When Eric Jonsson Westerberg was born on 17 December 1786, in Vesterfernebo, Västmanland, Sweden, his father, Jan Johan Ersson Söderberg, was 26 and his mother, Helena Mattsdotter, was 21. He married Brita Jansdotter on 30 September 1810, in Fläckebo, Västmanland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 9 March 1852, in Vesterfernebo, Västmanland, Sweden, at the age of 65, and was buried in Vesterfernebo, Västmanland, Sweden.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Berndt, Erik, Lennart, Nils, Sten.
German: habitational name from any of numerous places so named.
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from (an altered form of) the elements väster ‘western’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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