Brief Life History of Svend
When Svend Larsen was born on 26 January 1816, in Risør, Aust-Agder, Norway, his father, Lars Svendsen, was 28 and his mother, Trine Marie Christensen, was 30. He married Caroline Mathilda Andersdatter on 1 April 1840, in Risør, Aust-Agder, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1867 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 3 April 1886, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Suein Larsen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Svend or Swen Larsen, "Find A Grave Index"
- Svend Larsen in entry for Jos Kristine, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1825 · Sloopers
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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