When Johan Jansson Ahlin was born on 17 July 1827, in Eknäsbo, Simtuna, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Jan Jansson Ahlin, was 22 and his mother, Brita Cajsa Larsdotter, was 22. He married Sara Christina Pehrsdotter on 25 March 1861, in Altuna, Västmanland, Sweden. He lived in Kaby, Simtuna, Uppsala, Sweden in 1827 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 20 February 1908, in Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Swedish: ornamental, topographic, or habitational name from an ornamental spelling of al ‘alder’ (also from placenames containing this word, or from a placename such as Altuna, of uncertain etymology) + the adjectival suffix -in, a derivative of Latin -in(i)us ‘relating to’. In a topographic sense it could have been adopted on account of a prominent alder tree at the home farm.
Slovenian: nickname derived from ahle ‘hackle, teasel’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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