When Erik Ericksson was born about 1641, in Ramsberg, Örebro, Sweden, his father, Erik, was 47 and his mother, Elisabet Larsson, was 43. He married Maria or Marina Michelsson in 1677, in Ramsberg, Örebro, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 2 October 1698, at the age of 58, and was buried in Ramsberg, Örebro, Sweden.
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Stockholm became capital of Sweden.
Queen Christina abdicated throne. Converted to Catholicism, later buried in Rome in St. Peter's.
King Charles II barred Jews from settling in Stockholm.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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