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From: Exile <>
Subject: Re: surname: Ollosson
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:04:05 +0000


On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:15:37 -0800, Robert Heiling <>
muttered something to the effect of:


>You may be off by only one letter. The Swedish given-name Olle (name day
>in Sweden July 29th) would form the patronymic of Ollesson. It's easy to
>see how an e could change to an o if poorly written or misunderstood.
>
>Bob
>
>
thanks very much, much appreciated
Marc

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