Brief Life History of Elsa Johanna
When Elsa Johanna Larsdotter Lind was born on 26 December 1842, in Osby, Östra Göinge, Kristianstad, Sweden, her father, Lars Johan Lindh, was 28 and her mother, Ingrid Sörlander, was 25. She married Sven Magnus Andrén on 13 November 1863. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Kolbäck, Västmanland, Sweden in 1898 and Vallsjö, Jönköping, Sweden in 1905. She died on 10 May 1914, at the age of 71.
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- Elfa Johansson Lund in household of Sven Magnus Andren, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
- Elin Lind in household of Sven Magnus Andrén, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
- Elsa Joha. Lind in household of Sven Mag. Andrén, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
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1848 · The March Unrest
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.
1852
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Name Meaning
Scandinavian, English, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a lime tree, Scandinavian and Middle English lind. As a Swedish name, it is often of ornamental origin.
North German and Danish: habitational name from any of various places called with Lind ‘lime tree’.
South German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a gentle, mild, tolerant man, from Middle High German lint, linde, Yiddish lind ‘gentle, mild’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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