When Bengt Hansson was born in 1755, in Lilla Hörstad, Skåne, Sweden, his father, Hans Pehrsson, was 60 and his mother, Parnilla Hansdotter, was 37. He died on 17 October 1756, at the age of 1.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Erik, Niels, Elof, Gudrun, Jarl, Lennart, Mats, Niklas, Per, Sten. Dutch Henrik. German Hans, Elfriede, Kurt.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Hans .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German Hanssen , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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