When Jan Andersson was born on 27 May 1742, in Veckholm, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Anders Jansson, was 34 and his mother, Anna Larsdotter, was 39. He married Lisa Lissann Carlsdotter about 1768, in Säby, Veckholm, Uppsala, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 26 November 1789, in Veckholm, Uppsala, Sweden, at the age of 47, and was buried in Veckholm, Uppsala, Sweden.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
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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