Brief Life History of Erick Theophilus
When Erick Theophilus Elieson was born on 13 October 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Gustaf Edvard Elieson, was 36 and his mother, Emma Christina Nilsson, was 32. He married Elizabeth Kime on 20 November 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1906 and lived in Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 28 March 1956, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (33)
- Eric T Elieson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Erick T. Elieson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Erick T Elieson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Iver, Nels, Sven, Anders, Erik, Lennart, Maren.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Eliasson . Compare Elison .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Eliassen and Eliasen , cognates of 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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