Brief Life History of John Jan Erick
When John Jan Erick Andersson was born on 10 November 1851, in Norrtälje, Stockholm, Sweden, his father, Anders Andersson, was 28 and his mother, Anna Greta Ersdotter, was 30. He married Johanna Carolina Mattsdotter on 18 October 1878, in Lund, Edsbro, Stockholm, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 9 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1859 and lived in Väddö, Stockholm, Sweden for about 5 years and Richmond Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 18 February 1932, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- John Eric Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1859-1947
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1852
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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