Selma Matilda Cassel

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Selma Matilda Cassel

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Birthplace: Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden
Death: January 23, 1852 (38)
Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Carl Persson Cassel and Viveka Strokirk
Wife of Samuel Gustaf Benedicks; Samuel Gustaf Benedicks and Fredrik August Björkenstam
Sister of Viktor Cassel; Hilda Viveka Cassel; Knut Cassel and Elisabet Cassel
Half sister of Karl Elias Cassel; Fredrik Cassel; Per August Cassel and Anna Maria Cassel

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About Selma Matilda Cassel

Samuel and certain Selma were acquainted with the famous Florence Nightingale. She is called the world's "first nurse" after her contribution to wounded soldiers during the Crimean War 1853 to 1856! There are a lot of correspondence between Selma and Florence published on the web. In the book "Florence Nightingale", the Swedish author Åsa Moberg closer describes this friendship.

http://gbenedicks.blogspot.se/2014/05/more-family-history.html
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Selma Matilda Cassel's Timeline

1813
October 7, 1813
Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden
1852
January 23, 1852
Age 38
Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden