When Marta Nilsdotter was born on 7 May 1815, in Brålanda, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Nils Andersson, was 30 and her mother, Maja Olsdotter, was 28. She married Nils Nilsson on 8 May 1834, in Brålanda, Älvsborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. She died on 2 February 1907, in Hoytsville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Hoytsville, Summit, Utah, United States.
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Göta Canal opened.
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.
contracted form of Märeta, an obsolete variant of Merete . The name is also popular in Sweden.
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