When Andrew L Erickson was born on 19 October 1904, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Lauritz Erikson, was 45 and his mother, Agnetha Knutson, was 44. He married DeLaine A Nelson on 10 September 1938, in Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Coon Valley, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. He died on 7 January 1981, in Vernon, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Coon Valley, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States.
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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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