When John Jan Erick Andersson was born on 10 November 1851, in Norrtälje, Stockholm, Sweden, his father, Anders Andersson, was 28 and his mother, Anna Greta Ersdotter, was 30. He married Johanna Carolina Mattsdotter on 18 October 1878, in Lund, Edsbro, Stockholm, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 9 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1859 and lived in Väddö, Stockholm, Sweden for about 5 years and Richmond Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 18 February 1932, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
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.
Possible Related NamesEric Olofsson Bylund is the missionary who baptized John Erik Andersson and his wife Johanna Carolina Mattsdotter on Sunday, October 17, 1880 in Tomta, Sweden. Elder Bylund was born in 1840 near Öster …
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