When Claus Herman Karlson was born on 20 September 1849, in Grevbäck, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Lars Karlsson, was 36 and his mother, Britta Andersson, was 26. He married Henrietta Elizabeth Severe on 10 January 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 3 July 1915, in Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Tooele, Utah, United States
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Algot, Lars, Nils, Eskil, Holger, Knute, Lennart, Sven. German Kurt, Hans, Otto.
Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Karlsson .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Karlsen , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAfter some research I believe that he passed away on his families hand cart journey to Utah on the Mormon trail.
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