When Stina Catharina Pehrsson was born on 27 February 1824, in Rösås, Näfvelsjö, Jönköping, Sweden, her father, Peter Jonasson, was 24 and her mother, Lena Cathrina Andersdotter, was 25. She married Johan Petersson on 3 November 1855, in Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Björkö, Jönköping, Sweden for about 8 years. She died on 11 April 1898, in Sigtuna, Stockholm, Sweden, at the age of 74, and was buried in Sigtuna, Stockholm, Sweden.
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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.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lennart, Nels, Nils.
Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Pehrsson: patronymic from the personal name Pehr, vernacular shortened form of Peter . Compare Parson 3 and Person 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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