When Jöns Andersson was born on 8 November 1812, in Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Anders Pehrsson, was 40 and his mother, Sine Hansdotter, was 40. He married Hannah Olsdotter on 11 November 1842, in Östra Vram, Kristianstad, Sweden. He died on 31 March 1857, in his hometown, at the age of 44, and was buried in Kristianstad, Sweden.
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Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
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 .
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