I have been working on a Maja Petersdotter born 1795. some of the household records indicate that sh

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I have been working on a Maja Petersdotter born 1795. some of the household records indicate that she was born in Lungsund but have not found a birth record in Lungsund, Varmland in 1795 for a Maja with the father's name of Peter.

 

I have found a Maya Petersdotter in Olme, Varmland born in 1795 to Peter Svensson and Britta Jonsdotter, however if I try to find them in a Household record together in the farm shown, it just shows Peter, Britta and a son. following book the same way. I did however find a Maya on household record PETERSDOTTER, Maja (b 1795) household record Ölme-S-AI-10-1791-1796-Image-229-Page-226 could not find a birth record this on though. I follow Maya to 1856 PETERSDOTTER, Maja (b 1795) household record Bjurtjärn-S,-T-AI-20-1856-1860-Image-48-Page-39 can't figure out note on page with date of 8 June 1869, please can you give me any insight on this.

 

Tanner Blair Tolman

Interesting problem. I have looked at your three sources and I have also looked through the Ölme parish records. The note on the household exam in 1869 has nothing to do with her birth. Ölme and Lungsund are adjacent parishes as you probably know so it is possible.

 

That first household exam says it covers 1791-1796 but it really just covers 1791-1795 so I thought that since she was born in December maybe she was just not written on it but she is also not listed on the list right after it. I briefly checked the burials but didn't see Maja dying, however mistakes happen sometimes. In a book called The World of Cajsa Andersdotter the author makes a great case of proving that mistakes happened frequently at least in his parish.

 

What I recommend you do is that you continue to follow Peter and Britta through the household exams until they die and then look for probates for both of them. These will name their living children and you can see if Maja is one of them.

 

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Morris Geoffrey Fröberg

The comment out to the side refers to Maria Pettersdotters death. It reads: drängt sig sjelf 1859 8 June i svagsinthet, which means drowned herself June 8, 1859 in weak mindedness. I verified this in the Bjurtjärn death records (see Bjurtjärn F:2 (1845-1860) Image 18 / Page 27.) Drängt is an older spelling for dränkt in modern Swedish. The entry shows she was a Rotehjon and living in a Backstuga. The backstugas were little cottages or huts. Rotehjon means she was receiving assistance.