When Anna Eriksdotter was born on 31 July 1802, in Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden, her father, Eric Mattson, was 38 and her mother, Kierstin Pehrsdotter, was 35. She married Lars Peter Jonsson on 7 November 1828, in Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 17 April 1865, at the age of 62.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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