When Eva Christina Elf was born on 22 September 1834, in Strå, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Johan August Elf, was 32 and her mother, Maja Lena Jonsdotter, was 37. She married Svenn Pehrsson Borgquist about 1854. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Richfield Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 22 December 1901, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): from the Middle English personal name Sa(h)ulf (Old English Sǣwulf, from sǣ ‘sea’ + wulf ‘wolf’).
North German: nickname from Low German self ‘self’ for a self-important person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesA Change of Heart My great grandfather Sven Borgquist was born 27 July 1838 in Vastra Nobbelor, Malmohus, Sweden to Pehr Hansson Borg and Ingar Jonsdotter. His brothers were Hans, Lars, Rasmus, Ole a …
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