1909-11; Melbourne, 1911-17. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, from heart disease, on board the steamship Sonoma, in the North Pacific Ocean, October 17, 1919 (age 45 years, 363 days). Interment at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson, Fillmore County, Minn.   Relatives: Son of Kristian Magelssen (1839-1921) and Sarah (Stockfleth) Magelssen (1846-1916); brother of Dorothea Magelssen (1869-1945; who married Gabriel Bie Ravndal (1866-1950)).   Political family: Ravndal-Magelssen family of Minnesota.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899-1984) — also known as Christian M. Ravndal — of Iowa. Born in Beirut, Syria (now Lebanon) of American parents, January 6, 1899. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vienna, as of 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Frankfort, 1924-26; Cologne, 1928-29; Toronto, 1929-30; Vancouver, 1935-37; Buenos Aires, as of 1938; Stockholm, 1943-47; U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay, 1949-51; Ecuador, 1956-60; Czechoslovakia, 1960-61; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1951-56. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Vienna, Austria, November 6, 1984 (age 85 years, 305 days). Interment at Friedhof Hietzing, Vienna, Austria.   Relatives: Son of Gabriel Bie Ravndal (1866-1950) and Dorothea Marie (Magelssen) Ravndal (1869-1945).   Political family: Ravndal-Magelssen family of Minnesota.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial