Brief Life History of Erick Edwin
When Erick Edwin Erickson Jr was born on 28 July 1918, in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, Erick Edwin Erickson Sr, was 27 and his mother, Millie Workman, was 28. He married Louise Iris Livingston on 17 May 1946, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1941 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 15 July 1996, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Erick Edwin Erickson in household of Erick Edwin Erickson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999
- Erick Edwin Erickson, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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A Faith Promoting Story (as told by Edwin's Mother)
When Edwin was 2 years old we took him and his baby sister Julia to Liberty Park to spend the afternoon. We returned about 6 o'clock in the evening. While I was caring for the baby, Edwin busied …
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