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Sven Jonasson

M, #1026, b. 14 October 1799

Parents

FatherJonas Jönsson (b. 10 February 1766, d. 2 April 1817)
MotherIngierd Olofsdotter (b. 25 February 1774, d. 21 April 1857)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Sven Jonasson was born on 14 October 1799 in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.1 He and Sarah Lisa Petersdotter were married unknown.
Sven inherited the family 1/4 ownership in Gammalstorp. In the 1826-32 Household Examination (GID: 1911.4.2000), Sven, his mother Ingierd Olofdotter, and brother Joseph were living there. They are not crossed out, but below Sven is written in again and crossed out, implying a move. Brother Johannes and family are crossed out in the same section and written in again on the next page. Writing is hard to read -- review further.

Reference: Edlund: Born 1799-10-14 in Hällstad (P).
Se Gammalstorp: Hällstad AI:3 (1811-1816) Bild 7 / sid 5 (AID: v39877.b7.s5, NAD: SE/GLA/13242)
Se Gammalstorp: Hällstad AI:4 (1826-1832) Bild 17 / sid 21 (AID: v39878.b17.s21, NAD:
SE/GLA/13242).
Last Edited23 May 2021

Citations

  1. [S398] Hallstad Household Examination Roll 1805-10, AI:2, p. 5

Joseph Jonasson

M, #1027, b. 1 June 1802

Parents

FatherJonas Jönsson (b. 10 February 1766, d. 2 April 1817)
MotherIngierd Olofsdotter (b. 25 February 1774, d. 21 April 1857)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Joseph Jonasson was born on 1 June 1802 in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.1
He moved away in 1846, destination illegible (GID 1911.6.18000).

Reference: Edlund: Born 1802-06-01 in Hällstad (P).
Se Gammalstorp: Hällstad AI:3 (1811-1816) Bild 7 / sid 5 (AID: v39877.b7.s5, NAD: SE/GLA/13242)
Se Gammalstorp: Hällstad AI:4 (1826-1832) Bild 17 / sid 21 (AID: v39878.b17.s21, NAD:
SE/GLA/13242.)
Last Edited18 January 2012

Citations

  1. [S398] Hallstad Household Examination Roll 1805-10, AI:2, p. 5

Katarina ("Cajsa") Jonasdotter

F, #1028, b. 23 March 1804, d. 14 September 1830

Parents

FatherJonas Jönsson (b. 10 February 1766, d. 2 April 1817)
MotherIngierd Olofsdotter (b. 25 February 1774, d. 21 April 1857)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Katarina ("Cajsa") Jonasdotter was born on 23 March 1804 in Gammalstorp Rote, Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.1 She died on 14 September 1830 at age 26 in Gammalstorp Rote, Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.2
She died of a fever at age 25 years, 6 months.

Reference: Edlund: Born 1804-03-23 in Hällstad (P).
Se Gammalstorp: Hällstad AI:3 (1811-1816) Bild 7 / sid 5 (AID: v39877.b7.s5, NAD: SE/GLA/13242)
Se Gammalstorp: Hällstad AI:4 (1826-1832) Bild 17 / sid 21 (AID: v39878.b17.s21, NAD:
SE/GLA/13242.)
Last Edited18 January 2012

Citations

  1. [S398] Hallstad Household Examination Roll 1805-10, AI:2, p. 5
  2. [S400] GID 1911.12.91400

Jöns Jonasson

M, #1029, b. 17 September 1807, d. 18 December 1878

Parents

FatherJonas Jönsson (b. 10 February 1766, d. 2 April 1817)
MotherIngierd Olofsdotter (b. 25 February 1774, d. 21 April 1857)
Pedigree Link

Family: Brita Lisa Andersdotter

SonAlfrid Jönsson (b. about 1845, d. 30 November 1846)

Biography

Jöns Jonasson was born on 17 September 1807 in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.1 He died on 18 December 1878 at age 71 in Gammalstorp. Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.
He was a co-owner of 1/4 of Gammalstorp with brother Andreas (GID: 1911.6.28300). When he died, his brother's son became owner of his and his brother's quarter share of Gammalstorp.

Reference: Edlund: Born 1807-09-07 in Hällstad (P).
Se Gammalstorp: Hällstad AI:3 (1811-1816) Bild 7 / sid 5 (AID: v39877.b7.s5, NAD: SE/GLA/13242.)
Last Edited18 January 2012

Citations

  1. [S398] Hallstad Household Examination Roll 1805-10, AI:2, p. 5

Johanna Jonasdotter

F, #1030, b. April 1806, d. 5 October 1806

Parents

FatherJonas Jönsson (b. 10 February 1766, d. 2 April 1817)
MotherIngierd Olofsdotter (b. 25 February 1774, d. 21 April 1857)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Johanna Jonasdotter was born in April 1806 in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.1 She died on 5 October 1806 at age 0 in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Älvsborg län, Sweden.2
She was 5 months, 21 days old when she died of whooping cough.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S398] Hallstad Household Examination Roll 1805-10, AI:2, p. 5
  2. [S459] GID: 1911.12.89800

Jöns Jonasson

M, #1031, b. 19 October 1743

Parents

FatherJonas Jonsson (b. 1715)
MotherKarin Jönsdotter (b. 6 December 1713)
Pedigree Link

Family: Kjerstin Nilsdotter (b. 1749, d. 4 November 1794)

SonJonas Jönsson+ (b. 10 February 1766, d. 2 April 1817)
SonLars Jönsson (b. 1 November 1771)
DaughterMarja Jönsson (b. 17 May 1774)
DaughterLisa Jönsson (b. 10 April 1780)

Biography

Jöns Jonasson was born on 19 October 1743 in Gullered, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Älvsborg län, Sweden.1 He and Kjerstin Nilsdotter were married before 1766 in Älvsborg län, (Väster Götaland), Sweden. He died in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.
Jöns family lived at Carlsgarden, Gullered. The godfather of several children was Olaf Svensson, who was there for the household examination in 1805 and died in 1813.

