When Jons Parsson was born about 1683, in Förlösa, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Per Jonsson, was 36 and his mother, Mrs., was 33. He married Lucy Nilsson about 1703, in Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died before 1783.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Erik, Anders, Fredrik, Nels, Nils, Olle, Per, Sten, Algot, Birgit, Bjorn. German Bernhard, Hans, Markus, Oskar.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Americanized form of Norwegian and rare North German or Danish patronymic Larssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Larsen and Larson 1.
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