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Alex Abjornson (1924-2008) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Seargantsville, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 21,
1924.
Conservative. Candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1966.
Danish ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died June 15,
2008 (age 83 years, 330
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Rosemont, N.J.
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Carl Frederick Boysen (c.1829-1896) —
also known as Charles F. Boysen —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Denmark,
about 1829.
Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Pensacola,
Fla., 1867-96.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., August
20, 1896 (age about 67
years).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
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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Didrik C. Eitzen (1847-1904) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Norway,
January
2, 1847.
Vice-Consul
for Germany in Pensacola,
Fla., 1892-97; Vice-Consul
for Russia in Pensacola,
Fla., 1899-1901.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
27, 1904 (age 57 years, 269
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Christian H. Magnusson (1905-1990) —
also known as Chris H. Magnusson —
of Redford Township, Wayne
County, Mich.; Roseville, Macomb
County, Mich.; Bradenton, Manatee
County, Fla.
Born in Ideal, Manitoba,
October
25, 1905.
Democrat. Carpenter;
business
representative, Carpenters Union local; member of Michigan
state board of education; elected 1957.
Protestant.
Icelandic ancestry. Member, Carpenters
Union; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Manatee
County, Fla., December
12, 1990 (age 85 years, 48
days).
Interment at Skyway Memorial Gardens, Palmetto, Fla.
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Robert W. Mattson (1924-1982) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in a hospital
at Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
26, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1964-67.
Lutheran.
Finnish ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
Died, of kidney
failure, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
14, 1982 (age 57 years, 200
days).
Interment somewhere
in Naples, Fla.
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Charles McKenzie Oerting (1843-1933) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Denmark,
September
16, 1843.
Ship
chandler; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Pensacola,
Fla., 1895-1907.
Presbyterian.
Danish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., December
16, 1933 (age 90 years, 91
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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William McKenzie Oerting (1820-1897) —
also known as William M. Oerting —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Ebeltoft, Denmark,
December
8, 1820.
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Pensacola,
Fla., 1873-97; mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1879-81.
Danish ancestry.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., January
21, 1897 (age 76 years, 44
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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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; St. 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.
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Janet Reno (1938-2016) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 21,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Dade County State's Attorney, 1978-93; U.S.
Attorney General, 1993-2001; the first
female U.S. attorney general; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2002.
Female.
Danish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Inducted, Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1993; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2000.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., November
7, 2016 (age 78 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Reed Owen Smoot (1862-1941) —
also known as Reed Smoot —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
10, 1862.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1903-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1908,
1912,
1916
(speaker),
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924,
1928
(chair, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1912-20.
Mormon.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
9, 1941 (age 79 years, 30
days).
Interment at Provo
City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
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Norberg Thompson (1884-1951) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., 1884.
Mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1915-17.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died January
29, 1951 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Alexander Zelius (1859-1926) —
also known as Alex E. Zelius —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Norway,
May
20, 1859.
Ship
chandler; wholesale
grocer; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Pensacola,
Fla., 1896-1902.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in a hospital
at Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., August
21, 1926 (age 67 years, 93
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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