Mower Family History Association
Second Quarter 2008 Newsletter

From: Mrs. Linda K. Larson
Scandinavian Research Specialist

To: Jerry Mower
615 County Road 123
Bedford, WY 83112

Dear Jerry:

I have completed your research hours for this period. As usual, you will first find an updated set of pedigree charts. We will begin on pedigree chart #3. Here you will find the family of Hans Nilsson and Chirsten Nilsdotter (family #89) who are your 7th great grandparents. They were from Ingelshyttan in Lindesberg and were the parents of six children. The oldest of these, Erich Hansson, was married in 1744 to Brita Andersdotter (family #180).

Hans Nilsson was the son of Nils Ersson and Ingebor Hansdotter (family #181 which you have). His wife Chirsten Nilsdotter was the daughter of Nils Persson and Brita Nilsdotter (family #182 which you also have). Erich Nilsson was the brother of Chirsten Nilsdotter. He was married in 1715 to Anne Nilsdotter, sister of Hans Nilsson. This is family #183. As you can see, you are the 7th great grand nephew to both the husband and the wife. Another son to Nils Persson was Nils Nilsson. He was married in 1727 to Ingeborg Larsdotter (family #616).

Next we go to pedigree chart #6 to the family of Hans Nilsson Berggren and Maria Hansdotter Lov (family #217). They are your 7th great grandparents. They were the parents of nine children, all born in Torphyttan in Lindesberg. On the next generation back, Maria was the daughter of Hans Parsson Lov and Elisabet Nilsdotter (family #220). They had at least three children, all daughters.

Also on pedigree chart #6 is the family of Erich Nilsson and Margreta Pehrsdotter (family #218). They are also your 7th great grandparents. They resided at Hidinge in Lindesberg. Their daughter, Bryta Ersdotter, was married to Nils Hansson Berggren, son of the above listed family. The older two children to Erich Nilsson were married as follows:

Petter Ersson was married in 1743 to Brita Ersdotter (fam #219). I have so far found record of one child in this family.

Anna Ersdotter was married in 1740 to Olof Olsson of Munkhyttan in Lindesberg (family #669). In this family I have located two children.

On pedigree chart #7 you will note the family of Par Andersson and Kerstin Jansdotter (family #24). They are your 7th great grandparents who resided at Fornaboda in Lindesberg. It appears that this family had 13 children, of whom 5 died young.

Par Andersson was the son of Anders Hansson and Anna Larsdotter (family #93 which you have). Their daughter, Chatarina Andersdotter was married in 1720 to Lars Andersson from Ramsberg (family #579). Lars Andersson is also your relative. This couple had four children, all of whom died young. The mother, Chatarina died shortly after the birth of the last child. Lars Andersson was then married to Karin Olofsdotter (family #619) with whom he had at least six children.

Another daughter to Anders Hansson was Anna Andersdotter. She was married in 1735 to Jacob Pehrsson (family #650). I have so far found record of two children.

Anders Hansson was also married to Maria Andersdotter (fam #291 which you have). A son from this marriage, Anders Andersson was married in 1739 to the widow Kerstin Hansdotter (family #293). They resided at Marshyttan in Lindesberg; I have thus far located three children.

Pehr Hansson and Elisabeth Olsdotter (family #186) who are your 8th great grandparents, are also on pedigree chart #7. They were married in 1706 and resided at Snuggan in Lindesberg. Their daughter Brita was married in 1735 to Olof Lindqvist (fam #644). I have found record of five children, of whom four died young. Another daughter, Elizabeth or Lisken, was married in 1740 to Hans Larsson (family #667). A son, Pehr Pehrsson was married, supposedly also in 1740 to Karin Larsdotter (family #187).

Pehr Pehrsson, your 6th great grandfather, is shown on pedigree chart #8. His first wife was Carin Larsdotter (family #371). I have located some exact dates and/or additional children in this family. They resided at Hafstad and/or Limnas. Hafstad was apparently a subdivision of Limnas.

On pedigree chart #10 you will find the family of Erich Andersson and Ingeborg Bengtsdotter from Ramsberg parish (family #443 which you have). They are your 9th great grandparents. Their daughter, Karin Ersdotter was married in 1695 to Jacob Ersson from Lindesberg (family #535). They had two children but one of these died young.

On pedigree chart #13 you will find the family of Peder Eliasson and Anna Hansdotter (family #76 which you have). Their daughter Kerstin was married in 1692 to Nils Ersson (family #284). They resided at Forbohyttan where they had five children.

We now move to pedigree chart #18 to the family of Johan or Jan Eliasson and Marit or Margareta Larsdotter (family #86). They are your 9th great grandparents who resided at Wasselhyttan in Lindesberg. Also enclosed you will find updated sheets on some of their children:

Cherstin Johansdotter was married in 1713 to Anders Hansson of Wasselhyttan (family #185). He is also your relative. It appears that they had seven children.

