Brief Life History of Gustave Waldemar
When Gustave Waldemar Forsberg was born on 7 August 1879, in Horndal, By, Kopparberg, Sweden, his father, John Eric Forsberg, was 39 and his mother, Gustava Elizabeth Hedstrom, was 39. He married Hermanna Maria Christina Ockander on 26 April 1905, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and North Salt Lake, Davis, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 4 November 1957, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Gustave Forsberg, "United States 1950 Census"
- Birth of Gustaf Waldemar Forsberg 1879 Horndal, By, Kopparberg, Sweden
- Gustave W. Forsberg, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1884 · Fredrika Bremer Association is Founded
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
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.
1901
First Nobel Prize awarded.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Johan, Lars, Alf, Nels, Nils, Bjoern, Bjorn, Elof, Evald, Klas, Nanna.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements fors ‘waterfall’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’. Compare Fosberg and Fosburg .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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