Jöns sold his share in Carlsgarden to Andreas Andersson in 1795 (3 47). That would have been the year after his wife Kjerstin died.

The family of his son, Jonas, is noted in Hällstad church record AI:2, page 12, household examination. There are two Jonas Jönssons at Gammaltorp, one born 1753 (p. 13)(not mine), the other born 1768 (p. 12)(mine). The correct Jonas' family is entirely listed in AI:3, p. 5, at Gammaltorp, where Jonas is a 1/4 owner. Jöns is not listed.

I can't find a marriage record (should be at GID: 1904.2.14200) nor a death record there.

Was Lars Jönsson, b. 1750, a brother of Jonas (GID: 1911.2.101400) on page preceding Jonas?

Was Anna Marie Jönsdotter who married Anders Pehrson a sister of Jonas? She had a daughter Annika who died 12 May 1836, age 62 (born 1764), at Gammaltorp.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S858] GID: 1912.12.90400

Kjerstin Nilsdotter

F, #1032, b. 1749, d. 4 November 1794
Pedigree Link

Family: Jöns Jonasson (b. 19 October 1743)

SonJonas Jönsson+ (b. 10 February 1766, d. 2 April 1817)
SonLars Jönsson (b. 1 November 1771)
DaughterMarja Jönsson (b. 17 May 1774)
DaughterLisa Jönsson (b. 10 April 1780)

Biography

Kjerstin Nilsdotter was born in 1749 in Älvsborg län, (Väster Götaland), Sweden. Jöns Jonasson and she were married before 1766 in Älvsborg län, (Väster Götaland), Sweden. She died on 4 November 1794 at age ~45 in Carlsgården, Gullered, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.1
She was 45 when she died. Accuracy is also open to question the right Kjerstin? Kjerstin Nilsdotter had person sources.2
Last Edited10 May 2019

Citations

  1. [S878] GID: 1904.3.31900
  2. [S408] GID: 1911.12.90400

Olof Christoffersson

M, #1033, b. 1 January 1736, d. 20 February 1815

Parents

Pedigree Link

Family: Sara Pehrsdotter (b. 3 February 1737, d. 24 November 1816)

SonChristoffer Olofsson (b. 28 February 1766)
DaughterEllika Olofsdotter (b. 22 February 1770)
DaughterIngierd Olofsdotter+ (b. 25 February 1774, d. 21 April 1857)

Biography

Olof Christoffersson was born on 1 January 1736 in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Väster Götaland (Älvsborg län), Sweden.1 He died on 20 February 1815 at age 79 in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Väster Götaland (Älvsborg län), Sweden.2 He was buried on 26 February 1815 in Gammalstorp, Hällstad, Väster Götaland (Älvsborg län), Sweden.
The family is noted in Hällstad church record AI:2, page 13 and also AI:3, p. 5. They were living at Gammaltorp, Hällstad Parish, Väster Götaland, Sweden, from the birth of son Christoffer in 1766, perhaps before, to that time, both alive in 1810. They were apparently living with their daughter Kjerstin and son-in-law.

The book for marriages, 1761-64, is missing.

He died of old age at Gammalstorp on 20 Feb 1815 and was buried in Hällstad 26 Feb 1815. He was 78 years, 1 month, 20 days when he died.

Olof was a farmer in Gullered parish, according to Kerstin Jonmyren in 2000. But as near as I can determine, he never left Gammalstorp.

Did he marry Sara Andersdotter and have a daughter, Ellika? Or is that another Olof Christoffersson?

Reference: Edlund: Magister och kyrkoherde.
Died 1737.
Bouppteckning: Redvägs häradsrätt FII:1 (1722-1740) Bild 222 / sid 435 (AID: v143020.b222.s435,
NAD: SE/GLA/11108.)
Last Edited18 January 2012

Citations

  1. [S399] Hallstad Household Examination Roll 1805-10, AI:3, GID: 1911.3.105900, p. 5
  2. [S424] GID 1911.12.90300

Sara Pehrsdotter

F, #1034, b. 3 February 1737, d. 24 November 1816

Parents

FatherPer Jönsson
MotherIngegerd Börjesdotter (d. 1769)
Pedigree Link

Family: Olof Christoffersson (b. 1 January 1736, d. 20 February 1815)

SonChristoffer Olofsson (b. 28 February 1766)
DaughterEllika Olofsdotter (b. 22 February 1770)
DaughterIngierd Olofsdotter+ (b. 25 February 1774, d. 21 April 1857)

Biography

Sara Pehrsdotter was born on 3 February 1737 in Hällstad, Väster Götaland (Älvsborg län), Sweden.1 She died on 24 November 1816 at age 79 in Hällstad, Väster Götaland (Älvsborg län), Sweden.2
There are a variety of birthdates mentioned for Sara, including 1749, 1733, and 1737 in the household examinations. She was born on 3 February. Her death record says she was 79 years 10 months when she died of old age at Gammeltorp in 1816. That would make the 1737 date most likely.

