Carl Arvid Carlquist

8 January 1857–24 July 1938 (Age 81)
Flo, Västra Götaland, Sweden

The Life Summary of Carl Arvid

When Carl Arvid Carlquist was born on 8 January 1857, in Flo, Västra Götaland, Sweden, his father, Lars Andersson, was 32 and his mother, Johanna Larsson, was 30. He married Hulda Augusta Natalia Ostergren on 3 September 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Trollhättan, Älvsborg, Sweden for about 100 years and Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 24 July 1938, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carl Arvid Carlquist
1857–1938
Hulda Augusta Natalia Ostergren
1857–1945
Marriage: 3 September 1877
Carl Hjalmar Carlquist
1878–1957
Hulda Theresa Carlquist
1880–1919
Edith Natalia Carlquist
1882–1883
Ernest Nimrod Carlquist
1884–1948
Alice Viola Carlquist
1886–1889
Walter Ruffinus Carlquist
1889–1967
Robert Hamlet Carlquist
1891–1909
Daniel Ellsworth Carlquist
1896–1988
Myrtle Deborah Carlquist
1899–2002

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 September 1877Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 6
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
    Age 16
    The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 24
    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

    Swedish: ornamental name composed of the personal name Carl + quist, an old or ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Carl

    Story Highlight

    Forward to Carl Arvid Carlquist's autobiography by Myrtle Carlquist McDonald

    FOREWORD Lydia McCauley and I sent out copies of Carl Arvid Carlquist's autobiography to each of his descendants in 1957. It was written from his memory, diaries and notes. Since then I, his daught …

    Sources (53)

    • A C Carlqust in entry for Carlqust, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
    • Carl Arvid Carlquist, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1935"
    • C A Carlquist in entry for Leland E Mc Donald and Myrtle D Carlquist, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"

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