When Carl Larsson was born on 9 October 1718, in Östra Greda, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Båtmannen Lars Pehrsson Noor, was 35 and his mother, Sissa Mattiasdotter, was 28. He married Malin Svensdotter on 24 October 1746. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 10 December 1779, in Föra, Kalmar, Sweden, at the age of 61.
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Northern War occurred.
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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