Brief Life History of Lars Johan
When Lars Johan Carlson was born on 26 January 1853, in Yxtorp, Lännäs, Örebro, Sweden, his father, Carl Olsson, was 37 and his mother, Brita Catarina 'Cajsa' Nilsdotter, was 40. He married Christina Erickson on 3 January 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sundsvall, Västernorrland, Sweden in 1880. He died on 12 January 1945, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- L. J. Carlson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lars Johan Carlsson BIRTH 1853 Lännäs
- Lars Johan Carlson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""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.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lennart, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Iver, Berger, Erland, Lars, Anders, Evald.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Carlsson or Karlsson . This is also an Americanized form of the Norwegian and Danish cognates Carlsen and Karlsen . Compare Charlson .
German: variant of Karlson and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in Britain, possibly to be associated first with immigration of German miners into Cumberland in the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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