Hippias Surname

Bengt Petter Larsson added to his name Hippias. He may have done this because there was another person living in the same area with the same name. Or he decided he wanted that surname. Before 1901 anyone could tell the priest they wanted a new name and as long as it was not a noble name, that became your surname.

There was a Hippias who was a tyrant in Athens, in the 6th century BC and another Hippias was a contempory of Socrates in the 5th century BC.

His sons took the surname of Hippias as well as his second wife Ingrid Johansson.

Bent Petter Larsson's First Wife

Bengt's first wife was Kersti Persdotter. They had the following five children:

Lars Petter b. November 26, 1843
Botilda b. June 12, 1848
Nils Peter b. July 21, 1849
Paulus b. November 4, 1851
Christina b. April 3, 1854

All the children were born in Västa Karup, Kristianstad, Sweden.

On a household examination record Lars Petter is listed with his prison sentences. On another household examination record Paulus served 18 months for theft.

Kersti Persdotter died August 16, 1854.