Brief Life History of Mathilda
When Mathilda Widergren was born on 22 March 1867, her father, Jöns Widergren, was 32 and her mother, Kjersti Sandberg, was 28. She died on 7 June 1881, at the age of 14.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Mathilda Widergren, "Sweden, Baptisms, 1611-1920"
- Jöns Widergren family at Bösarp no. 15 1875-1883
- Jöns Widergren family at no. 10 Bösarp
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World Events (1)
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Name Meaning
Latinized form of a Germanic personal name derived from maht, meht ‘might’ + hild ‘battle’. This was the name of an early German queen ( 895–968 ), wife of Henry the Fowler, who was noted for her piety and generosity. It was also the name of the wife of William the Conqueror and of the daughter of Henry I of England ( see Maud ). The name was introduced into England by the Normans, and this Latinized form is the one that normally occurs in medieval records, while the vernacular form Maud was the one in everyday use. Matilda was revived in England as a learned form in the 18th century.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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