When Maria Charlotta Gauffin was born on 1 April 1842, in Gimo, Skäfthammar, Uppsala, Sweden, her father, Fredrik Wilhelm Gaufin, was 25 and her mother, Margreta Charlotta Tillman, was 20. She married Karl Hindrik Kjellmodin on 2 February 1867, in Gimo, Skäfthammar, Uppsala, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 6 March 1937, in Skäfthammar, Uppsala, Sweden, at the age of 94.
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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.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Scottish (Angus): from Gaelic Mac Eachainn; see McGahan .
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