Brief Life History of Berte
Berte Erickson was born about 1837, in Norway. She married Dyre Amundsen on 12 September 1863, in Echo, Summit, Utah, United States. She died on 7 October 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 27.
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1837–1906 Male
1837–1863 Female
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1843 · Edvard Grieg
Age 6
1846
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1863
Age 26
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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