Maria Ericksson

Brief Life History of Maria

When Maria Ericksson was born on 6 January 1782, in Hallingeberg, Kalmar, Sweden, her father, Eric Persson, was 34 and her mother, Maja Månsdotter, was 17. She had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Anders Olafsson. She died on 29 April 1853, in Kalmar, Sweden, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Anders Olafsson
1779–1813
Maria Ericksson
1782–1853
Greta Stina Andersdr
1800–1890
Ander Peter Andersson
1806–1849
Maja Lisa Andersdotter
1810–1812
Maja Lisa Andersson
1813–

Sources (2)

  • Maria Ericsdotter in entry for Greta Stina, "Sweden, Södermanland Church Records, 1604-1900; index 1640-1860"
  • Ancestry Family Trees

World Events (5)

1809

Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.

1814

Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.

1832

Göta Canal opened.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.

Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .

English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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