When Peter Jonsson was born on 10 September 1836, in Sandby, Högby, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Jonas Persson, was 35 and his mother, Anna Kajsa Carlsdotter, was 20. He married Lovisa Wilhelmina Persdotter on 27 August 1865, in Hedvig Eleonora, Stockholm, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Österhaninge, Stockholm, Sweden in 1891 and Vada, Stockholm, Sweden in 1891. He died on 5 July 1912, in Södertälje, Stockholm, Sweden, at the age of 75.
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The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
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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