When Sven Andersson was born on 19 January 1756, in Trässberg, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Anders Bengtsson, was 43 and his mother, Annika Svensdotter, was 39. He married Kerstin Larsson on 3 October 1779. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 19 June 1769, at the age of 13.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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