Margareta Verniksdotter was born at Flohammar in 1662. The baptism record tells us that the child of Vernika Hammarsmed was christened Margareta on D:ca Oculi.[1] Her parents were Vernik Ersson and his wife Marina Mattsdotter.
Margareta Wärniksdotter married Olof Eriksson at Gärdsjö hammer in Söderbärke 1684.[2] She was widowed in 1691.
In the household record for Söderbärke started in 1694 we find Olof Ersson's widow Marg. Wernichsdr. with three children: Erik (1687-1697), Maria (1690-) and Magdalena (1685-). It is noted that they moved to Skinnskatteberg.[3]
Margareta married a second time, about 1700 (there is a gap in the marriage records). Her second husband was Anders Persson. According to both their obituaries they had one son and two daughters.
Margareta Wernichsdotter died 29 June 1745. Her obituary recapitulates her marriages and children.[4]
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