When Elizabeth Sjursdatter Brekkhus was born on 17 January 1873, in Brekkhus, Voss, Hordaland, Norway, her father, Sjur Larsson Aarhus, was 42 and her mother, Elisabet Sjursdatter Brekkhus, was 21. She married Lars Gullickson in 1896, in Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Badger, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years and Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States in 1935. She died on 18 March 1948, in Lake Preston, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in North Preston Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Preston, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1879: Wood, Dakota Territory, United States 1879: Kingsbury, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Johan.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm so named in Voss, from brek ‘slope, steep ascent’ (see Brekke ) + hus ‘house, farm’.
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