Brief Life History of Dorothea
When Dorothea Larsdotter was born on 27 June 1816, in Oxie, Oxie, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Lars Berg Ringström, was 25 and her mother, Beretha Jonsdotter, was 26. She married Jöns Håkansson on 22 June 1839, in Vanstad, Färs, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 28 March 1892, in Onslunda, Ingelstad, Kristianstad, Sweden, at the age of 75.
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- Dorothea Larsdr., "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
- Dorothea Larsdr., "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
- Dorothea Larsdr in entry for Karna Jonsdotter, "Sweden, Baptisms, 1611-1920"
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1832
Göta Canal opened.
1848 · The March Unrest
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
1852
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Name Meaning
form of a post-classical Greek name, from dōron ‘gift’ + theos ‘god’ (the same elements as in Theodora , but in reverse order). The masculine form Dorotheus was borne by several early Christian saints, the feminine by only two minor ones, but only the girl's name has survived. In modern use in the English-speaking world it represents either a 19th-century Latinization of Dorothy or a learned reborrowing.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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