Lovisa Maria Svanberg

Female2 July 1852–December 1946

Brief Life History of Lovisa Maria

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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Family Time Line

Edward F Carruthers
1848–
Lovisa Maria Svanberg
1852–1946
Marriage: 1871
Edward F Carruthers
1880–1935
Sharp Winfield Carruthers
1881–1962

Sources (7)

  • Livisa Wagar in household of Frans Wagar, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Maria Lovisa Svanberg Swanberg, "Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927"
  • Lovicy Carruthers, "United States Census, 1880"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1871
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1854

    Age 2

    Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States

    1863

    Age 11

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 29

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    Name Meaning

    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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