Harold Vernon HOISVE

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19 November 1910 , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Died

18 November 1971 , Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Johan Bernt Hansen HOISVE Ragna OLSEN

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Born: 19 November 1910 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Father: Johan Bernt Hansen HOISVE

Mother: Ragna OLSEN

Harold Vernon was a soldier in World War II.
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Harold Vernon married Elaine Fay THOMPSON 17 July 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elaine Fay THOMPSON was born 29 June 1919 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben). Elaine Fay died 15 March 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Elaine Fay was the child of Howard Lyman THOMPSON and Lillian WORTHINGTON.

Harold Vernon HOISVE died 18 November 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

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Harold Vernon HOISVE married

Elaine Fay THOMPSON
Marriage date: 17 July 1945
Marriage place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Elaine Fay THOMPSON was the child of Howard Lyman THOMPSON and Lillian WORTHINGTON

Marriage notes:

"Mr and Mrs Howard L Thompson of 375 Springfield street, North Agawam announce the marriage of their daughter, Elaine F Thompson to Sergt Harold Vernon Hoisve, son of Mr and Mrs J. O. Hoisve of Minneapolis, Minn., at Chicago, Ill., the 17th. Mrs Hoisve recently was employed at the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance company and was vice-president of the local USO for two years. Sergt Hoisve is stationed at Wendover field, Utah, with the army air corps."

Date: July 22, 1945

Location: Massachusetts

Paper: Springfield Republican

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Birth — 1910
19 November 1910
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Hennepin County, Minnesota
name: Harold Hoisve
residence: , Hennepin, Minnesota
estimated birth year: 1911
age: 9
birthplace: Minnesota
relationship to head of household: Son
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820837
digital folder number: 4312185
image number: 00854
sheet number: 12
Household Gender Age
parent John B Hoisve M 46y
parent Ragna Hoisve F 43y
Sigrid J Hoisve F 19y
Hilda C Hoisve F 17y
Berger Hoisve M 15y
Harold Hoisve M 9y
Ludwig J Hoisve M 7y
Einar Hoisve M 4y9m
Mondus Munson M 18y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
name: Harold V Hoisve
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Minneapolis (Districts 1-250), Hennepin, Minnesota
gender: Male
age: 19
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Minnesota
estimated birth year: 1911
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Norway
mother's birthplace: Norway
enumeration district number: 194
family number: 109
sheet number and letter: 5A
line number: 2
nara publication: T626, roll 1096
film number: 2340831
digital folder number: 4610050
image number: 00902
Household Gender Age
parent John B Hoisve M 57
parent Ragna Hoisve F 54
Birger N Hoisve M 25
Harold V Hoisve M 19
Ludwig J Hoisve M 17
Einer G Hoisve M 15

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 Marriage / Partner
Harold Vernon HOISVE and Elaine Fay THOMPSON 17 July 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA

He was 34 years old.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

1971 Death

First Name: Harold
Middle Name: V
Last Name: Hoisve
Birth Date: Nov 19, 1910
Death Date: Nov 18, 1971
Age: 60
Record Type: Death Record
Service Details: US ARMY AIR FORCES, SSGT, WORLD WAR II
Cemetery: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Minneapolis, MN
Interment Date: 11/ 24/ 1971
Buried At: N, 0, 2881
Collection: Veterans Burial Records

Source Information
Source: National Cemetery Administration, Veterans Affairs
Years: ca. 1775 to 2008
Description: This collection of veteran's burial records was provided by the National Cemetery Administration Department of Veterans Affairs. This database contains information on veterans buried in VA National Cemeteries, and other veteran's and private cemeteries.
Address: 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420

Death
Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Harold Hoisve
Date of Birth: Saturday November 19, 1910
Date of Death: November 1971
Est. Age at death: 60 years, 11 months
Last known residence:
State: Unknown
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Minnesota
Number: 469-01-1087

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