When Anna Johansdotter was born on 17 February 1802, in Morlanda, Västra Götaland, Sweden, her father, Johannes Månsson, was 21 and her mother, Karin Andersdotter, was 30. She married Berndt Mårtensson on 26 November 1826, in Ljung, Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 6 August 1841, in Ljung, Västra Götaland, Sweden, at the age of 39, and was buried in Ljung, Västra Götaland, Sweden.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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