Brief Life History of Brita
When Brita Broddesdotter was born in 1647, in Barkeryd, Jönköping, Sweden, her father, Brodde Jacobsson, was 60 and her mother, Ingrid Torstensdotter Lohm, was 36. She married Johannes Johansson Barck about 1670, in Barkeryd, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She died in 1722, in her hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in Barkeryd, Jönköping, Sweden.
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- 21 January 1680 Chatharina Johansdotter Barkeryd, Jönköping,Sweden birth record6101%2C226651402
- 23 August 1681 Anna Johansdotter Barck Barkeryds Jönköping birth Records, 1581-1935; index 1633-1860; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPZN-9BN5?cc=1930273&wc=QDYT-1R3%3A226290101%2C226316101%2C226651402
- 27 July 1683 birth Christina Johansdotter Barck Barkeryds Jonkoping Swedna Johansden, Jönköping Church Records, 1581-1935; index 1633-1860; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPZN-9BNH?cc=1930273&wc=QDYT-1R3%3A226290101%2C226316101%2C226651402
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1653
Stockholm became capital of Sweden.
1654
Queen Christina abdicated throne. Converted to Catholicism, later buried in Rome in St. Peter's.
1685
King Charles II barred Jews from settling in Stockholm.
Name Meaning
Borrowing of the Irish name Brighid ( see Bridget ). This name owes its enormous popularity in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden, to St Birgitta ( 1304–73 ), patron saint of Sweden. She was a noblewoman who bore her husband eight children. After his death, she founded an order of nuns, the ‘Bridgettines’ or Order of the Most Holy Saviour. She also went to Rome, where she attempted to reform religious life.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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