When Andrew Wason was born in 1840, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Moses Wauson, was 35 and his mother, Isabella Kerr, was 23. He lived in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 10 January 1859, in Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 19, and was buried in Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Some characteristic forenames: Indian Amit, Ashwani, Sarwan, Satish.
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): from Wason, the Old French oblique case of the personal name Wace; see Wass 1 and compare Gasson 4.
Indian (Tamil Nadu): variant of Vasan, a shortened form of Srinivasan . See also Vaswani .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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