Ursila Carlson

Brief Life History of Ursila

When Ursila Carlson was born on 4 October 1873, in Östbacken, Jämtland, Sweden, her father, Olof Carlson, was 29 and her mother, Sara Svensdotter, was 24. She married Horace Wimmer Fielding in December 1901, in Davis, Utah, United States. She immigrated to Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1882 and lived in Alsen, Jämtland, Sweden for about 10 years. She died on 19 January 1937, in Cut Bank, Glacier, Montana, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Horace Wimmer Fielding
1877–1952
Ursila Carlson
1873–1937
Marriage: December 1901

Sources (7)

  • Nellie Carlson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Nellie Carlson, "Utah, Davis County Records, 1869-1953"
  • Nellie Carlson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed

Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lennart, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Iver, Berger, Erland, Lars, Anders, Evald.

Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Carlsson or Karlsson . This is also an Americanized form of the Norwegian and Danish cognates Carlsen and Karlsen . Compare Charlson .

German: variant of Karlson and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in Britain, possibly to be associated first with immigration of German miners into Cumberland in the 16th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Aunt Nell by Lee

• My Aunt Nell. My Father’s sister, Nellie Carlson, married Horace Fielding. During World War I, Horace went to war—never to return. It is not thought that he was killed there. He just failed to c …

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