When Eva Rasmusson was born on 2 January 1836, in Trelleborg, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Rasmus Rasmusson, was 32 and her mother, Johanna Sophia Nilsson HOLMBERG, was 34. She married Johan Peder Mortensen on 1 January 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 24 September 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Britt, Hjalmer, Juel, Petter.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Rasmus .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Rasmussen , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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