When Selma Nahyda Bergman was born on 20 June 1848, in Råggärd, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Anders Gabriel Bergman, was 43 and her mother, Nahyda Sincera Lidback, was 34. She married Nils Fromhold Branzell on 30 June 1880. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Högsäter, Älvsborg, Sweden for about 28 years. She died on 23 January 1929, in Åmål, Älvsborg, Sweden, at the age of 80.
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from berg ‘mountain, hill’ + man ‘man’, or a habitational name for someone from a place named with the word berg. The surname, which is also found in Finland, may also be of German (compare 3 below) or Dutch (see 2 below) origin.
Dutch: topographic name denoting an upland dweller, from berg (see Berg ) ‘mountain, hill’ + man ‘man’.
Altered form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Bergmann . This form of the surname is also found in Czechia, Poland, and some other European countries.
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