See GID: 1911.10.64400 -- can't read her mother Ingierd's last name.
Last Edited7 November 2016

Citations

  1. [S399] Hallstad Household Examination Roll 1805-10, AI:3, GID: 1911.3.105900, p. 5
  2. [S424] GID 1911.12.90300

Johannes Andersson Sahl

M, #1035, b. 30 June 1779

Parents

FatherAnders Svensson Sahlquist (b. 27 April 1749, d. 15 February 1828)
MotherAnna Hansdotter (b. 7 November 1754, d. 22 July 1811)
Pedigree Link

Family 1: Maria ("Maja") Hansdotter (b. 5 February 1768, d. before 1812)

DaughterAnna Britta Johansdotter (b. 19 December 1802, d. 11 January 1814)
DaughterAnnika Johansdotter+ (b. 12 February 1805, d. 7 June 1885)

Family 2: Anna Andersdotter (b. 2 October 1784)

DaughterAnna Caisa Johansdotter (b. 27 December 1812)
DaughterMaria Stina Johansdotter (b. 25 February 1819)
DaughterJohanna Johansdotter (b. 30 June 1821)
SonJohannes Johansson (b. 2 December 1824, d. 21 April 1826)

Biography

Johannes Andersson Sahl was born on 30 June 1779 in Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.1 He and Maria ("Maja") Hansdotter were married on 28 November 1802 in Djupedal, Hällstad Parish, Väster Götaland, Sweden.2
Johannes' birth record indicates a date of June 17, 1778. Parents' names are Anders and Anna, with Anna's last name illegible. Place is illegible. Witnesses include Anders Svensson, Lars, Britta, and Britta, places illegible (Salunda?). Sister was supposedly born in April 1778, so June 1778 is unlikely. Household records give a date of 1779 for Johannes.

The family is noted in Hällstad church record AI:2, pages 18 and 19 (GID 1911.2.101800). It appears another soldier, Andreas Johannesson Hjelm, took over the torp, #1275, Brobacken (name is in Gothic), about 1810, as Johannes and his family are crossed out. Catharina, b. 1750, was living with them (mother or mother-in-law?). Apparently, Johannes left, and Maria Hansdotter and his two daughters stayed (listed on previous page -- GID: 1911.2.101700). Brobacken was apparently next to or part of Snugge Rote. They may also have lived at Skattegården. That was near Soldatentorp No. 527, which Hjelm also occupied.

The household examination for 1811-16 has Corporal Anders Sahlquist living with his family, including Johannes, at Sandslätt, Bruntorps Rote. The information there gives Johannes' birth as 30 June 1779 (GID: 1911.3.106450). But the record of his birth in the birth book is quite definitive about 17 June 1778. Birth record makes the date of birth appear to be 18 June 1778 (GID 1911.12.94600). First witness appears to be Anders Svensson. Also two Brittas were witnesses. Johannes is married to Anna Andersdotter, born 2 October 1784. They have a daughter, Anna Caisa, born 27 December 1812.

The household examination for Sandslätt 1826-32 has Anders Sahlquist dying in 1828 (born 27 April 1749 according to the record here). Johannes, born 30 June 1779, and his wife Anna Andersdotter, born 10 February 1784, moved away in 1830, but it doesn't indicate where they moved. It indicates 3 daughters: Anna Caisa, born 27 December 1812; Maria Stina, born 25 September 1819, and Johanna, born 30 June 1821, all in Hällstadt. (GID 1911.4.3000)

Johannes Sahl may also have been a soldier (although he is listed as a dräng (farm hand) when he got married]. He (parents were Anders Sahlquist and Anna Andersdotter) and Maja Hansdotter (her parents were listed as Hans Lindborg and Britta Larsdotter) were living at Djupedahl, where they both were farm help. They moved to Brobacken sometime between the birth of daughters Anna Britta and Annika.

Djupedal appears to have been a large farm with lots of farm help. The owner in the 1805-1810 Household (GID: 1911.2.102900) was Magnus Lindborg, b. 1751, and his wife Fru Ulrika Charlotta Östman, b. 1760. Magnus died in 1796 (?). His father was Christian and his mother Anna Elizabet Edman from Djupedal (?).

Interestingly, one of the godparents for Anders Sahlquist's grandaughter Anna Britta was Ulrika Charlotta Lindborg; and one of the godparents for Annika was Anna Stina Sahlquist. Annika's other godparents were Maja Larsdotter, Lars Andersson, and Lars Hansson (were any of these relatives?). Anna Britta's other godparents were Pehr Svensson, Sven Larsson, and Sara Carlsdotter.

His age is listed as 23 (or 30) at time of marriage, while Maria/Maja's is listed as 40. This doesn't agree with his date of birth (he would have been 25). And I can't find her birth in Hällstad birth records, although it is mentioned several times in the household records as 1768.

