Brief Life History of Jonas
When Jonas Andersson was born on 20 July 1854, in Plintsberg, Leksand, Dalarna, Sweden, his father, Anders Jonsson Gjers, was 29 and his mother, Brita Persdotter, was 32. He married Kjerstin Larsson on 27 October 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Leksand, Kopparberg, Sweden in 1878. He died on 19 May 1934, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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- Jonse Anderson, "United States Census, 1900"
- 1854 Birth Record - Jonas Andersson, Plintsborg, Leksand, Dalarna, Sweden
- Jonas Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868
Historical Boundaries - 1868: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Wyoming Territory, United States 1869: Uinta, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Unita, Wyoming, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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