When Beata Svensdotter was born in 1701, in Sonarp, Jönköping, Sweden, her father, Sven Isaksson, was 51 and her mother, Sara Knutsdotter, was 42. She married Anders Nilsson on 13 October 1722, in Björkö, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 18 February 1790, in Nävelsjö, Jönköping, Sweden, at the age of 89.
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Northern War occurred.
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Late Latin feminine form of Beatus ‘blessed’. The name was borne by an early Christian saint martyred in North Africa. Beata is widely used among Roman Catholics in Germany, Poland, and elsewhere; it is less common in the English-speaking world.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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