Brief Life History of Axel Godfrid
Axel Godfrid Swanson was born on 11 December 1887, in Brandstorp, Västra Götaland, Sweden as the son of Lars Erik Svensson and Charlotta Albertina Andersdotter. He married Emma Wilhelmina Lawson on 8 April 1911, in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Concord, Concord Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Concord Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 5 November 1957, in Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Spartansburg, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Axel Swanson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Axel G. Swanson, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Axel Godfried Or Godtfrid Swanson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nils, Nels, Sven, Lars, Thor, Helmer, Iver, Alf, Astrid, Eskil, Hilmer.
Americanized form of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and North German Svensson , and Norwegian and Danish Svensen or Svendsen , cognates of 1.
Scottish (Caithness) and English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Swan, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Sveinn (from sveinn ‘lad’), + -son. In northern England, Middle English Swanson was in fact an occasional variant of Swainson . In some cases the name may also arise from Middle English swan(e), swon(e) ‘swineherd, peasant, male servant’ (Old English swān) + -son, but this is unlikely to be the usual origin. See Swan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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