When Lena Maria Petersdotter was born on 13 April 1840, in Lemnhult, Jönköping, Sweden, her father, Peter Magnus Andersson, was 29 and her mother, Eva Maria Johannesdotter, was 24. She married Anders August Jonasson on 15 May 1864, in Lemnhult, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 8 April 1902, in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Abstracted from various names ending in these syllables, such as Helena and Magdalena. In the United States it was particularly associated with the singer Lena Horne ( 1917–2010 ).
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