Elias Johansson was married in 1726 to Karin or Kirstin Christophersdotter (family #253). They had three daughters.

Johan Johansson was married in 1739 to Brita Olsdotter (family #665). I have not yet located any children in this family.

On pedigree chart #19 you will find the family of Hans Ersson and Ingeborg Ersdotter (family #87) who are also your 9th great grandparents. It appears that they had fourteen children, all born at Wasselhyttan in Lindesberg. One of the younger daughters, Ingeborg Hansdotter, was married in 1725 to Erich Parsson of Guldsmedshyttan (family #602). It appears that they had five children, of whom four died young.

We now move to pedigree chart #24 where you will find Per Ersson, who is your 9th great grandfather. One of his children from his marriage to Anna Olofsdotter (family #262 which you have) was Erich Persson. Erich was married in 1701 to Kerstin Larsdotter (family #225). They resided at Granshyttan and were the parents of five children.

Nils Jakobsson and Cherstin Hansdotter (family #188) are your 9th great grandparents and are shown on pedigree chart #25. They were from Armanboda in Lindesberg and were the parents of at least six children. Their son, Hans Nilsson, was married about 1687 to Kerstin Larsdotter (family #190).

On pedigree chart #48 you will see the family of Hans Andersson and Elisabet Andersdotter (family #286) from Hammaren in Lindesberg. They are your 9th great grandparents. Also enclosed are updated sheets on several of their children:

Carin Hansdotter was married in 1685 to Lars Larsson of Gusselby (family #517). They had six children.

Kirsten Hansdotter was married in 1687 to Anders Ifvarsson (family #439). They also resided at Gusselby where they had nine children.

Peder Hansson was married in 1698 to Margareta Ohlsdotter from Bjorka (family #290). They were the parents of eleven children, all born at Hammaren.

Hans Hansson (Norr) was married twice, first to Kerstin Larsdotter (family #369) and then to Sigri Haraldsdotter, with whom he had three children (family #288).

The next direct line family is from pedigree chart #49 for the family of Lars Christophersson and Karin Andersdotter, your 9th great grandparents (family #306) from Gusselhyttan. Two of their children were married as follows:

Johan Larsson was married three times. His first wife was Anna Hemmingsdotter (family #424). His second wife was Karin Persdotter (family #541). His third wife was the widow Bryta Olsdotter (family #561). You will note that I have located some new children from the first two marriages.

Christopher Larsson was married in 1716 to Kerstin Johansdotter (family #578). They resided at Bjornhammer where they had seven children.

Nils Mattsson and Karin Olofsdotter (family #490 which you have) are on pedigree chart #50. They are your 9th great grandparents from Snuggan in Lindesberg. Their son Nils Nilsson was married in 1702 to Ingeborg Andersdotter, also your relative (fam #470). They were the parents of five children.

On pedigree chart #51 you will find Par Johansson from Aspa in Lindesberg (family #95 which you have). He is your 9th great grandfather. His son Erich Parsson was married in 1704 to Anna Andersdotter (family #516). They were the parents of five children.

On pedigree chart #52 you will find Kerstin Parsdotter, who is your 9th great grandmother. She was married twice. Besides being married to Hans Pehrsson, she was also married to David Ersson (family #279 which you have). David was also your relative. Enclosed you will find updated sheets on two of her sons by David Ersson. The first of these is Erick Davidsson who was married in 1704 to Britha Mattsdotter (family #553). They had eight children. The other son was Lars Davidsson who was married in 1722 to Kerstin Ersdotter (family #587). I have found record of five children in this family.

Olof Svensson and Kerstin Svensdotter are your 9th great grandparents (family #199 which you have) and are shown on pedigree chart #53. One of their children was Sven Olsson, who was married to the widow Anna Pehrsdotter (family #214). You will note that I have located record of another child in this family.

The remaining family groups are for cousins, mostly first cousins. The relationship is given on each, and I will not take time to enumerate each of these. Please let me know if you have any questions.

That covers the research which I have done for you this time. As before, I am sending two packages. I very much enjoy doing this research for you and I hope that your family will enjoy doing the temple ordinances. You are undoubtedly one of my very best clients and I appreciate working with you. However, I need to request that, in the future, it would be a great help to me if you would limit yourself to no more than two research periods at one time. I do have other clients who depend on me, and other responsibilities as well. While I very much appreciate your confidence in me, doing more than two research periods at one time is really too much.

Once again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to assist you with this important work. I look forward to hearing from you again soon and continuing your research.

Sincerely yours,
Linda K. Larson