When Erik Ersson was born on 10 July 1808, in Häggenås, Jämtland, Sweden, his father, Er Nord, was 39 and his mother, Brita Jonasdotter, was 29. He married Ingebor Olofsdotter on 8 November 1835, in Häggenås, Jämtland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 11 December 1889, in Hägganäs, Jönköping, Sweden, at the age of 81.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Anders, Erik, Lars, Erland, Lennart, Agnar, Arnell, Bjorn, Helmer, Hilma, Joakim. German Kurt, Darrold, Hans, Mathias, Frieda, Oskar.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Per, vernacular shortened form of Peter . It is also established in Denmark and northern Germany. Compare Parson 3 and Person 1.
English: variant of Parson .
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