When Maria Olsson was christened on 3 November 1773, in Gesäter, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Olof Rasmusson Dalèn, was 40 and her mother, Britta Stina Andersdotter Galle, was 49. She married Sven Svensson on 10 July 1791, in Gesäter, Älvsborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 2 March 1853, in Gesäter, Älvsborg, Sweden, at the age of 79.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Lennart, Sven, Nils, Erik, Mats, Per, Anders, Bjorn, Fredrik, Nels, Olle. German Hans, Kurt, Fritz, Ingeborg, Otto, Ute.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Ola, a short form of Olof, Swedish variant of Olaf (see Olafsen ), or a shortened form of the patronymic Olofsson (see Olofson ). Compare Ohlsson , Oleson , and Olson .
German (Eastphalia): patronymic from a short form of the personal name Ulrich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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