When Katharina Andersdotter Arg was born on 29 January 1724, in Grangärde, Kopparberg, Sweden, her father, Anders Anderson Arg, was 22 and her mother, Elisabet Fransdotter, was 21.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Turkish (Arı): ornamental name or nickname from arı ‘pure, innocent’, or from arı ‘bee’. The name is also interpreted as e.g. ‘hard-working’.
Jewish (Israeli): from Hebrew ari ‘lion’, a Hebraicized form of some original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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