Brief Life History of Austin Emil
When Austin Emil Erickson was born on 19 October 1888, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Carl Johan Emil Erickson, was 30 and his mother, Anna Maria Larsen, was 25. He married Sarah Eva Allred on 25 August 1915, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. In 1917, at the age of 28, his occupation is listed as carpenter in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He died on 3 January 1920, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Spring City Cemetery, Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Austin Emil Erickson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Austin Emil Erickson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Austin Emil Erickson, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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Austin Emil & Eva Allred Erickson-A Love Story
Austin Emil and Eva Allred Erickson (A love story written by Gene Erickson) If you will indulge me, I would like to illustrate this principle of sacrifice, by sharing a love story of my Grand Parent …
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