Nils Jönsson

Brief Life History of Nils

When Nils Jönsson was born on 14 June 1719, in Oxie, Oxie, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Jöns Adamsson, was 28 and his mother, Hanna Svensdotter, was 23. He died about 1792, in Solberga, Skåne, Sweden, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Nils Jönsson
1719–1792
Sara Johansdotter
1740–1824

Sources (2)

  • ArkivDigital: Oxie (M) CI:1 1688 Nils Jönsson christening and birth 1719
  • Nils Joransson, "Sweden, Baptisms, 1611-1920"

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World Events (2)

1720

Northern War occurred.

1743

In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.

Name Meaning

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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