Brief Life History of Carl Ludvig
When Carl Ludvig Ericson was born on 28 July 1826, in Yxe, Linde, Örebro, Sweden, his father, Eric Jonsson, was 29 and his mother, Sara Brita Ersdotter, was 27. He married Emma Amelia Marshall on 24 April 1858, in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lindesberg, Örebro, Sweden in 1826. He died on 9 July 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Charles Ericson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Carl L Ericzon, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Carl L Erickson, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Lars, Lennart, Erik, Anders, Erland, Eskil, Lief, Mats, Nelle, Nels, Sven.
Swedish: variant of Ericsson and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this (compare 2 below).
Americanized form of other Scandinavian or North German patronymics from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr (see Erickson ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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CARL LUDWIG ERICSON HISTORY by Etta Ericson Juliussen
Carl Ludwig Ericson (Charles Lewis Ericson) was born July 26, 1826 at Ure Neriki', Sweden. He was the only child of Sarah Bretta Rapp and Eric Johnson. His mother was well-educated and was very proud …
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