Catharina Andersson was born on 8 August 1745, in Skärkind, Östergötland, Sweden as the daughter of Anders Nilsson and Annika Eriksdotter. She married Anders Persson on 5 October 1773, in Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 14 January 1826, at the age of 80.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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