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Ohlsen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Sweden

Etymology of Ohlsen

What does the name Ohlsen mean?

The origin of the distinguished Ohlsen family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Sweden. The surname Ohlsen is derived from the Scandianavian personal name Oleifr, which also took the forms Olaf, Olof, and Olav. This name is composed of the elements ans, which means god, and leifr, which means relic. The suffix -sson and its variants are translatable as son of.

Ohlsen migration to the United States +

Ohlsen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

H V Ohlsen, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 1

Historic Events for the Ohlsen family +

SS Atlantic

Andreas Ohlsen, Swedish traveler aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, survived the sinking
Johann Ohlsen, who was traveling aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, died in the sinking

Sources +

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)