Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Carlson was born on 14 October 1742, in Axberg, Örebro, Sweden, her father, Carl Anton Bertaldsson Hessler, was 35 and her mother, Catharina Larsson, was 36.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Maria, "Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860"
- Maria Carlsson, "Sweden, Baptisms, 1611-1920"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (5)
1743
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
1809
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
1814
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lennart, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Iver, Berger, Erland, Lars, Anders, Evald.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Carlsson or Karlsson . This is also an Americanized form of the Norwegian and Danish cognates Carlsen and Karlsen . Compare Charlson .
German: variant of Karlson and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in Britain, possibly to be associated first with immigration of German miners into Cumberland in the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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