Brief Life History of Anna Louisa
When Anna Louisa Swanson was born on 25 February 1868, in Ljung, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Carl August Swanson, was 35 and her mother, Carolina Louise Gustafsdotter, was 28. She married Philip John Jacobson about 1890. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Split Rock Township, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States for about 20 years and Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States in 1935. She died on 2 April 1951, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Bear Valley Lutheran Cemetery, Valley Springs, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States.
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- Annie L Jacobson in household of Phillip J Jacobson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Anna Swanson in entry for Ella W Swanson, "Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958"
- Annie L Jacobson in household of Philip J Jacobson, "United States Census, 1920"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Minnehaha, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nils, Nels, Sven, Lars, Thor, Helmer, Iver, Alf, Astrid, Eskil, Hilmer.
Americanized form of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and North German Svensson , and Norwegian and Danish Svensen or Svendsen , cognates of 1.
Scottish (Caithness) and English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Swan, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Sveinn (from sveinn ‘lad’), + -son. In northern England, Middle English Swanson was in fact an occasional variant of Swainson . In some cases the name may also arise from Middle English swan(e), swon(e) ‘swineherd, peasant, male servant’ (Old English swān) + -son, but this is unlikely to be the usual origin. See Swan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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