John G. Risberg

Male1 September 1877–14 January 1947

Brief Life History of John G.

John G. Risberg was born on 1 September 1877, in Sweden as the son of Swen Johnson and Hellen Gustafson. He lived in Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 8 Northwest Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 14 January 1947, at the age of 69, and was buried in Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, United States.

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John G. Risberg
1877–1947
Anna Elvira Alexanderson
1894–1969

Sources (8)

  • John G Risberg, "United States Census, 1910"
  • John Gust Risberg, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • John S Risberg, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 4

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884 · Fredrika Bremer Association is Founded

Age 7

Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 19

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Sven, Hjalmer, Johan, Oivind.

Swedish: ornamental name from the placename element ris ‘brushwood’ (from placenames such as Risbäck and Risinge) + the ornamental element berg ‘mountain, hill’.

Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead or any of several other places so named, of the same etymology as 1 above. But in Trøndelag the farm name Risberg is most likely from Old Norse ris ‘ridge, hill’ as the first element.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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