When Gertrud Eriksdotter was born in 1737, in Öja, Gotland, Sweden, her father, Erik Olofssen, was 39 and her mother, Cecilia Persdotter, was 28. She married Jacob Rasmusson on 17 October 1762, in Öja, Gotland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.
from gēr, gār ‘spear’ + þrūþ ‘strength’; the name of two famous 13th-century nuns of the Cistercian Abbey of Helfta near Eisleben, whose spiritual writings had a great influence.
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