Brief Life History of Anton
When Anton Sandberg was born on 10 November 1792, in Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden, his father, Elias Sandberg, was 61 and his mother, Sigrid Juliana Von Settman, was 40. He married Maja Holter about 1814, in Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1899, at the age of 107.
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Sources (4)
- Legacy NFS Source: Sergeant Sandberg - Church record: birth-name: Sergeant SANDBERG. (Sergeant is a military title and not the first name - see Collaboration notes)
- Sandberg in entry for Hans Hartvig Wilhelmsen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Garnisons, GOTEBORG OCH BOHUS, SWEDEN
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World Events (7)
1809
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
1814
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
1832
Göta Canal opened.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Bjorn, Nels, Nils, Algot, Bertel, Evald, Fredrik, Joakim, Ove, Per.
Swedish and Danish: ornamental name composed of the elements sand ‘sand’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of the three farmsteads named with sand ‘sand’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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