Djupedal had a soldier's torp. It was occupied by a soldier called Hurtig in the 1766-77 household examination.

There are no household examination records for Hällstad between 1777 and 1805, so we're missing the critical period.

Johannes may have had a daugher, Johanna, who died at age 2-7-10 on 15 Nov 1815 of a fever -- Johannes Sahl and Sina Abrahamsdotter, GID: 1911.12.90400.

Reference: Edlund: Soldat.
Born 1778.
Married 1802-11-28 in Hällstad (P) to the following ancestor.
Se Brobacken: Hällstad AI:2 (1805-1810) Bild 14 / sid 19 (AID: v39876.b14.s19, NAD: SE/GLA/13242.)
Last Edited18 January 2012

Citations

  1. [S426] GID: 1911.12.94600
  2. [S454] GID: 1911.12.93200

Maria ("Maja") Hansdotter

F, #1036, b. 5 February 1768, d. before 1812

Parents

FatherHans Svensson Lindborg (d. 1796)
MotherMertha Persdotter (d. 7 January 1780)
Pedigree Link

Family: Johannes Andersson Sahl (b. 30 June 1779)

DaughterAnna Britta Johansdotter (b. 19 December 1802, d. 11 January 1814)
DaughterAnnika Johansdotter+ (b. 12 February 1805, d. 7 June 1885)

Biography

Maria ("Maja") Hansdotter was born on 5 February 1768 in Hällstad, Älvsborg län, Sweden.1 Johannes Andersson Sahl and she were married on 28 November 1802 in Djupedal, Hällstad Parish, Väster Götaland, Sweden.2 She died before 1812.
Maria Hansdotter is noted as born in 1768 in the family records and as being 40 years old when her daughter Annika was born (meaning born in 1765). Genealogist who did research believes 1765 is more likely, but the record, GID 1911.2.101700 is clearly 1768.

She was living at Skogen under prastgården or Klockaregården in the 1811-16 household examination, p. 17 (GID 1911.2.101700). Birthdate is listed as 1768. No husband listed. Children Anna Britta, b. 1803, and Annika, b. 1805, are listed, as is pigan Catherina, b. 1750 (could be 1790, no last name given). Skogen is listed next to Snugge. She and Johannes apparently parted company, and he remarried. Johannes, Maria, their daughters, and Catharina are listed on the page, but crossed out. Anna Brita is listed on that page as born in 1802 and Annika in 1805.
Last Edited18 January 2012

Citations

  1. [S402] Hallstad Households, AI:2, p. 19
  2. [S454] GID: 1911.12.93200

Anna Britta Johansdotter

F, #1037, b. 19 December 1802, d. 11 January 1814

Parents

FatherJohannes Andersson Sahl (b. 30 June 1779)
MotherMaria ("Maja") Hansdotter (b. 5 February 1768, d. before 1812)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Anna Britta Johansdotter was born on 19 December 1802 in Djupedahl, Hällstad, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.1 She died on 11 January 1814 at age 11 in Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden.
She died at age 11, 1 month, of measles. Her parents were Johannes Sahl and Maria Hansdotter.

Reference: Edlund: Born 1802-12-19 in Djupedal, Hällstad (P).
Died 1814-01-11.
Födelsenotis: Hällstad C:3 (1765-1829) Bild 94 / sid 178 (AID: v46577.b94.s178, NAD:
SE/GLA/13242)
Se Brobacken: Hällstad AI:2 (1805-1810) Bild 14 / sid 19 (AID: v39876.b14.s19, NAD:
SE/GLA/13242)
Dödsnotis: Hällstad C:3 (1765-1829) Bild 37 / sid 65 (AID: v46577.b37.s65, NAD: SE/GLA/13242).
Last Edited18 January 2012

Citations

  1. [S8] GID: 1911.12.95900

Anders Svensson Sahlquist

M, #1038, b. 27 April 1749, d. 15 February 1828

Parents

FatherSven Andersson Vinblad (b. 20 August 1711, d. 1 January 1790)
MotherAnnika Andersdotter
Pedigree Link

Family: Anna Hansdotter (b. 7 November 1754, d. 22 July 1811)

DaughterAnna Andersdotter (b. 2 October 1772, d. 16 November 1818)
SonJohannes Andersson Sahl+ (b. 30 June 1779)
DaughterCatharina Andersdotter (b. 24 August 1781)
DaughterAnna Stina Andersdotter (b. 11 November 1788)

Biography

Anders Svensson Sahlquist was born on 27 April 1749 in Murum, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.1 He and Anna Hansdotter were married in Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden. He died on 15 February 1828 at age 78 in Sandslätt, Hällstad, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.2 He was buried on 24 February 1828 in Hällstad, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.
There is an Anders (Andreas?) born 27 April 1749. Check the parish -- it's in the same book as Hällstad. Names of parents are illegible. They may be Sven Kinblad and Annika Andersdotter. They may be from a farm in Tomta. Sven Anderson was a witness or godparent Jons Jonasson appears to have been one of the godparents, but it's impossible to know if it's the same Jons Jonasson as in this genealogy. The name of the place they were living is also illegible (GID: 1911.11.76100).

