When Ellen Andretta Albertina Jonsson was born on 24 April 1861, in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, her father, Anders Jonsson, was 33 and her mother, Elin Adamsson Faust, was 29. She married August "Kull" Andersson on 21 June 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 9 December 1943, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Lars, Lennart, Thor, Alf, Anders, Arni, Erik, Jorgen, Mats, Olafur, Per.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Jon, Scandinavian form of John . Compare Jonson 2.
English: variant of Johnson , although this form of the English name may have died out in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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