Brief Life History of Rasmus Erastus
When Rasmus Erastus Jacobson was born on 18 April 1823, in Bergen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, his father, Jacob Christophersen, was 29 and his mother, Lisbeth Jacobsdatter, was 41. He married Iverine Engelbretsdatter on 30 January 1851, in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 25 July 1905, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Rasmus Jacobsen, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rasmus Jacobsen - Church record: birth-name: Rasmus Erastus Jacobsen
- Rasmus Jacobsen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1825 · Sloopers
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English, Swedish, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Jacob denoting ‘Jacob's son’. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, including Scandinavian (see 2 below) and, in some cases, Croatian Jakobović (which is from the personal name Jakob ).
Americanized form of Swedish Jacobsson or Jakobsson and Danish, Norwegian, North German, or Dutch Jacobsen or Jakobsen , all cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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An Amazing Life History Written from the Memory by Mrs. E. I. Pulsipher
In Stavenger, Norway, October 8th, 1850, was born Elizabeth Isabelle, daughter of Erastus and Lorina Jacobson. Erastus joined the Church in 1860 in days of persecution. He was a shoemaker; but when h …
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