When Anders Christensson was born on 30 August 1711, in Sövde, Färs härad, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Christen Thomasson, was 43 and his mother, Kerstin Pehrsdotter, was 41. He married Hanna Nilsdotter on 20 October 1734, in Sövde, Färs härad, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 21 July 1756, in his hometown, at the age of 44, and was buried in Sövde, Färs härad, Malmöhus, Sweden.
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Northern War occurred.
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Christensson or Kristensson: patronymic from the personal name Christen , Kristen. This is also an Americanized form of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Christensen and Kristensen . Compare Christeson and Christianson .
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