Brief Life History of Lars Andersson
When Lars Andersson Hedin was born on 1 June 1840, in Hille, Gävleborg, Sweden, his father, Anders Larsson Astrom, was 23 and his mother, Brita Hansdotter, was 25. He married Maria Lovisa Larsdotter Jacobson on 2 April 1874. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in New Gottland, McPherson, Kansas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 14 March 1915, in McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in New Gottland Township, McPherson, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (6)
- L Hedin, "United States Census, 1880"
- Lars Hedin, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lars in household of Anders Larsson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Sven, Lars, Algot, Dagny, Nels, Nils.
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from hed(e) ‘heath, moor’ + the adjectival suffix -in, a derivative of Latin -in(i)us ‘relating to’. Compare Hedeen and Heden .
French: from a derivative of the ancient Germanic personal name Haido, a short form of any of various compound names beginning with haid ‘heath’ (i.e. wasteland, often with heather).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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