When Pehr Pehrsson was born on 18 November 1754, in Hallsberg, Örebro, Sweden, his father, Pehr Jansson, was 36 and his mother, Ingrid Jonsdotter, was 36. He married Kerstin Andersdotter on 13 October 1776. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. In 1804, at the age of 50, his occupation is listed as skolmästare in Svennevad, Örebro, Sweden. He died on 12 February 1846, in Svennevad, Örebro, Sweden, at the age of 91, and was buried in Svennevad, Örebro, Sweden.
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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 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.
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