When Carl Claesson was born on 5 June 1820, in Östra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden, his father, Claes Larsson, was 36 and his mother, Brita Larsdotter, was 30. He married Johanna Jansdotter in 1841, in Södermanland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 5 June 1858, in Södermanland, Sweden, at the age of 38, and was buried in Södermanland, Sweden.
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Göta Canal opened.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Hild.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Clas, a shortened form of Niklas (see Nicholas ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Klasson. Compare Clason 1.
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