Brief Life History of Lena
When Lena Johannesdotter was born about 17 September 1828, in Långaryd, Jönköping, Sweden, her father, Johannes Andersson, was 37 and her mother, Ingeborg Svensdotter, was 36. She married Carl Johan Jönsson Skans on 5 November 1854, in Långaryd, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Nors, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark in 1828 and Jäluntofta, Jönköping, Sweden in 1888. She died about 11 March 1903, at the age of 74.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Lena Johannesdotter/ - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Lena Johannesdtr
- Lena Johannesdr, "Sweden, Marriages, 1630-1920"
- Lena Johannisdotter in household of Karl Joh. Jönsson Skans, "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930"
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World Events (8)
1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
1832
Göta Canal opened.
1848 · The March Unrest
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.
Name Meaning
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 ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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