When Lars Jansson was born on 16 December 1733, in Långtora, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Jan Jansson, was 27 and his mother, Anna Phersdotter, was 23. He married Marina Jansdotter in January 1757, in Svinnegarn, Uppsala, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 24 December 1788, in Svinnegarn, Uppsala, Sweden, at the age of 55, and was buried in Svinnegarn, Uppsala, Sweden.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Lennart, Mats, Nils, Per, Alf, Anders, Berger, Bjorn, Holger, Jan Erik. German Rainer, Ralf, Gunther, Hans.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Jan, a shortened vernacular form of Johannes (see John ).
Americanized form of Dutch, North German, and Norwegian Janssen , a cognate of 1 above. Compare Janson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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