Birger Arntsen Kvenild

• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29JV-BF6
• Birger Kvenild (16.10.1879 i Trondhjem- ) var sønn av snekker i Trondhjem Arnt Arntsen Kvenild og Amanda Petronelle Edelsten. Birger var elev ved Trondhjems tekniske læreanstalt. Uteksaminert 1901 ved arkitektlinjen. Arkitekt i Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Drev også egen kontraktørforretning samme sted. Kilde: http://www.strindahistorielag.no/wiki/index.php?title=Birger_Kvenild
• Death: http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/208326103/Birger-Kvenild

Birger J. Kvenild was born in 1879. He grew up in Norway, then immigrated to the US in 1905, during a time when he was travelling for architectural study. He became a naturalized citizen in 1916. Kvenild worked primarily as an architect in Omaha. His wife, Magrit, and their son, John, immigrated to Omaha in 1913, when the son was two years old. Birger built their home and maintained an office there. In 1914, he became a founding member of Omaha Lodge #39 of the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America. Kvenild died July 8, 1953.[7][8][9][10]

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