Brief Life History of Fernando Charles
When Fernando Charles Erickson was born on 9 March 1862, in Oslo, Norway, his father, Engebret Erickson, was 41 and his mother, Olena Olsdatter, was 35. He married Catharine Mary Jones on 27 November 1883, in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 25 July 1926, in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Monroe City Cemetery, Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Karl Ferdenand Eriksen in household of Ingebredt Eriksen, "Norway Census, 1865"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Fernando Erickson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Historical Boundaries: 1863: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1865: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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