Carl Arvid Carlquist was born on 8 January 1857, in Flo, Västra Götaland, Sweden. 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 in 1877 and 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 Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Swedish: ornamental name composed of the personal name Carl + quist, an old or ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’.
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Possible Related NamesFOREWORD 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 …
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