Otto Adolfsson
(1845-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Wilhelmina Göransdotter

Otto Adolfsson

  • Born: 3 Apr 1845, Hollola Finland
  • Married: 19 Dec 1869, Hollola

 

   The alpha ancestor:

We know very little of Otto Adolfsson other than birth and marriage dates and the names of his wife and children. We have now traced back Otto Adolfsson’s and Wilhelmina Göransdotter’s ancestors into the early 1700s. We will be adding family trees to show that sometime later.

The use of surnames was being switched from the patronym system to the current system in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His son Otto (Ottosson) Laaksonen adopted the Laaksonen surname, but we don’t know if Otto Adolfsson did it first.

So what has happened to Otto’s and Wilhelmina’s descendents? Well, there are plenty of representatives of the professions of medicine and dentistry, law, engineering, accounting and the like, a hero (and a casualty) from WWII, and many other successful hard-working individuals. No Laaksonen has been convicted of a serious crime, but there has been some bootlegging (in the past), and even a moll for the Purple Gang. The Laaksonen family has also had its problems with alcoholism.

So in addition to all the great genealogical fun, treasures and skeletons of the Laaksonen family past, this site provides a lot of family tidbits that would otherwise be lost in the course of time. Not to mention that our ancestors and their Finnish heritage are a part of our own identity. Understanding them and their heritage helps us understand ourselves a little bit better.

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   Marriage Information:

Otto married Wilhelmina Göransdotter on 19 Dec 1869 in Hollola. (Wilhelmina Göransdotter was born on 31 Jul 1843 in Hollola Finland.)


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