When Sophia Wilhelmina Jonasson was born on 5 June 1846, in Tjärstad, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Jonas Pehrsson, was 50 and her mother, Brita Stina Andersdotter, was 42. She lived in Ljungby, Kalmar, Sweden in 1839.
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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.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Erik, Klas, Lars, Per. German Ernst.
Swedish: patronymic from the Biblical personal name Jonas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Jonassen , a cognate of 1 above.
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