When Hulda Mariana Erickson was born on 18 April 1862, in Högby, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Anders Jonas Erickson, was 40 and her mother, Anna Greta Anderson, was 40. She died in July 1863, at the age of 1.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
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Possible Related NamesSynopsis Of the lives of Anders Jonas Erickson / Anna Greta Anderson DATES HISTORICAL INFORMATION 16 Nov. 1821 Anders Jonas Erickson was born in Aska, Jarstad, Ostergotland, Sweden to Jonas E …
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