Axel Edward Knutson
Birth: Apr. 28, 1887
Stockholm
Stockholms län, Sweden
Death: May 10, 1939
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Born Axel Edvard Hanssen and later changed his family name to his father's.
He left for America at the age of 16 on 4/10/1903 with the destination of Chicago.
He married Vera on 9/9/1913 in Chicago, IL at the age of 26.
He was married to Lorrain at the time of his death.
Axel Kristian Knutsson (3/13/1860-5/7/1941)
Mathilda Sofia (Håkansson) Hanssen (1/23/1856-9/16/1907)
Axel & Mathilda married on 1/26/1892 and they had 10 children. It is unclear why they married after having the first 4 children.
1) Axel Edvard Hanssen (4/28/1887-5/12/1939)
2) Knut Georg Hanssen (3/30/1889-11/23/1918)
3) Ellen Sofia Hanssen (4/3/1890-12/3/1953)
4) Bror Alfred Hanssen (2/27/1891-?)
5) Gustaf Hjalmar Knutsson (5/24/1892-?)
6) Anna Elisa Knutsson (4/5/1894-?)
7) Elis Emil Knutsson (10/30/1895-?)
8) Karl Gunnar Knutsson (1/10/1898-?) Wife was Bertha Vehlin (1/27/1896-?) and they had a son Karl Gunnar (1/19/1920-?)
9) Sven Iwar Knutsson (3/15/1899-6/30/1979) Wife was Violet Maria Jonsson (2/21/1899-?) and they had a daughter Gerd Marianne (4/20/1920-?) and a son Sven Erik (9/24/1922-6/29/1997)
10) Märta Karolina Knutsson (12/9/1904-?)
Mathilda was previously married to Alfred Harold Hansson (?-10/19/1883)
They had one son Helge Emil (2/13/1883-?)
Axel Kristian Knutsson's parents were:
Christian Knutsson
Christina Catharina Wistrom (1822-?)
Family links:
Spouse:
Vera Alfrida Anderson Knutson (1894 - 1926)
Children:
Carl Edward Knutson (1916 - 2012)*
Loyd Earl Knutson (1918 - 2010)*
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