Brief Life History of Johan
When Johan Andersson was born on 26 August 1741, in Ljusnarsberg, Örebro, Sweden, his father, Anders Bengtsson, was 28 and his mother, Brita Jansdotter, was 23. He married Anna Johansdotter on 22 November 1763, in Ramsberg, Örebro, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 31 August 1788, in Ramshyttan, Ramsberg, Örebro, Sweden, at the age of 47.
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1743
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
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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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