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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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
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).
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