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.
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.
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