When Pehr Larsson was born on 26 June 1794, in Kvibille, Halland, Sweden, his father, Lars Pehrsson, was 42 and his mother, Ingjerd Bengtsdotter, was 41. He married Greta Bengtsdotter on 24 June 1825, in Qvibille, Halland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 23 April 1882, in Ås, Halland, Sweden, at the age of 87.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Erik, Anders, Fredrik, Nels, Nils, Olle, Per, Sten, Algot, Birgit, Bjorn. German Bernhard, Hans, Markus, Oskar.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Americanized form of Norwegian and rare North German or Danish patronymic Larssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Larsen and Larson 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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