When Carl Victor Erickson was born on 12 February 1854, in Knista, Örebro, Sweden, his father, Håkan Erickson, was 28 and his mother, Johanna Olofsdotter, was 28. He married Christina Johanna Carlson on 10 February 1872, in Knista, Örebro, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 23 February 1932, in Wilson, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesCarl Victor Erickson was baptized a member of the church March 7 1883, almost a year after his wife joined at Orebro Sweden by Carl Ekland. He was confirmed the same day by Carl Ekland. He was ordain …
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