When Borje Andersson was born on 15 July 1794, in Ysby, Halland, Sweden, his father, Anders Persson, was 42 and his mother, Pernilla Nilsdotter, was 40. He married Johanna Persdotter on 6 May 1824, in Ysby, Halland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 28 November 1845, in Hov, Ysby, Halland, Sweden, at the age of 51.
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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 Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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