Brief Life History of Andrew L
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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- Andrew Erickson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Erikson, "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"
- Andrew Erickson, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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