Brief Life History of Conrad Knut
When Conrad Knut Erickson was born on 26 May 1884, in Östra Ed, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Carl August Oscar Erickson, was 34 and his mother, Anna Charlotta Carlsdotter, was 45. He married Selma Magnhild Johannesson on 25 April 1906. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Election Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 2 years. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 13 February 1932, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Conrad Burke Erickson in household of Milton Conrad Erickson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Conrad K. Erickson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Conrad Knut Erickson, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1897
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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