Brief Life History of Johanna Mariah
When Johanna Mariah Renstrom was born on 10 December 1836, in Kalmar, Sweden, her father, Peter Rehnstrom, was 34 and her mother, Elisabeth Margareta Johansen Skon, was 31. She married Sven Gustaf Nilsson on 11 October 1863, in Sanda, Gotland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1885 and lived in Visby, Gotland, Sweden in 1872. She died on 26 January 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Johanna M. Nielson in household of Charles O. Olson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Arkiv Digital Swedish Church Records - Birth
- Johanna Mariah Nilson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Per.
Swedish (Renström): ornamental name composed of the elements ren ‘reindeer’ (or Ren-, from placenames such as Renum in southern Finland or Renträsk in Sweden) + ström ‘river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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