Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Pehrsson was born on 2 February 1774, in Okome, Halland, Sweden, his father, Pehr Svensson, was 33 and his mother, Cherstin Svensdotter, was 30.
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Sources (2)
- Christian Pehrsson, "Sweden, Halland Church Records, 1615-1904; index 1615-1860"
- Ancestry.com - Sweden, Church Records, 1500-1941
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World Events (6)
1809
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
1814
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
1848 · The March Unrest
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lennart, Nels, Nils.
Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Pehrsson: patronymic from the personal name Pehr, vernacular shortened form of Peter . Compare Parson 3 and Person 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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