Kramer Family Tree » Russell Melvin Haug (1914-1991)
Personal data Russell Melvin Haug
Source 1- He was born on March 4, 1914 in Pennock, Kandiyohi, MN, USA.
- He was christened on April 12, 1914.
- Profession: Purchasing Agent.
- Resident:
- Merced, California, Merced, California.
- in the year 1920: Saint Johns, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States, Saint Johns, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States.
- in the year 1930: Pennock, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States, Pennock, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States.
- on July 29, 1970: California, California.
- on November 4, 1991: Merced, California, Merced, California.
- in the year 1935: Same Place.
- in the year 1940: Judicial Township 2, Merced, California, United States.
- (Record Change) on March 26, 1995.
- He died on November 8, 1991 in Merced, Merced, CA, USA, he was 77 years old.
- Alternative: He died on November 9, 1991 in Merced, California, he was 77 years old.
- He is buried in St. Johns Cemetery, Pennock, MN.
- A child of Gunder C. Haug and Bertina Greenfield
Household of Russell Melvin Haug
Notes about Russell Melvin Haug
Obituary from Funeral Bulletin:
Russell Melvin Haug was born to Gunnarius Christian and Bertha Greenfield Haug in Pennock, Minnesota on March 4, 1914, the fifth of eleven children. He came West at the age of 17 and lived with his aunt, Johanna Edwards, in Southern
California. Later, he came to Merced and was employed by California Packing Corporation (Del Monte) at the Fancher Ranch near Planada. He made his home there and began a career as Purchasing Agent, conducting business for the Corporation. In
1936 he maried Evelyn May Robinson of Merced.Their union bore six children. A son, Fred Gunder Haug, was killed in 1969 in the Vietnam conflict. There are eleven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
Russell joined the Elks Lodge in 1941 and continued as an active member for 50 years. He also was an active mamber of the Sons of Norway.
His marriage to Evelyn ended in divorce in 1970. He has been married to Barbara Larson Rogers for the past 21 years, making his home in Merced.
He completed a 47 year career with Del Monte and has continued to enjoy his interests with fishing, camping, and fellowship with friends and associates at the Elks Lodge. We will all miss him.
Obituary from Funeral Bulletin:
Russell Melvin Haug was born to Gunnarius Christian and Bertha Greenfield Haug in Pennock, Minnesota on March 4, 1914, the fifth of eleven children. He came West at the age of 17 and lived with his aunt, Johanna Edwards, in Southern
California. Later, he came to Merced and was employed by California Packing Corporation (Del Monte) at the Fancher Ranch near Planada. He made his home there and began a career as Purchasing Agent, conducting business for the Corporation. In
1936 he maried Evelyn May Robinson of Merced. Their union bore six children. A son, Fred Gunder Haug, was killed in 1969 in the Vietnam conflict. There are eleven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
Russell joined the Elks Lodge in 1941 and continued as an active member for 50 years. He also was an active mamber of the Sons of Norway.
His marriage to Evelyn ended in divorce in 1970. He has been married to Barbara Larson Rogersfor the past 21 years, making his home in Merced.
He completed a 47 year career with Del Monte and has continued to enjoy his interests with fishing, camping, and fellowship with friends and associates at the Elks Lodge. We will all miss him.
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Historical events
Birthday March 4, 1914
- The temperature on March 4, 1914 was between 5.9 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
- June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
- June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
- July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
- August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
- September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Christening day April 12, 1914
- The temperature on April 12, 1914 was between 4.4 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
- July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
- August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
- November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
- November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
- November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
Day of death November 9, 1991
- The temperature on November 9, 1991 was between 3.0 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
- February 9 » Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
- July 11 » Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
- August 6 » Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
- August 31 » Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- September 5 » The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
- November 18 » Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
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- 1992 » Charles Fraser-Smith, English missionary and author (b. 1904)
- 1992 » T. Sivasithamparam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1926)
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Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I568951.php : accessed January 22, 2026), "Russell Melvin Haug (1914-1991)".