When Lars Martensson was born on 19 May 1846, in Tosterup, Ingelstad, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Marten Nilsson, was 27 and his mother, Bengta Jonsdotter, was 25. He married Christina Stenström on 1 January 1869. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Smedstorp, Kristianstad, Sweden for about 21 years. He died in April 1924, at the age of 77.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Elof, Nels, Sven.
Americanized form of Swedish Mårtensson or of its rare variant Mårtenson: patronymic from the personal name Mårten (see Martin ).
Americanized form of North German, Dutch, and Danish Martensen and Mårtensen, cognates of 1 above. Compare Mortenson .
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