Translation help please with this Swedish death record
I am wondering if she could possibly be Maria Pehrsdotter MFY9-VPY who married Anders Olsson. The only info we have is she was born about 1798 in Sweden and married Anders 9 Dec 1819 in Fridlevstad, Blekinge, Sweden. All the children were baptized in Rödeby, Blekinge, Sweden.
Thank you for your help.
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No, I am afraid that is not the Maria Pehrsdotter who was married to Anders Olsson. This Maria Pehrsdotter is the widow of Anders Olsson (death-15 February 1857, burial-22 February 1857): https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0058650_00184#?.c=&m=&s=&cv=183&xywh=4273%2C475%2C2505%2C3313.
I know this is correct because of the farm/village where she is living when she dies. The death record indicates that she was living at Ballasjö which is the farm/village where she had lived in Rödeby. You can follow her in the household examination records:
1855-1860 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0058631_00291#?c=&m=&s=&cv=290&xywh=314%2C-293%2C3723%2C3232. She is the top entry and is living at Östra #54 Ballasjö. This record notes her death on 15 Feb 1857.
1851-1855 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0058629_00208#?c=&m=&s=&cv=207&xywh=-82%2C-356%2C3675%2C3189. This record has her and a daughter, Cecilia Andersdotter (b. 19 October 1827) living at Ö. #54 Ballasjö.
1846-1850 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0058627_00439#?c=&m=&s=&cv=438&xywh=886%2C583%2C1039%2C901. This record has Cecilia Andersdotter (b. 19 October 1827), Kierstin (b. 1832), and Olaus Andersson (b. 30 May 1822) and his wife, Botilla Petersdotter (b. 23 June 1822) and their children living with her. They are all at #54 Ö. Ballasjö.
1840-1845 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0058626_00148#?c=&m=&s=&cv=147&xywh=672%2C579%2C1795%2C1558. This record has Maria Persdotter (b. 1798) and Anders Olsson (b. 1788) together with their children, Olaus (b. 30 May 1822), Johannes (b. 1837), Cecilia (b. 1827), and Kerstin (b. 1832) living at #54 Ö. Ballasjö.
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Does the death record give her age? I have found 2 or 3 Maria Pehrsdotter who were christened in the same area about 1798. It would be nice to figure out which one is her and her parents.
Thank you for your help.
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The death record gives her age as 65 years. Not much help I am afraid.
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I have been looking into this for you and may have a solution.
First of all, when a Swedish couple was married they usually married in the bride's parish. Her marriage record (9 December 1819) reports that she was from Brenteknuda (modern spelling-Bränteknuva). There is only one Maria Pehrsdotter in Brenteknuda in 1818 (no record is available for 1819) and that is here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0057148_00090#?c=&m=&s=&cv=89&xywh=-216%2C-2%2C3935%2C2480. She is the 5th name from the top of the page (her name is Maria Petersdotter but Pehrsdotter is the same name as Petersdotter). There is one small possible problem with her being your Maria Pehrsdotter-she is only 17 years old, ie. born in 1801 rather than 1798. One explanation for that could be that when she moved from one parish to another, her birthdate (or age) was changed-this happened a lot!!
There were two Maria Petersdotters (Pehrsdotters) born Fridlevstad in 1801. One of them was born in Brenteknuda, Fridlevstad. Her birth record is here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0057176_00346#?c=&m=&s=&cv=345&xywh=2992%2C2970%2C2793%2C1813https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0057176_00346#?c=&m=&s=&cv=345&xywh=2992%2C2970%2C2793%2C1813. She is born 28 November 1801 and her parents are Peter Olson and Ingri Svensdotter (whose name changes in the household examination records to Ingri/Ingrid Petersdotter).
I followed this Maria through the household records and it appears that about 1818 she moves out of her mother's house (the mother is a widow by then) to a neighbor's house where she shows up as a servant girl, at least, I believe it is probably her. That is the first link I have given here in this latest comment. Her mother (aged 48) and younger sister, Malin (aged 15), are here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0057148_00089#?c=&m=&s=&cv=88&xywh=757%2C3677%2C1897%2C1195. This is just one page earlier in the household examination book for 1818.
Anyway, there is a good possibility that this is your Maria Pehrsdotter, but it is by no means certain. I am unable to find a direct connection-all there is this circumstantial evidence which I have provided.
One possibility that may help, is that you may find some of her siblings as witnesses in the births of her children. Her brothers and sisters are in the household examination records here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0057146_00088#?c=&m=&s=&cv=87&xywh=321%2C2235%2C2443%2C1539. They are Ingjerd (age 19), Botel (age 15), Malin (age 7) and Sven (age 10). I haven't looked for birth records for them, but their patronyms should all be either Pehrsdotter (Petersdotter, Persdotter) or Pehrsson (Petersson, Persson).
Sorry if this has been confusing, but it is a rather complicated problem.
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Thank you so much. I will look into this further.
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I really appreciate your help and do feel that this Maria is the one I was looking for. You mention that her mother Ingri Svensdotter name changes in the household examination records to Ingri/Ingrid Petersdotter. I have not been able to find these household records. My Swedish is not good and I don't know how to search the records except page by page. Is there a tutorial that teaches how to find people in these records?
Thank you.
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The household record where Maria's mother's name is changed, is here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0057145_00088#?c=&m=&s=&cv=87&xywh=711%2C4046%2C2733%2C1722.
There are some very good webinars available from Family Search to help you figure out how to use the Swedish records to find ancestors.
I am not sure how much you already know, but this should be a good one for any skill level: https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/databases-for-swedish-genealogy.
Others can be found here: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Classes_in_the_Learning_Center. To find relevant Swedish webinars, do a "Control F" search using "Swed" to search.
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Thank you for your help.
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In the household record where the mother changed her surname there are dates on the far right after the mother's name and the oldest daughter Ingrid. What do these mean?
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That column is marked "Remarks" on the very first page of the household exam record. There is no way to be sure, but because each of those dates is a Sunday in 1807 (the date of the book), I am fairly certain that the priest is noting one of two things: he is either noting the date of church attendance or taking of the Holy Communion.
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