When Adam Wennerström was born on 30 December 1819, in Molkom, Värmland, Sweden, his father, Adam Wennerström, was 32 and his mother, Catharina Månsdotter, was 34. He married Brita Elizabeth Bohman on 12 September 1841, in Byarum, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Byarum, Jönköping, Sweden for about 10 years and Ovansjö, Gävleborg, Sweden for about 5 years. He died on 3 July 1899, in Söderhamn, Gävleborg, Sweden, at the age of 79, and was buried in Söderhamn, Gävleborg, Sweden.
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Göta Canal opened.
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.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nord.
Swedish (Wennerström): ornamental name composed of Wenner + ström ‘current, stream’.
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