Brief Life History of Carl Otto Edwin
When Carl Otto Edwin Backman was born on 5 April 1864, in Mörbylånga, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Oliver Anders Backman, was 39 and his mother, Engelena Johannesson, was 40. He died in September 1866, at the age of 2, and was buried in Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1859-1946
- Carl O E Backman, "Find A Grave Index"
- Carl Otto Edvin Backman, "Scandinavia, Mission Emigration Records, 1852-1920"
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World Events (3)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Egil, Erik, Hilma, Lasse, Nels, Sven.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements back(e) ‘hill’ + man ‘man’.
Swedish (Bäckman): ornamental name composed of the elements bäck ‘stream’ + man ‘man’. Compare Beckman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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