When Anna Cecilia Nilsdotter was born on 18 November 1837, in Helsingborg, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Trädgårdsmästare Nils Jönsson, was 42 and her mother, Agnes Nilsson, was 40. She married Rasmus Pehrsson Borgquist on 5 November 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. In 1848, at the age of 11, her occupation is listed as servant girl at her uncles in Helsingborg, Helsingborg, Malmöhus, Sweden. She died on 3 June 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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Possible Related Names(Note: This life story was compiled by Laura Rigby Copeland from family history records.) ANNA CECILIA NILSDOTTER NILSSON BORGQUIST Born: November 18, 1837, in Helsingborg, Malmohus, Sweden Died: …
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