When Lovisa Maria Svanberg was born on 2 July 1852, in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, her father, Oscar Victor Leonard Svanberg, was 29 and her mother, Maria Rosenlund, was 25. She married Edward F Carruthers in 1871. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died in December 1946, at the age of 94.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Sigvard, Sven.
Swedish: variant, also Americanized, of Svanberg, ornamental name composed of the elements svan ‘swan’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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