Brief Life History of Eric Magnus Öhman
When Eric Magnus Öhman Cast was born on 8 October 1826, in Hemsö, Västernorrland, Sweden, his father, Magnus Adolph Öhman, was 29 and his mother, Brita Cajsa Haberg, was 19. He married Ann Ashbrook on 4 September 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 5 December 1884, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Eric Cass, "United States Census, 1870"
- Eric M Cast, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Eric M Cast in entry for Agnes Cast, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832
Göta Canal opened.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Kast .
English: possibly a variant of Cass , with post-medieval excrescent -t, perhaps influenced by Middle English cast with a wide range of applications, e.g. ‘belt, throw, allowance of hay’.
French: habitational name from Cast, a place in Finistère, Brittany. This surname is very rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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