When Anders Jansson was born on 27 November 1738, in Viksta, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Johan Ersson, was 29 and his mother, Catharina Karin Andersdotter, was 21. He married Carin Persdotter on 7 November 1762, in Viksta, Uppsala, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 4 December 1784, at the age of 46.
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 .
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