Brief Life History of John Godfrey
When John Godfrey Ahlstrom was born on 7 December 1850, in Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Ole Nilsson Ahlström, was 49 and his mother, Ingeborg Månsdotter, was 39. He married Mary Ellen Arthur on 20 November 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New York County, New York, United States in 1856 and lived in Ophir, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1900 and St John, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 5 June 1925, in St John, Onaqui, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in St John, Onaqui, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Jno G Christison, "United States Census, 1860"
- Johan Gottfrid Ahlström, Birth Record, Östra Förstaden no. 34, Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, 1850
- Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
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World Events (8)
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Shambip, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Tooele, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Joakim, Johan, Per, Sibel, Sven.
Swedish (Ahlström): ornamental name composed of the elements ahl, an ornamental spelling of al ‘alder’, + ström ‘river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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