When Nils Jonsson was born on 9 February 1858, in Perstorp, Genarp, Bara, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Jons Larsson, was 24 and his mother, Pernilla Andersdr, was 25. He married Cecilia Johansdotter Svensson on 16 October 1884, in Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Genarp, Bara, Malmöhus, Sweden for about 24 years.
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The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Lars, Lennart, Thor, Alf, Anders, Arni, Erik, Jorgen, Mats, Olafur, Per.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Jon, Scandinavian form of John . Compare Jonson 2.
English: variant of Johnson , although this form of the English name may have died out in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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