Brief Life History of Gustaf Samuel
When Gustaf Samuel Olsson was born on 28 December 1897, in Järnboås, Örebro, Sweden, his father, Olof Gustaf Olsson, was 36 and his mother, Augusta Andersson, was 23. He died on 29 September 1979, in Norrköpings Sankt Olai, Östergötland, Sweden, at the age of 81.
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Sources (7)
- Legacy NFS Source: Gustaf Samuel Olsson - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Gustaf Samuel Olsson
- Gustaf Samuel Olsson in household of Olof Gustaf Olsson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
- Gustaf Samuel in household of Olof Gustaf Olsson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
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World Events (8)
1901
First Nobel Prize awarded.
1905
Union of Norway and Sweden dissolved.
1920
Sweden joined League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Lennart, Sven, Nils, Erik, Mats, Per, Anders, Bjorn, Fredrik, Nels, Olle. German Hans, Kurt, Fritz, Ingeborg, Otto, Ute.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Ola, a short form of Olof, Swedish variant of Olaf (see Olafsen ), or a shortened form of the patronymic Olofsson (see Olofson ). Compare Ohlsson , Oleson , and Olson .
German (Eastphalia): patronymic from a short form of the personal name Ulrich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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