When Hans Hansson was born on 19 August 1705, in Högsätter, Östergötland, Sweden, his father, Hans Hendrickson, was 24 and his mother, Beata Christoffersdotter, was 17. He married Helena Johansdotter on 13 October 1728, in Vreta Kloster, Östergötland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 16 March 1771, in Transäter, Ljung, Östergötland, Sweden, at the age of 65.
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Northern War occurred.
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Erik, Niels, Elof, Gudrun, Jarl, Lennart, Mats, Niklas, Per, Sten. Dutch Henrik. German Hans, Elfriede, Kurt.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Hans .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German Hanssen , a cognate of 1 above.
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