Am I understanding this situation correctly?
Martha Larsdotter (b. 1796, GWCW-XYR) is living in Dungen, Kållerstad, Jönköping, Sweden. Here is the household examination for 1835-1845: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2225/images/IJ-1659_1105__4-099700?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2F
She is the second household unit. The man, Johannes Larsson, born 1802, that is living with her is her brother.
There are two illegitimate children listed: Johan, born 1823; and Anna, born 1826. Here are the birth records I have located:
Do these records mention anything about the father of the children? Anything else worth noting?
I am thinking that these records are for these two children of Martha Larsdotter. If I am reading the husförhör correctly, Anna's surname is Jacobsdotter and Johan's is Johannisson. However, I am wondering if Anna's birth record says the father's first name was Johan.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Cody M. Bailey
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Anna's birth record does, I think, say that her father's name is Johan so you would think she would be Anna Johansdotter-I don't know where the Jacobsdotter comes from.
It is interesting that Johan's birth record doesn't mention either the father or mother! It looks like he is named Johan Jansson, however, so his father was probably a Jan, which is the same name as Johan which is, of course, a very common name. See here for a wiki article of Sweden Personal Names: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Sweden_Names,_Personal .
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Thank you! Also, that also happens to clarify a completely different question I had - the children of a Jan taking the name Johansson/dotter!
Thanks!
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