Brief Life History of Olaus Erici
When Olaus Erici Chytraeus was born about 1636, in Giresta, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Ericus Olai Krum, was 35 and his mother, Karin Johansdotter, was 24. He married Maria Stiernman about 1670. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. In 1686, at the age of 51, his occupation is listed as kyrkoherde in Torstuna, Västmanland, Sweden. He died in 1707, in Torstuna, Västmanland, Sweden, at the age of 72.
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1637
Swedish immigrants sailed to Delaware.
1653
Stockholm became capital of Sweden.
1685
King Charles II barred Jews from settling in Stockholm.
Name Meaning
from an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements anu ‘ancestor’ + leifr ‘heir, descendant’. St Olaf , King of Norway ( 995–1030 ), aided the spread of Christianity in his kingdom. The name was introduced to Britain before the Norman Conquest, but modern use as a given name in the English-speaking world originated in America, where it was taken by recent Scandinavian immigrants.
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