Brief Life History of Elsa Alice
When Elsa Alice Peterson was born on 21 October 1866, in Långaröd, Färs, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Sven Persson, was 28 and her mother, Anna Andersson, was 25. She married August Larsson Ring on 8 September 1887. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Montrose, Sioux, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Antelope, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 May 1944, in Crawford, Dawes, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Crawford, Dawes, Nebraska, United States.
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- Alice C Ring in household of August L Ring, "United States Census, 1930"
- Elsa Alice Peterson Ring, "Find A Grave Index"
- Else in household of Sven Pehrsson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Antelope, Nebraska, United States
1887
Historical Boundaries: 1887: Sioux, Nebraska, United States
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, e.g. Norwegian and Danish Pedersen and Pettersen and their Swedish cognates (see 2 below), Polish Piotrowicz , Slovenian Petrič, Petrovčič, and Petrovič (see Petric , Petrovic ).
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Petersson, a cognate of 1 above, and also of its variant Pettersson . Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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