When Christina Erickson was born on 26 March 1846, in Föllinge, Jämtland, Sweden, her father, Erik Hansson, was 36 and her mother, Maria Jönsdotter, was 29. She married Gabriel Gabrielsson on 28 May 1871, in Föllinge, Jämtland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Rock Creek Township, Pine, Minnesota, United States in 1900. She died on 30 May 1939, in Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1853: Pierce, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Pierce, Washington, United States
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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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