Ivan Emfrid Stohl was born on 11 August 1890, in Linköping, Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden. He married Selma Tissell on 19 February 1914, in Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1952 and lived in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 24 September 1973, in St. Lucie, Florida, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Fort Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Johan, Lasse, Nils.
North German: metonymic occupational name for a chair maker, from Middle Low German stōl ‘chair’.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Stol ‘chair’, probably from the name of a hill.
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