Brief Life History of Ola
When Ola Anderson was born on 5 April 1816, in Fågeltofta, Albo, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Anders Olsson, was 41 and his mother, Elna Joransson, was 33. He married Ingrid Christina Sandgren on 20 August 1840, in Glemminge, Ingelstad, Kristianstad, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Kristianstad, Sweden for about 12 years. He died on 4 August 1897, in Östra Herrestad, Kristianstad, Sweden, at the age of 81.
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- Ola Andersson, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"
- Ola Andersson Death
- Ola Andersson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
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World Events (6)
1832
Göta Canal opened.
1848 · The March Unrest
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.
1852
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Ander(s), a northern Middle English form of Andrew , + son ‘son’. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable, at least in part, to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the personal name has long enjoyed great popularity there. Legend has it that the saint's relics were taken to Scotland in the 4th century by a certain Saint Regulus. In North America, this surname has absorbed many cognate or like-sounding surnames in other languages, notably Scandinavian (see 3 and 4 below), but also Ukrainian Andreychenko etc.
German: patronymic from the personal name Anders , hence a cognate of 1 above.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Andersson , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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