When Per Mansson was born on 9 November 1814, in Fågeltofta, Albo, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Måns Pehrsson, was 34 and his mother, Eljena Larsdotter Zetterberg, was 29. He married Hanna Mårtensdotter on 14 June 1840, in Fågeltofta, Albo, Kristianstad, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 11 April 1864, in Fågeltofta, Albo, Kristianstad, Sweden, at the age of 49.
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Göta Canal opened.
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Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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