Brief Life History of Nanna Amelia
When Nanna Amelia Erickson was born on 8 February 1855, in Högby, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Anders Jonas Erickson, was 33 and her mother, Anna Greta Anderson, was 33. She married Lauritz Peter Andersen on 6 May 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1901 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. She died on 18 January 1939, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.
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- Amelia Anderson, "Canada Census, 1916"
- N A Anderson, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940"
- Nanna Amelia Erickson Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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Synopsis Of the lives of Anders Jonas Erickson / Anna Greta Anderson
Synopsis Of the lives of Anders Jonas Erickson / Anna Greta Anderson DATES HISTORICAL INFORMATION 16 Nov. 1821 Anders Jonas Erickson was born in Aska, Jarstad, Ostergotland, Sweden to Jonas E …
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