Brief Life History of Don Arthur
When Don Arthur Carlson was born on 11 December 1916, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, his father, Charles Arthur Carlson, was 23 and his mother, Martha Jane Tams, was 22. He married Donna Mae Burrie on 16 August 1943. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1939 and lived in United States in 1949 and Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden in 2001. He died on 2 November 2001, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Sources (43)
- Don Arthur Carlson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Don Arthur Carlson, "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935"
- Don Arthur Carlson, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1918
Sweden recognized Finland as independent state. Swedish naval expedition sent to Aland Islands to protect against Russians. Spanish flu epidemic killed 38,000 in Sweden.
1939
World War II began. Sweden neutral.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lennart, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Iver, Berger, Erland, Lars, Anders, Evald.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Carlsson or Karlsson . This is also an Americanized form of the Norwegian and Danish cognates Carlsen and Karlsen . Compare Charlson .
German: variant of Karlson and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in Britain, possibly to be associated first with immigration of German miners into Cumberland in the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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