When Jeppa Andersson was born on 16 December 1779, in Glostorp, Oxie, Oxie härad, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Anders Hansson, was 30 and his mother, Elna Olsson, was 25. He married Karna Olsdotter on 29 January 1805, in Glostorp, Oxie, Oxie härad, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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