Brief Life History of Rasmus Pehrsson
When Rasmus Pehrsson Borgquist was born on 25 December 1842, in Lyngby, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Pehr Hansson Borg, was 37 and his mother, Ingar Jonsdotter, was 30. He married Anna Cecilia Nilsdotter 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. He lived in Lund, Lund, Malmöhus, Sweden in 1841. In 1876, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as stone cutter to build the salt lake temple in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 23 August 1896, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rasmus Burquist, "United States Census, 1880"
- R. Borgquist, "BillionGraves Index"
- Erasmus P Borgquist in entry for Albertina Josephina Borgquist, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
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
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Thor, Erik, Lars, Lennart, Algot, Alrik, Anders, Johan, Nels, Nils, Per, Sigfrid.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements berg ‘mountain, hill’ + quist, an old or ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’. Compare Berquist .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A MORE FULL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF RASMUS BORGQUIST Rasmus Pehrson Borgquist was born December 25th 1842, in Lyngby Socken (pastoral district), Bare Härad (county), Malmo Lahn (provinc …
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