Mower Family History Association
First Quarter 2009 Newsletter

Mrs. Linda K. Larson
Scandinavian Research Specialist
scandiaroot@sisna.com
1447 South 800 East
Orem, Utah 84097
(801) 224-2048
17 March 2009

Jerry Mower
615 County Road 123
Bedford, WY 83112

Dear Jerry:

I have again completed your research hours. I have spent a good deal of time this period going through the clerical survey records, which have been quite helpful.

To begin, we go to pedigree chart #2 where you will find the family of Joran Ersson and Anna Joensdotter (family #7). The husband was from Ramsberg parish and the wife from Lindesberg. They are your 7th great grandparents. They were married in 1708 and were the parents of 12 children. I have now found some additional information on several of the children:

Anders Joransson was apparently married to Chiersten Hansdotter (family #711). I still need to check for their marriage and additional children.

Johan Joransson was married in 1750 to Maria Hansdotter from Lindesberg (family #11). You will note that I have located two additional children.

Anna Joransdotter was married in 1753 to Petter Pehrsson from Lindesberg (family #14). Eight children have been located.

Next we go to pedigree chart #6 where you will find the family of Lars Svensson Grasten and Maria Larsdotter (family #22) who are your 6th great grandparents. They were originally from Ljusnarsberg parish, but later moved to Lindesberg.

Also on pedigree chart #6 you will note the family of Erich Nilsson and Margreta Pehrsdotter (family #218 which you have). Enclosed you will find updated sheets on two of the children to this couple:

Petter Ersson was married in 1743 to Brita Ersdotter (fam #219). I have now found record of eight children to this couple.

Anna Ersdotter was married in 1740 to Olof Olsson (family #669). To date I have found record of nine children, most of them born at Munkhyttan in Lindesberg.

On pedigree chart #7 is the family of Johan Nilsson and Ellicka Parsdotter (family #65). This is the family you asked me about. I was able to locate the death or burial date on the husband, 23 Jan 1732. I do not think I found this date previously. Could you have gotten it from some previous research? The reason I ask is because the age given in this record places Johan Nilsson's age considerably older than I had calculated. According to his age he would have been born about 1664/1665, and means that I had the wrong individual here. I did check the births/chr for this period, but could not locate any likely possibilities. However, the birth/chr records are missing for the period 1665 thru 1673.

But in any case, this changes the pedigree and means that I have been unable to locate the parents of Johan Nilsson. Accordingly, I have deleted the family of Nils Mattsson (previously fam #490).

Also on pedigree chart #7 is the family of Pehr Hansson and his wife Elisabeth Olsdotter (family #186). They are your 8th great grandparents. Pehr Hansson was married secondly to Elisabeth Hansdotter (family #213).

Pehr Pehrsson was the son of Pehr Hansson and his first wife. He was married in 1740 to Karin Larsdotter (family #187).

While going through the clerical survey records, I discovered that I have made mistakes on two other families. These are family #677 and family #645. On family #677 the wife was incorrect and also on family #645 the wife was incorrect as well. Essentially, on family #645 Eric Johansson did marry an individual named Kerstin Andersdotter, but the Kerstin Andersdotter was not your relative. Similarly, on family #677 Anders Hansson did marry an individual named Kerstin Olsdotter, but this individual is not your relative. Therefore, I have deleted these two families, and reprinted the families of Anders Ifvarsson (family #439) and Olof Andersson (family #433) to show that the two daughters in these families were not married, or I have not located their marriages.

Again, please let me know if you have any questions, or if you have a hard time following any of my explanations. I will be continuing further research in the clerical survey records next period. They are extremely helpful in sorting out information, in as much as they give some names and dates not found in the parish registers themselves.

The remaining family group sheets are for various other relatives, mostly first cousins. The relationship is given on each sheet. I hope that you and your family are all doing well. I look forward to hearing from you again soon and continuing with your research.

Sincerely yours,


Linda K. Larson