When Christina Margareta Hjerpe was born on 24 January 1766, in Knista, Örebro, Sweden, her father, Johan Svensson Hjerpe, was 26 and her mother, Christina Jacobsdotter, was 24. She married Peter Andersson Qvarfordt on 22 June 1788, in Knista, Örebro, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 17 March 1819, in Borgvik, Värmland, Sweden, at the age of 53.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Gunhild.
Swedish: possibly a variant of Järpe, a soldier's name from järpe ‘hazel grouse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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