Brief Life History of Anders Gustaf Johansson
When Anders Gustaf Johansson Skog was born on 13 February 1839, in Gudhem, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Johannes Johansson Akerblom, was 21 and his mother, Maria Andersdotter, was 27. He married Maja Stina Johannsdotter on 30 October 1860, in Gudhem, Skaraborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Montrose Township, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Lee, Iowa, United States in 1905. He died on 8 June 1914, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Scandinavian Cemetery, Lee, Iowa, United States.
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- Andrew Skog, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- Legacy NFS Source: Anders Gustaf Johansson Skog - Church record: birth-name: Anders Gustaf Johansson Skog
- And. Gust Skog, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Erik, Lars, Mauritz, Nils.
Swedish and Norwegian: from the vocabulary word skog ‘wood’, ‘copse’. In Norwegian, this is often a topographic name for someone who lived by a wood or copse, but as a Swedish surname it is generally ornamental.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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