When Peter Olsson was born on 21 April 1820, in Tving, Blekinge, Sweden, his father, Ola Håkansson, was 43 and his mother, Ingerd Andersdotter, was 34. He married Carolina Dorothea Berg on 22 November 1848, in Karlshamn, Blekinge, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Asarum, Blekinge, Sweden for about 20 years. He died on 10 January 1897, at the age of 76.
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Göta Canal opened.
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.
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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