When Pehr Michaelsson was born in December 1728, in Malexander, Östergötland, Sweden, his father, Michel Svensson, was 29 and his mother, Ingrid Andersdotter, was 18. He married Bengta Pehrsdotter on 19 October 1755. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 1 May 1792, in Sjögestad, Östergötland, Sweden, at the age of 63, and was buried in Rone, Gotland, Sweden.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
English: patronymic from the personal name Michael + -son. Compare Mitchelson .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Michaelsen and of some of its Scandinavian and North German cognates, e.g. Swedish Mikaelsson and Danish and Norwegian Mikkelsen . Compare Michelson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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