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Titel: SV: Leonard (became LYNN in US) b 2/28/1867 Son of Jan Jernberg and Maria Andersdatter. Arvika
Skrivet av: Harald Nordius skrivet 2017-03-16, 13:44
 During the period of transtion from patronymics to family names you can find women with a patronymic ending in -son (Sweden) or -sen (Norway). My grandfather's first wife was called Persdotter when they married in 1888, but when she died in 1902 she was namned "Nilsson, born Persson". Nilsson was his name. I lived in Alfta in western Hälsingland in the 1950s. At that time patronymics were still in use there, but the ending -dotter was out of use, so both boys and girls were given patronymics ending in -son.

My grandfather's brother Anders Nilsson moved to Norway and changed his name to Nilsen. In a record from 1900 all his children are called Andersen, both boys and girls.