Brief Life History of Carl Axel Alfred
When Carl Axel Alfred Augustson was born on 16 March 1876, in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, his father, Carl August Augustson, was 38 and his mother, Inga Maria Swenson, was 31. He married Selma E Youngberg on 17 March 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1920. He died on 4 April 1959, at the age of 83.
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- Axel Augustson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Axel Augustson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Carl Axel Augustson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Erik.
Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Augustsson: patronymic from the personal name August .
Americanized form of Norwegian Augustsen, a rare cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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