The household examination 1805-10 lists him as a corporal, a renter (torpere), living at Sandslätt, Hällstad, with his wife, Anna Hansdotter. It lists his date of birth as 1751 and hers as 1754. It lists two daughters, Anna Stina, b. 1788, and Catharina, b. 1781, both crossed out (moved -- married?). Another Internet source lists his birth date as 1757. His parents married in 1750.

The household examination 1811-1816 for Hällstad, p. 14 (GID: 1911.3.106400) lists him as a corporal living at Sandslätt, Hällstad, with his family and lists their dates of birth. His date of birth of 1751 is crossed out and 27 Feb 1749 is written in. Anna Hansdotter, his wife, has her name crossed out, so it's likely she died.

He was a soldier in the Swedish army. He is listed as occupying soldiers' torp 1261 in Salunda Rote. There appear to have been 6 soldiers torps in Salunda Rote, all occupied by a soldier given the name Sahl, Sahlqvist, or Sahlgren.

He was 79 years old when he died (born 1749). His listed parents were Sven Vinblad and Annika. Cause of death is illegible. (GID 1911.12.91200)

"In 1680 a system for the recruitment and support of enlisted soldiers was put in place in Sweden which continued until 1901. Sweden was overwhelmingly rural and relatively poor, so supporting a standing army was difficult. Each three or four farmers had to enlist one soldier, who then had to be approved by the army, navy, or cavalry officers. The farmers gave the soldier a field to farm, a small house to live in, and a small cow shed. The soldier could marry, and their family would live there. But if the soldier, for whatever reason, could no longer serve, he and his family had to leave the little farm.

A soldier's life was difficult. Military discipline was extremely strict. Penalties for infractions were usually floggings. Up until 1809 there were many wars in which Sweden participated. Soldiers risked being killed in action or wounded during campaigns. Most had no other profession by which to earn a living and support a family. Appointment to the military was easy, but hard to endure.

The soldiers were mostly away from home for exercises or military campaigns. The fields and cattle were for the wife and children to farm. A soldier could not manage without a wife. That is why soldiers' wives are often older than the soldiers, like Johan Sahl and his wife Maria. And why they had relatively few children.

Officers did not like having a company full of Johanssons, Anderssons, and Olofssons, since many carried these names. They wanted to be able to separate and address the enlisted men by name. So short and sometimes strange names were invented and given to them, like Stark, Kack, Stolt, Alg, or Sahl (meaning Hall or Ward). Mostly the names were given also to the places where the soldiers lived. The soldier living in a given house would be called Reh, for instance, with each who followed also called Rehn. If a soldier left the service, he frequently left his name as well. His children mostly did not adopt the name at all. Farmers never used such names. Perhaps the officers meant that Sahl was a good name for Sahlgren's son (Sahlgren is also an officer-given name)."

Courtesy of Kerstin Jonmyren, Swedish Genealogist, May 2000.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S458] GID: 1911.13.106400
  2. [S745] GID 1911.12.91200

Anna Hansdotter

F, #1039, b. 7 November 1754, d. 22 July 1811

Parents

Pedigree Link

Family: Anders Svensson Sahlquist (b. 27 April 1749, d. 15 February 1828)

DaughterAnna Andersdotter (b. 2 October 1772, d. 16 November 1818)
SonJohannes Andersson Sahl+ (b. 30 June 1779)
DaughterCatharina Andersdotter (b. 24 August 1781)
DaughterAnna Stina Andersdotter (b. 11 November 1788)

Biography

Anna Hansdotter was born on 7 November 1754 in Hällstad, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.1 Anders Svensson Sahlquist and she were married in Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden. She died on 22 July 1811 at age 56 in Sandslätt, Hällstad, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.2 She was buried on 4 August 1811 in Hällstad, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.2
Anna was 58 years, 4 months, 14 days old when she died. That calculates to a birth date of 8 March 1753, which is different from what the records show. Death record shows her parents, but her mother's last name is illegible. Cause of death is illegible. See GID 1911.12.90100. I can't find her birth record.

She and Anders were living at Sandslätt when she died. He may have had to move for that reason (no one to care for the soldier's torp).
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S460] GID: 1911.3.106400
  2. [S747] GID 1911.12.90100

Matilda Danielsdotter

F, #1040, b. 18 August 1834, d. 26 March 1908

Parents

FatherDaniel Nilsson (b. 5 September 1809, d. 28 May 1890)
MotherMärta Catharina Johansdotter (b. 13 August 1808, d. 10 January 1876)
Pedigree Link

Family: Johan August Sjöberg (b. 23 January 1838)

DaughterAlma Cecilia Sjöberg (b. 22 August 1864)
SonCarl Daniel Allenius Sjöberg+ (b. 6 September 1865, d. 7 August 1942)
SonJohan Constantin Sjöberg+ (b. 7 August 1867)
SonAxel Herbert Sjöberg+ (b. 11 December 1869)
DaughterHilda Sjöberg (b. 11 December 1869)
SonHyalmar Sjöberg (b. about 1876, d. after 1940)

Biography

Matilda Danielsdotter was born on 18 August 1834 in Stora Gärdet, Hössna, Älvsborg län, Sweden. Johan August Sjöberg and she were married on 24 October 1863 in Sweden. She died on 26 March 1908 at age 73 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
In 1856, Matilda moved to Ofve Rullen (p. 181 Gardoka Rote, Stora Gärdet, Household Examination 1856-1861). The family lived on North Street in Warwick in 1920.
Last Edited19 August 2013

