Brief Life History of Olaf Andreas
When Olaf Andreas Andersen Andreassen was born on 14 August 1868, in Kristiania, Norway, his father, Anton Gotfried Andreasen, was 23 and his mother, Jacobine Bolette Alexandersdatter, was 26. He married Karoline Elvida Stromness on 12 March 1890, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Oslo, Norway in 1868 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 15 October 1951, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Olof Anderson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Olaf Andreas Andreasen's Birth Record
- Olaf Andersen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Nels, Per, Anders, Holger, Jorgen, Thor, Bjorn, Helmer, Alf.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . Compare Anderson 1.
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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