When Anders Olsson was born on 28 November 1735, in Harstad, Östergötland, Sweden, his father, Olaf Larsson, was 30 and his mother, Kerstin Hansdotter, was 35. He married Margareta Persdotter on 21 May 1765, in Sankt Per, Östergötland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He died on 2 June 1804, in Orlunda, Östergötland, Sweden, at the age of 68, and was buried in Orlunda, Östergötland, Sweden.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Lennart, Sven, Nils, Erik, Mats, Per, Anders, Bjorn, Fredrik, Nels, Olle. German Hans, Kurt, Fritz, Ingeborg, Otto, Ute.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Ola, a short form of Olof, Swedish variant of Olaf (see Olafsen ), or a shortened form of the patronymic Olofsson (see Olofson ). Compare Ohlsson , Oleson , and Olson .
German (Eastphalia): patronymic from a short form of the personal name Ulrich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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