John Howard Carlson

Brief Life History of John Howard

When John Howard Carlson was born on 14 June 1866, in At Sea, his father, Nels Carlsson, was 32 and his mother, Ingra Peterson, was 36. He married Linnie May Fisher on 20 September 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Oxford, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 15 April 1947, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Howard Carlson
1866–1947
Linnie May Fisher
1864–1939
Marriage: 20 September 1893
Fredrick John Carlson
1894–1980
Roy William Carlson
1896–1972
Mildred May Carlson
1899–1993
Linnie Leah Carlson
1902–1979
Minnie Stella Carlson
1906–1971

Sources (42)

  • John Cerlson in household of Nelson Cerlson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Carlson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • John H Carlson, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1882

Historical Boundaries 1882: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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Isaac leaves Sweden and comes to America

Isaac Carson written by his daughter Lila Beatrice Carlson My father (Isaac Carlson) was born in Stockholm, Sweden on the 10th of July 1864. His father Nels Carlson and mother Ingra Peterson joined …

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