Bjornson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The origin of the distinguished Bjornson family can be traced to the rugged Scandinavian country of Norway. The surname Bjornson is derived from the Old Norse
personal name Bjorn, which means bear. The suffix -sen and its variants are translatable as son of.
Early Origins of the Bjornson family
Migration of the Bjornson family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Bjornson Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
- Bjorn Knut Bjornson, who arrived in Wisconsin in 1914 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Contemporary Notables of the name Bjornson (post 1700)
- Bjornsterne Martinius Bjornson (1832-1910), Norwegian writer and statesman
- Maria Bjornson (b. 1949), British stage designer
Bjornson Family Crest Products
See Also
Citations
- ^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)