Johan David Nilsson

M, #1041, b. 1 October 1836, d. 1 April 1916

Parents

FatherDaniel Nilsson (b. 5 September 1809, d. 28 May 1890)
MotherMärta Catharina Johansdotter (b. 13 August 1808, d. 10 January 1876)
Pedigree Link

Family: Gustava Johansdotter (b. 25 April 1842)

SonJohan Albin Davidsson (b. 30 January 1872)
DaughterTekla Maria Davidsdotter+ (b. 16 January 1874)
SonFritz Mauritz Davidsson (b. 20 April 1874)
SonKlas Viktor Daniel Davidsson (b. 3 February 1881, d. 1919)
DaughterSigne Elfrida Nilsson+ (b. 6 May 1884, d. 1 April 1948)

Biography

Johan David Nilsson was born on 1 October 1836 in Stora Gärdet, Hössna, Älvsborg län, Sweden.1 He and Gustava Johansdotter were married on 15 April 1871. He died on 1 April 1916 at age 79 in Hössna, Älvsborg län, Sweden.
Johan David inherited ownership of the farm, Stora Gärdet. He learned the carpenter's trade from his father, whom he helped build the Tvarred parish church. He left the farm May 1, 1884, and moved to Stora Torpet in Hössna, which was close by.

Was he married January 26, 1871? Household Examination 1870-76 lists that date. A place is also mentioned, but I can't read it.
Last Edited19 August 2013

Citations

  1. [S397] Hossna Household Examination Roll 1878-91, AI:11; also GID: 1911.12.96100, Hallstad births, 1033.20.37400, p. 164 and p. 169.

Solomon Bernhard Nilsson

M, #1042, b. 7 January 1844, d. 1847

Parents

FatherDaniel Nilsson (b. 5 September 1809, d. 28 May 1890)
MotherMärta Catharina Johansdotter (b. 13 August 1808, d. 10 January 1876)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Solomon Bernhard Nilsson was born on 7 January 1844 in Stora Gärdet, Hössna, Älvsborg län, Sweden. He died in 1847 at age ~3 in Stora Gärdet, Hössna, Älvsborg län, Sweden.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Anders Viktor Nilsson

M, #1043, b. 12 May 1851, d. 9 May 1940

Parents

FatherDaniel Nilsson (b. 5 September 1809, d. 28 May 1890)
MotherMärta Catharina Johansdotter (b. 13 August 1808, d. 10 January 1876)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Anders Viktor Nilsson was born on 12 May 1851 in Stora Gärdet, Hössna, Älvsborg län, Sweden. He died on 9 May 1940 at age 88 in Ulricehamn, Sweden. Did he die on the same day Norway was invaded by Germany?
Anders Viktor Nilsson had person sources.1
Last Edited22 March 2017

Citations

  1. [S191] Dan Nelson, e-mail, 22 August 2007

Nils Andersson

M, #1044, b. 19 September 1772, d. 17 May 1816

Parents

FatherAnders Nilsson (b. 1738, d. 19 August 1803)
MotherMargareta Larsdotter (b. 27 September 1738, d. 20 December 1778)
Pedigree Link

Family: Anna Danielsdotter (b. 20 October 1779, d. 8 August 1825)

DaughterMaria ("Maja") Nilsdotter+ (b. 8 April 1803, d. 1829)
DaughterKatarina Nilsdotter (b. 1804, d. 1806)
DaughterKatrina Andersson (b. 3 May 1807)
SonDaniel Nilsson+ (b. 5 September 1809, d. 28 May 1890)
SonAnders Nilsson (b. 12 February 1812)
DaughterAnna Nilsdotter+ (b. 28 June 1814, d. 1884)
DaughterChristina Nilsdotter (b. 1816)

Biography

Nils Andersson was born on 19 September 1772 at Hjällnäs in Bergsgården, Östad Parish, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.1 He and Anna Danielsdotter were married on 25 March 1802 in Russ, Långered, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.2 He died on 17 May 1816 at age 43 in Ruus, Långared, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.1 He was buried on 26 May 1816.
At the time of their marriage, Nils and Anna lived at Ruus in Långered parish. Nils was a farm hand (dräng). He was 30 (indistinct and hard to decipher) at the time of their marriage, while Anna was 23. Nils is listed as being born in 1771 in the Household Examination books AI:3 (1783-1798), AI:4 (1798-1812) and A:5 (1812-1833).

Their marriage was listed in the parish marriage register for Lena. At that time, apparently the minister was responsible for several parishes, including Långered, Fullestad, Bergstena, and Lena. There are separate church books for each of the parishes as well, although the marriages are not in them.

Nils' parents are listed in the marriage record as Anders Nilsson and Kjerstin Pehrsdotter. Actually, Kjerstin was Anders' second wife; Nils' mother was Margareta Larsdotter.

There was no Anders Nilsson living at Ruus in the Household Examination books of that period. The family moved to Ruus, Långared Parish, from Östad Parish about 20 miles southwest on the other side of Alingsås.

