When Betsy Elison was born on 22 October 1846, in Alingsås landsförsamling, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Eric Eliason, was 30 and her mother, Anna Nilsdotter, was 27. She married Dyerre Asmussen in 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 12 October 1863, in United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
English (Lancashire): variant of Ellison .
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Elisson: patronymic from the personal name Elis, Swedish vernacular form of Elias .
Americanized form of the Norwegian and Danish patronymic Eliassen or of the Swedish cognate Eliasson . Compare Eliason .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesBeata Eliason, born 22 October 1846 in Alingsås landsförsamling, Älvsborg, Sweden; died 12 October 1863 in Utah. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial, This is the Place Heritage Park; Stone …
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