When Helena Sophia Broberg was born on 21 January 1819, in Tunaberg, Södermanland, Sweden, her father, Johan Andersson Broberg, was 37 and her mother, Brita Stina Jonsdotter Nyholm, was 37. She married Eric Hultström on 15 May 1842, in Tunaberg, Södermanland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 19 July 1874, in her hometown, at the age of 55.
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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.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements bro ‘bridge’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name, with the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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