When Carl Robert Jansson was born on 7 June 1868, in Norrbärke, Kopparberg, Sweden, his father, Jan Pehrsson, was 44 and his mother, Christina Maria Ersdotter, was 44. He married Anna Nyström on 3 November 1894, in Grangärde, Kopparberg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Grangärde, Kopparberg, Sweden in 1872 and Kopparberg, Kopparberg, Sweden in 1894. He died on 1 February 1946, in Falu Kristine, Falu stad, Kopparberg, Sweden, at the age of 77.
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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 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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