Indexing Question
Hi!
I am indexing in the Orebro, Sweden, Church Records and came across two 1775 death records that is making me very curious.
The first record is for a 16-year-old Olof Norling and the second is for a 14-year-old Johan Ekman.
The first column of the image is labeled "Sjukdom", the second "Döds- Dag och Ort", the third "Alder", the fourth "Begrafnings-Dag".
I am thinking these two boys died (possibly drowned) in "Norra Sjön."
Am I correct?
Thanks!
Cody Bailey
Answers
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They probably did drown, but the "sjukdom" (sickness) column says something about they "arrived under the ice"-probably "fell through the ice". The second column is the "death date and place" and it reads "the 12(th) Dec in Nora Sjön".
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Okay, thanks! That makes more sense, seeing as the death occurred in December. I know "Sjön" means lake, so I inferred drowning, but falling into the ice also makes sense. Thanks!
Cody Bailey
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There is a lake called Norasjön
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Okay, that's what I assumed. Is it meaning "North(ern) Lake?"
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It is a lake in Nora, Örebro, Sveden
https://kso.etjanster.lantmateriet.se/?e=503354&n=6599332&z=7
The place is called Nora, so the lake is sort of a lake of Nora
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Oh, okay!
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