Brief Life History of Johan
When Johan Anderson or Risbergs was born on 27 August 1732, in Riseberga, Norra Åsbo, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Anders Rysberg, was 39 and his mother, Elisabeth Martensdotter, was 37.
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Family Time Line
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- Legacy NFS Source: Johan Anderson or Risbergs - birth: 27 August 1732; Riseberga, Kristianstad, Sweden
Parents and Siblings
1694– Male
1696– Female
Siblings (7)
1720– Male
1721– Male
1721– Male
1724– Male
1724–1799 Female
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World Events (3)
1743
Age 11
1809
Age 77
1814
Age 82
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Ander(s), a northern Middle English form of Andrew , + son ‘son’. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable, at least in part, to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the personal name has long enjoyed great popularity there. Legend has it that the saint's relics were taken to Scotland in the 4th century by a certain Saint Regulus. In North America, this surname has absorbed many cognate or like-sounding surnames in other languages, notably Scandinavian (see 3 and 4 below), but also Ukrainian Andreychenko etc.
German: patronymic from the personal name Anders , hence a cognate of 1 above.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Andersson , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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