Brief Life History of Carolina
When Carolina Nilsson was born on 21 January 1837, in Ulrika, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Johannes Nilsson, was 34 and her mother, Catherine Margarete Pehrsdotter, was 31. She married Bengt Johan or John Anderson on 7 May 1857, in Swede Point Park, Boone, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Douglas Township, Boone, Iowa, United States for about 20 years and New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1910. She died on 16 September 1876, in Swede Point Park, Boone, Iowa, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Dalander Cemetery, Madrid, Boone, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Caroline Anderson in household of John Anderson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Caroline Nelson, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Carolina Nelson Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Boone, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Boone, Iowa, United States
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nils, Per, Anders, Egil, Lennart, Sven, Birgit, Fredrik, Sten, Algot. German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Gerhard, Gotthard, Karl-Heinz.
Swedish and German: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. Compare Nilson , Neilson 3, and Nielson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Find a Grave Info on Carolina Nilson Anderson - 1st Wife
Birth: Jan. 25, 1837, Sweden Death: Sep. 16, 1896 39 years She was born in Ulrika in Östergötland in Sweden 25 januari 1837 and arrived in Swede Bend in 1851. She was daughter of Johannes Nelson who …
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