Brief Life History of Stefán
When Stefán Gunnarsson was born about 1550, in Norður-Múlasýsla, Eastern, Iceland, his father, Gunnar Gíslason, was 23 and his mother, Guðrún Magnúsdóttir, was 22. He married Guðrún Gísladóttir about 1579, in Skálholt, Árnessýsla, Southern, Iceland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died after 1624, in Iceland.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Stefan Gunnarsson - Published information: death: 1624; Iceland
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Agust, Lennart, Nils, Sven, Thor.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish and Icelandic Gunnarsson: patronymic from the personal name Gunnar, from Old Norse Gunnarr, a compound of gunn ‘battle’ + arr ‘warrior’. Compare Gunderson and Gunnerson .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Gunnarsen, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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