Anders Jansson was born in 1709, in Svennevad, Örebro, Sweden. He married Catharina Larsdotter on 29 October 1738, in Svennevad, Örebro, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 13 August 1792, in Tjällmo, Östergötland, Sweden, at the age of 83.
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Northern War occurred.
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Lennart, Mats, Nils, Per, Alf, Anders, Berger, Bjorn, Holger, Jan Erik. German Rainer, Ralf, Gunther, Hans.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Jan, a shortened vernacular form of Johannes (see John ).
Americanized form of Dutch, North German, and Norwegian Janssen , a cognate of 1 above. Compare Janson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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