When Hans Larsson Sjögren was born on 21 August 1759, in Lilla Harrie, Harjager, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Lars Nilsson, was 31 and his mother, Anna Tufvasdotter, was 51. He married Bengta Knutsdotter on 18 March 1785, in Asmundtorp, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 23 September 1835, in Gullarp, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 76, and was buried in Gullarp, Skåne, Sweden.
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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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