Brief Life History of Hedvig
When Hedvig Carlson was born on 8 July 1840, in Östad, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Carl Helgesson, was 22 and her mother, Anna Andersdotter, was 21. She married Andrew Eliason Jr. on 5 June 1860, in Alingsås landsförsamling, Älvsborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States for about 40 years. She died on 31 July 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Hedwig Eliason in household of Andrew Eliason, "United States Census, 1920"
- Hedvig Carlson Eliason, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Hedwig Anderson in entry for Elva Abby Eliason, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Christian Barfuss BIRTH 1 Jun 1800 Bern, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland DEATH 16 Apr 1847 (aged 46) Bern, Switzerland BURIAL Logan City Cemetery Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 27371672
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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