The main person listed at Ruus is Pehr Andersson, b. 15 August 1752. He may have been born in Loo. His wife was Maria Persdotter, born in 1759 (indistinct) in Östad (indistinct) Soken and died 20 January 1823 of old age. Pehr predeceased her. They had two sons, Anders b. 21 June 1782 and Nils b. January 10, 1784, and one daughter, Anna, born 9 March 1786. A farm hand named Anders Andersson, born in 1766, was there, but moved to Stora Lo. There was also a servant girl named Kjerstin Jacobsdotter, born in 17?? (perhaps 13 May 1758, dau. of Jacob Olsson?), who moved, but where is not indicated. In the 1798-1812 period there was an Anders listed as being born 26 June 1751 (year indistinct) and as "Br" (brother?). This information is in the Household Examination books AI:3 (1783-1798), AI:4 (1798-1812) and A:5 (1812-1833).

The Pehr Andersson b. 15 August 1752 had as parents Anders Arvidsson and Anna Hansdotter. Having the same parents and therefore presumably his brother was Nils Andersson, who was a "bonde barn" from Stora Loo. But I can't find any of the family at Stora Loo.

Nils died of tuberculosis. He was 43 years, 4 months, 2 days old, according to the record (GID: 778.11.11800). That would seem to support a January 1773 date of birth, but he is the Nils Andersson born 19 September 1772 in Östad Parish.

Reference: Edlund: Born 1772-09-19 in Jällnäs Bergsgård, Östad (P).
Married 1802-03-25 in Långared (P) to the following ancestor.
Födelsenotis: Östad C:4 (1753-1861) Bild 24 (AID: v15836.b24, NAD: SE/GLA/13681)
Se Rus: Långared AI:4 (1798-1812) Bild 12 / sid 7 (AID: v44132.b12.s7, NAD: SE/GLA/13350).
Vigselnotis: Lena E:3 (1762-1850) Bild 33 (AID: v55446.b33, NAD: SE/GLA/13324). Nils Andersson was christened on 20 September 1772 in Ostad, Alvsborg, Sweden.
Last Edited27 May 2019

Citations

  1. [S434] GID: 778.11.11800
  2. [S413] Lena Marriages 1862-1850, E:3, 778.10.3700 - GID: 778.10.3700

Anna Danielsdotter

F, #1045, b. 20 October 1779, d. 8 August 1825

Parents

FatherDaniel Andersson (b. 19 June 1755, d. 12 December 1786)
MotherKjerstin Svensdotter (b. 8 April 1758, d. 1809)
Pedigree Link

Family: Nils Andersson (b. 19 September 1772, d. 17 May 1816)

DaughterMaria ("Maja") Nilsdotter+ (b. 8 April 1803, d. 1829)
DaughterKatarina Nilsdotter (b. 1804, d. 1806)
DaughterKatrina Andersson (b. 3 May 1807)
SonDaniel Nilsson+ (b. 5 September 1809, d. 28 May 1890)
SonAnders Nilsson (b. 12 February 1812)
DaughterAnna Nilsdotter+ (b. 28 June 1814, d. 1884)
DaughterChristina Nilsdotter (b. 1816)

Biography

Anna Danielsdotter was born on 20 October 1779 in Holmängen, Långared, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.1 Nils Andersson and she were married on 25 March 1802 in Russ, Långered, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.2 She died on 8 August 1825 at age 45 in Ruus, Långared, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.3 She was buried on 11 August 1825 in Ruus, Forste Rote, Långared, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.4
Anna was 23 at the time of her marriage. Anna or Annika? Tage Svantesson has Annika, but I read Anna in the records. Her parents were living at Holmängen, Förste Rote, Långered, when she was married. It's next to Ruus, where Nils was living. She was 45 years, 9 months, 18 days old when she died. She was a housewife from Ruus and died of pneumonia.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S438] GID: 694.3.30500
  2. [S413] Lena Marriages 1862-1850, E:3, 778.10.3700 - GID: 778.10.3700
  3. [S456] 694.3.30500
  4. [S457] GID: 694.3.30500

Johannes Jacobsson

M, #1046, b. 26 August 1770, d. 12 February 1828

Parents

FatherJacob Larsson (b. 20 May 1723, d. 17 February 1805)
MotherMärta Catharina Abrahamsdotter Högberg (b. 20 April 1735, d. 12 March 1809)
Pedigree Link

Family: Catharina Sofia Johansdotter Elg (b. 27 December 1777, d. 18 January 1853)

DaughterEva Johansdotter+ (b. 7 September 1804)
SonJohan Ulrik Johansson (b. 1 April 1806)
DaughterMärta Catharina Johansdotter+ (b. 13 August 1808, d. 10 January 1876)
DaughterJohanna Johansdotter (b. 8 August 1810)
DaughterLotta Johansdotter (b. 6 December 1812)
DaughterUlrica Johansdotter (b. 1815)
DaughterGustava Johansdotter+ (b. 26 February 1819, d. 13 July 1886)

Biography

Johannes Jacobsson was born on 26 August 1770 in Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.1 He and Catharina Sofia Johansdotter Elg were married on 28 December 1803 in Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.2 He died on 12 February 1828 at age 57 in Bäckegården, Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.3
The family was noted in Hössna parish records AI:1, page 135, AI:2, page 118. They were living at Backagarden, Hössna. Johannes was a clerk/bellringer (klockanen) at the church. After Johannes died in 1828, Backagarden was destroyed. The new parish priest at Hössna wanted it as part of his property for a new parsonage.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S409] Hossna Household Examination Roll 1804-1815 AI:2, p. 118
  2. [S448] GID: 1033.5.45000
  3. [S412] Hossna Household Examination Roll 1822-1838, AI:4, p. 297

