When Sofie Gustavsdatter Lignell was born on 8 June 1858, in Årstad, Halland, Sweden, her father, Johan Gustaf Lignall, was 44 and her mother, Lovisa Simonsdottor, was 38. She married Christian Frederik Rasch on 13 June 1884, in Nørresundby, Ålborghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Nørresundby, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark for about 31 years and Lindholm, Ålborg, Nordjylland, Denmark for about 5 years. She died on 27 February 1942, in Lindholm, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark, at the age of 83, and was buried in Nørresundby, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark.
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The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
English: possibly a habitational name from Lyne Hill in Penkridge, Staffordshire.
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