Gustav Emil Elm

Brief Life History of Gustav Emil

When Gustav Emil Elm was born on 30 August 1866, in Norrköpings Sankt Olai, Östergötland, Sweden, his father, Gustaf Adolf Elm, was 40 and his mother, Carolina Johanson, was 26. He married Dora Hough Jepson on 8 April 1908, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Los Angeles Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. In 1927, his occupation is listed as worked for los angeles city parks department at exposition park planting and tending 16,200 rose bushes in rose garden. in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. He died on 21 August 1955, in Sunland, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gustav Emil Elm
1866–1955
Dora Hough Jepson
1880–1949
Marriage: 8 April 1908
Doris Eleanora Elm
1909–2006
Oscar Emil Elm
1910–2006
Ernest Axel Elm
1912–1999
Margaret Caroline Elm
1915–1993

Sources (54)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Gustav Emil Elm, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Gustaf Emil Elm, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1867

Nebraska is the 37th state.

1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency

The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.

1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire): topographic name from Middle English elm(e) ‘elm-tree’, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Elm (Cambridgeshire). Alternatively, a variant of Helm , with loss of initial H-.

German: habitational name from any of various places so named.

Swedish: ornamental name from älm(e) ‘elm grove’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Emil Elm

I was 11 years old when Emil Elm died. As I remember, Emil was living in a Southern California rest home about to celebrate his upcoming 90th birthday. His roommate in the rest home hit Emil in the …

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