Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth Johannesdotter Holm was born on 17 January 1850, her father, Johannes Jansson Holm, was 33 and her mother, Lovisa Olsdotter, was 31.
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Family Time Line
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- Elisabeth, "Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920"
- Elisabeth, "Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920"
- Elisabeth Johannesdotter in the Sweden, Select Baptisms, 1611-1920
World Events (8)
1852
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
1884 · Fredrika Bremer Association is Founded
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Anders, Thor, Holger, Nels, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Lennart, Niels, Vibeke.
English, Scottish, German, and Scandinavian: topographic name for someone who lived on an island, in particular a piece of slightly raised land lying in a fen or partly surrounded by streams, from Middle English, Middle Low German holm, Old Norse holmr, or else a habitational name from a place called with this element. The Swedish name is often ornamental.
English: topographic name for someone who lived where holly grew, from Middle English holm, a divergent development of Old English hole(g)n ‘holly (tree)’; or, especially in southern England, a habitational name from any of the places such as East and West Holme (Dorset) or Holne (Devon). Compare Hollis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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