Brief Life History of Hans
When Hans Anderson was born on 19 November 1772, in Morlanda, Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden, his father, Anders Håkansson, was 29 and his mother, Maren Nilsdotter, was 28. He married Cicilia Olofsdotter on 18 October 1797, in Morlanda, Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1825, at the age of 53.
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- Hans Andersson, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"
- Hans Andersson in entry for Inger Hansdotter, "Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920"
- Hans Andersson in entry for Malena Hansdotter, "Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920"
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World Events (2)
1809
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
1814
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
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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