When Pehr Gustaf Andersson was born on 15 April 1840, in Floda, Södermanland, Sweden, his father, Anders Andersson, was 32 and his mother, Catharina Andersdotter, was 32. He married Anna Sofia Ericsson on 7 November 1870, in Södermanland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Hällestad, Östergötland, Sweden in 1878. He died on 6 February 1923, at the age of 82.
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The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
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 .
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