Albert was Charles (Karl Johann) Swanson (Svensen) child and appears here with Charles last name. Albert's given name was Olof but he changed it to Albert upon arriving in the United States. Albert/Olof was born out of wedlock approximately a year before Karl Johan and Hannah Jonsson were married although church records show them to be his parents, the remaining children were born after she married Charles Swanson (Karl Johann Svensson) and are therefore full siblings. Albert/Olof was of age when he arrived in the USA, being the eldest, held to the patronymic Swedish tradition of taking the name of the father "Karl" and adding "son" (or dtr) there by becoming Albert Carlson when he arrived in the USA at around 16 years of age. The remaining children all used the American form of taking the Fathers surname - Swanson. It was previously thought that Hannah had a prior married but that has been disproved.
Albert was Charles (Karl Johann) Swanson (Svensen) child and appears here with Charles last name. Albert's given name was Olof but he changed it to Albert upon arriving in the United States. Albert/Olof was born out of wedlock approximately a year before Karl Johan and Hannah Jonsson were married although church records show them to be his parents, the remaining children were born after she married Charles Swanson (Karl Johann Svensson) and are therefore full siblings. Albert/Olof was of age when he arrived in the USA, being the eldest, held to the patronymic Swedish tradition of taking the name of the father "Karl" and adding "son" (or dtr) there by becoming Albert Carlson when he arrived in the USA at around 16 years of age. The remaining children all used the American form of taking the Fathers surname - Swanson. It was previously thought that Hannah had a prior married but that has been disproved.
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