Louis Albin Erickson

Brief Life History of Louis Albin

When Louis Albin Erickson was born on 13 September 1891, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, Louis Erick Erickson, was 25 and his mother, Christina Olsson, was 24. He married Anna Myrtle Nelson on 5 October 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 26 May 1928, in Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Iona Cemetery, Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Louis Albin Erickson
1891–1928
Anna Myrtle Nelson
1893–1981
Marriage: 5 October 1916
Dehlin Albin Erickson
1917–2000
Myrtle Viola Erickson
1919–1999
Thora Anna Erickson
1920–1992
Lyla Erickson
1924–2013

Sources (35)

  • Louis Albion Erickson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Louis Albin Erickson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Louis Albin Erickson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1897

World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

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.

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Story Highlight

Christina or Kjerstina Olsson Bertelsson b 1867 80th BIRTHDAY celebration

Newspaper article reads: Honored on 80th Birthday. Preston -- AP --Mrs. Christina Olson Erickson, whose eightieth birthday was Feb. 11, was honored by her five daughters on the occasion. Old friends …

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