When Carl Frederick Carlson was born on 27 January 1853, in Gesäter, Älvsborg, Sweden, his father, Carl Jonasson, was 31 and his mother, Kristina Olsdotter, was 28. He married Marte Marie Jorgensen on 11 September 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900 and Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 December 1925, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lennart, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Iver, Berger, Erland, Lars, Anders, Evald.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Carlsson or Karlsson . This is also an Americanized form of the Norwegian and Danish cognates Carlsen and Karlsen . Compare Charlson .
German: variant of Karlson and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in Britain, possibly to be associated first with immigration of German miners into Cumberland in the 16th century.
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