Margareta Sophia Winberg

Brief Life History of Margareta Sophia

When Margareta Sophia Winberg was born on 27 October 1759, in Ravlunda, Kristianstad, Sweden, her father, Lars Vinberg, was 33 and her mother, Anna Christina, was 36. She married Ingeman Borgquist on 23 November 1781, in Vidtsköfle, Kristianstad, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She died in 1814, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

Ingeman Borgquist
1751–1814
Margareta Sophia Winberg
1759–1814
Marriage: 23 November 1781
Christina Petronella
1782–1788
Kiel Christopher
1783–1784
Kiel
1785–1788
Lovisa
1786–1787
Henrietta
1786–
Adolph Friedrich Borgquist
1787–
Kell Gustaf
1789–
Christina Juliana
1790–1797
David Borgquist Ingemansson
1792–1857
Carl Julius
1793–1793
Elna Sophia
1794–
Adam
1795–1797
Anna Christina Borgqvist
1798–
Amalia Charlotta Borgguist
1800–
Greta Sophia
1803–

Sources (23)

  • Margareta Sophia Winberg, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"
  • Greta Winberg in entry for Christina Juliana Ingemansdotter, "Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920"
  • Margreta Winberg in entry for Adolph Friedric Ingemansson, "Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920"

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World Events (2)

1809

Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.

1814

Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars.

Danish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place so named, most probably the one in Mecklenburg, Germany.

Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements vin ‘wine, vine’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’. It could also be of German origin (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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