Brief Life History of Per
When Per Jonsson was born on 11 June 1709, in Östra Utsjö, Dalarna, Sweden, his father, Jonas Persson, was 33 and his mother, Mrs. Jonas Persson, was 29. He married Skinnar Cherstin Olsson in 1743. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 12 May 1784, in his hometown, at the age of 74.
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1720
Northern War occurred.
1743
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Lars, Lennart, Thor, Alf, Anders, Arni, Erik, Jorgen, Mats, Olafur, Per.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Jon, Scandinavian form of John . Compare Jonson 2.
English: variant of Johnson , although this form of the English name may have died out in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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