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Origin of olson Total Records: 8  Origin of olson, Meaning of olson Origin: Sulsona appears to have derived from the name Solsona. Solsona is a town in the Catalonia province of Northeastern Spain. Located approximately 70 km NNE from Barcelona, Solsona was mentioned in Roman times and was referred to as 'Celsano.' This information can be found in 'La Encyclopedia Illustrada de Espana.' I located this information at the library at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Surnames: Solsona, Sulsona Submitted by: Jack Sulsona Origin of olson, Meaning of olson Origin: in norway, your surname would be a patronym -- the name olsen, is actually 'ole's son', so, if you were named 'peter', and your father was 'ole', you would be 'peter olsen'..if you were female, and you were ole's daughter, your name would be 'olsdatter'...get it? Surnames: Ollson, Olsdatter, Olsen, Olson, Olssen Submitted by: karen johansen Origin of olson, Meaning of olson Origin: Norway Surnames: olson Submitted by: Origin of olson, Meaning of olson Origin: Pa Surnames: Nicholson Submitted by: Joel Nicholson Origin of olson, Meaning of olson Origin: Peter O Olson, born April29,1860 Sylvasborg, Sweden. Died August 11, 1931 in Morrison, Illinois Surnames: Olson Submitted by: Ronald Olson Origin of olson, Meaning of olson Origin: In the case of the Swedish origin of the last name Olson, it is still patriarchal but more likely to come from Son of Olaf. Surnames: Olson Submitted by: Colin Olson Origin of olson, Meaning of olson Origin: Norse viking Uv (sten = farm in Swedish) croft = farm in old english. Uvsten = a viking farmer turned warrior, then taking up farming in England becomes Uvstencroft. Surnames: Uvstencroft, Woolsoncroft Submitted by: Maurice Woolsoncroft Origin of olson, Meaning of olson Origin: Dolson--Meaning was from the DEVies and also Defsen fom Holland(duch) name changed to Dolson DolsenDalson Dalsen Surnames: Dolson-Dolsen-Dalsen-Dalson Submitted by: Dolson 11/8/2009 2:14 PM Page 1 of 1

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