Catharina Sofia Johansdotter Elg

F, #1047, b. 27 December 1777, d. 18 January 1853

Parents

FatherJohannes Elg (b. 1 July 1751, d. 4 May 1790)
MotherAnna Katharina Andersdotter ("Cajsa") Vennberg (b. 22 November 1752, d. 1834)
Pedigree Link

Family: Johannes Jacobsson (b. 26 August 1770, d. 12 February 1828)

DaughterEva Johansdotter+ (b. 7 September 1804)
SonJohan Ulrik Johansson (b. 1 April 1806)
DaughterMärta Catharina Johansdotter+ (b. 13 August 1808, d. 10 January 1876)
DaughterJohanna Johansdotter (b. 8 August 1810)
DaughterLotta Johansdotter (b. 6 December 1812)
DaughterUlrica Johansdotter (b. 1815)
DaughterGustava Johansdotter+ (b. 26 February 1819, d. 13 July 1886)

Biography

Catharina Sofia Johansdotter Elg was born on 27 December 1777 in Götaström bruk, Tofteryd (F)., Sweden.1 Johannes Jacobsson and she were married on 28 December 1803 in Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.2 She died on 18 January 1853 at age 75 in Lilla Skogen, Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.1 She was buried on 30 January 1853 in Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.
She moved to Stora Gärdet in 1833, after her husband died. She's listed there as a widow living near her son Daniel in the household examinations of 1822-1838 through 1850-58. She died of old age at 73 years, 3 months, 7 days.

Reference: Edlund: Born 1777-12-27 in Götaström bruk, Tofteryd (F).
Died 1853-01-18 in Hössna (P).
Married to the previous ancestor.
Födelsenotis: Tofteryd CI:2 (1744-1780) Bild 99 / sid 191 (AID: v36334.b99.s191, NAD: SE/VALA/00379)
Se Götaströms bruk: Tofteryd AI:4 (1778-1787) Bild 730 / sid 129 (AID: v22404.b730.s129, NAD:
SE/VALA/00379)
Se Götaströms bruk: Tofteryd AI:4 (1778-1787) Bild 1830 / sid 347 (AID: v22404.b1830.s347, NAD:
SE/VALA/00379)
Se Stora Gärdet: Hössna AI:1 (1790-1804) Bild 53 / sid 97 (AID: v43925.b53.s97, NAD: SE/GLA/13256)
Se Bäckagården i Hössna by: Hössna AI:2 (1804-1815) Bild 64 / sid 118 (AID: v43926.b64.s118, NAD:
SE/GLA/13256)
Se Bäckagården: Hössna AI:3 (1812-1823) Bild 71 / sid 131 (AID: v43927.b71.s131, NAD: SE/GLA/13256)
Se Bäckagården: Hössna AI:4 (1822-1838) Bild 156 / sid 297 (AID: v43928.b156.s297, NAD: SE/GLA/13256)
Se Stora Gärdet: Hössna AI:4 (1822-1838) Bild 123 / sid 231 (AID: v43928.b123.s231, NAD: SE/GLA/13256
Se Stora Gärdet: Hössna AI:5 (1838-1842) Bild 83 / sid 155 (AID: v43929.b83.s155, NAD: SE/GLA/13256)
Se Stora Gärdet: Hössna AI:8 (1856-1861) Bild 180 / sid 181 (AID: v43932.b180.s181, NAD: SE/GLA/13256)
Dödsnotis: Hössna C:2 (1764-1861) Bild 286 / sid 561 (AID: v43941.b286.s561, NAD: SE/GLA/13256.)
Last Edited27 November 2017

Citations

  1. [S453] GID: 1033.15.81600
  2. [S448] GID: 1033.5.45000

Eva Johansdotter

F, #1048, b. 7 September 1804

Parents

FatherJohannes Jacobsson (b. 26 August 1770, d. 12 February 1828)
MotherCatharina Sofia Johansdotter Elg (b. 27 December 1777, d. 18 January 1853)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Eva Johansdotter was born on 7 September 1804 in Bäckegården, Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.
She moved away to ? (Wing?) in 1827 (or 9).
Last Edited7 December 2009

Johan Ulrik Johansson

M, #1049, b. 1 April 1806

Parents

FatherJohannes Jacobsson (b. 26 August 1770, d. 12 February 1828)
MotherCatharina Sofia Johansdotter Elg (b. 27 December 1777, d. 18 January 1853)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Johan Ulrik Johansson was born on 1 April 1806 in Bäckegården, Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Johanna Johansdotter

F, #1050, b. 8 August 1810

Parents

FatherJohannes Jacobsson (b. 26 August 1770, d. 12 February 1828)
MotherCatharina Sofia Johansdotter Elg (b. 27 December 1777, d. 18 January 1853)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Johanna Johansdotter was born on 8 August 1810 in Bäckegården, Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.1
She moved away to Önnarp Parish in 1828.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S412] Hossna Household Examination Roll 1822-1838, AI:4, p. 297