Annie Louise Erickson
19 December 1861 - 23 January 1947
Vitals
Birth
19 December 1861
Karlskoga
Death
23 January 1947
Salt Lake City
Burial
1947
Murray, Utah
Alternate Names
Given Name
Annie Louise
Given Name Alternate Spellings
Anna, Anne, Louisa
Last Name
Erickson
Maiden Name Alternate Spellings
Erikson, Ericksen
Married Names
Olson
Family
Marriage
Children
Parents
Mother: Christina Nordstrom (4 May 1837 - 16 May 1924)
Father: Lars Fredrick Erickson (26 March 1836 - 23 April 1909)
Biography
Annie Louise Erickson was born on December 19, 1861, in Karlskoga, Örebro, Sweden. She was the second of ten children. In 1879, her family learned about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Three years later, in 1882, Annie left her home and family to travel to Utah. She was only twenty years old.
A few years after her arrival in Utah, Annie married James Hans Olson, another Swedish immigrant, on March 18, 1885, in Logan, Utah, United States. They had twelve children together, five sons and seven daughters. Annie and her family lived in Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on January 23, 1947, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 85, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Utah.
Events
Emigration
Departure: 1882
Örebro, Sweden
Records