Floyd John Erickson

Brief Life History of Floyd John

When Floyd John Erickson was born on 1 March 1919, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, George Henry Erickson, was 34 and his mother, Myrtle Bone, was 27. He married Donna Smith on 1 June 1949, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1942 and lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 27 July 2003, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Floyd John Erickson
1919–2003
Donna Smith
1921–2012
Marriage: 1 June 1949

Sources (28)

  • Floyd Erickson in household of George Henry Erickson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Utah, Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985
  • Floyd John Erickson, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1921 · Lehi Becomes First to Build In Honor of World War Veterans

A “Soldier’s, Sailor’s and Marine’s Memorial” was conceived by W. A. Knight in 1918 to honor Utah residents killed during World War I. A library was dedicated on December 30, 1921.The remainder of the building was dedicated May 31, 1926. The Spanish Mission Revival style building cost $55,000 to build. This became “the first municipal facility in America erected to the memory of World War I Veterans.” 

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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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