When Johan Alfred Jonsson was born on 28 May 1853, in Ransberg, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Johannes Larsson, was 37 and his mother, Maria Lisa Eriksdotter, was 31. He married Susanna Maria Gustafsdotter on 25 January 1885. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mölltorp, Skaraborg, Sweden in 1874. He died on 16 April 1940, in Ransberg, Skaraborg, Sweden, at the age of 86.
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The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
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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