Karl Oskar Gustafsson

Brief Life History of Karl Oskar

When Karl Oskar Gustafsson was born on 20 January 1896, in Flo, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Axel Edvin Gustafsson, was 20 and his mother, Ida Maria Karlsdatter Eriksson, was 18. He married Elin Linnea Josephina Johansson on 26 February 1922, in Frändefors, Älvsborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Vassända, Älvsborg, Sweden in 1900 and Älvsborg, Sweden in 1901. He died in 1961, in Tunhem, Älvsborg, Sweden, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Karl Oskar Gustafsson
1896–1961
Elin Linnea Josephina Johansson
1896–1977
Marriage: 26 February 1922
Greta Maria Gustafsson
1922–2002

Sources (7)

  • Karl Oskar Gustfsson Elin Josefina Linnea Johansson - marriage 1922
  • Karl Oskar in household of Axel Edvin Gustafsson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
  • Karl Oskar Gustafsson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"

World Events (7)

1897

World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.

1901

First Nobel Prize awarded.

1914

World War I began, Sweden neutral.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Per, Erik, Mats, Anders, Bjorn, Lennart, Niklas, Nils, Ragner, Sig. German Hans, Ulrika.

Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Gustaf, a variant of Gustav (see Gustavsson ). Compare Gustafson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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