Brief Life History of Hanna
When Hanna Svensson was born on 30 May 1865, in Östra Sönnarslöv, Kristianstad, Sweden, her father, Sven Abrahamsson, was 34 and her mother, Hanna Torkelsdotter, was 32. She married Gustaf Severin Nilsson on 25 April 1890, in Örberga, Östergötland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Ostra, Södermanland, Sweden in 1879 and Örberga, Östergötland, Sweden for about 26 years. She died on 23 December 1941, in Strå, Östergötland, Sweden, at the age of 76.
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- Sweden, Selected Indexed Death Records, 1840-1860 and 1878-1942
- Hanna Svensson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
- Hanna Svensson, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Erik, Lennart, Sven, Ejnar, Johan, Bent, Bjorn, Gunn, Holger, Mats. German Ernst, Kurt, Markus, Otto.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Sven, from Old Norse Sveinn, originally a byname meaning ‘boy, servant’. It is also found in Denmark, northern Germany, and Norway. Compare Svenson , Swainson , Swanson , Swenson , Swensson , and Swinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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