Mower Family History Association
Second Quarter 2004 Newsletter

Mrs. Linda K. Larson
Scandinavian Research Specialist
24 March 2003

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

Dear Jerry:
I have finished your research for this period. I have been able to extend some of your lines, so there is a new set of pedigree charts. I will detail the direct line extensions as I give this report.

The first family group sheet is an updated sheet from pedigree chart #1. Petter Persson and Christina Andersdotter (family #3) are your 5th great grandparents. Your direct line ancestor is their last child, Anders Persson Sor. I have located the marriage and family of one of the older daughters:

Anna Persdotter was married in 1820 to Erich Pehrsson of Wasselhyttan in Lindesberg (family #359). I have found record of five children in this family, of whom two apparently died young. Anna Persdotter is your 4th great grand aunt.

The lineage of Petter Persson above is continued on pedigree chart #2. He was born in 1763 at Ingelshyttan in Lindesberg, the son of Petter Ersson and Chiersten Joransdotter (family #5). They are your 6th great grandparents. I have found some corrections on the wife's family, which I will explain shortly.

As previously reported, Chiersten Joransdotter was the daughter of Joran or Gioran Ersson and Anna Joensdotter (family #7). Joran Ersson was from Skogstorp in Ramsberg parish, and I have been able to extend his lineage. While researching this line, I discovered that the birth/chr date which was previously listed for Chiersten was in error.

I spent a considerable amount of time on this area of research. It turns out that there were two individuals named Joran Ersson who resided at Skogstorp in Ramsberg parish and who were having children at the same time period. The one Joran Ersson, your ancestor, was married to Anna Joensdotter, while the other Joran Ersson was married to Anna Ohlsdotter. This made the research time consuming and difficult.

It turns out that the Chiersten Joransdotter whom I located before belonged in the other family, that of Joran Ersson and Anna Ohlsdotter. I have previously not realized that there were two separate families, and thought that the mother's surname was in error. I have now gone through this time period several times, but I have not yet been able to locate your Chiersten. However, I did locate her sister, Maria. As previously noted, Anna Joensdotter was married secondly to Anders Ersson but they apparently had no children (family #12).

I also had to spend a considerable amount of time to determine the correct parents of your Joran Ersson. However, I finally determined that your Joran Ersson was chr in 1686, the son of Eric Mattsson and Elisabet Larsdotter (family #26). They are your 8th great grandparents. They were apparently married prior to when the parish registers begin in 1679, and there may be some older children whom I have not been able to identify. Eric Mattsson was from Skogen (later called Skogsberg) in Ramsberg.

I will now return to the research on the lineage of Anna Joensdotter. I have not yet been able to identify the name of her father, but I have located record of several individuals who appear to be her brothers and sisters (family #72). It appears that she had at least three brothers and one sister, including the following:

Erich Joensson was married in 1694 to the widow Cherstin Dyrichsdotter (family #386) and they had two sons at Ramsberg. Cherstin Dyrichsdotter was married first to Anders Andersson (family #385).

Pehr Joensson was married in 1698 to Cherstin Ersdotter and they were the parents of seven children (family #382). At least two of these apparently died young.
We now go to pedigree chart #3 to the family of Anders Olsson and Karin Hindersdotter (family #49) who are your 8th great grandparents. I have now found some corrections and/or new information on the family of child #3. Hindrich Andersson was married in 1729 at Ljusnarsberg parish to Elisabet Persdotter (family #318). They were the parents of at least five children. Please note that this information is correct and should replace any previous information on this family.

The next family group sheet is for Pehr Pehrsson and Susanne Hansdotter (family #20) from pedigree chart #8. I have gone over this information again, and this does appear to be the correct family. I was previously concerned about this because of the great discrepancies on the birth date of Jan Pehrsson.

Information in the clerical survey records list the birth date on Jan Pehrsson anywhere from 1756 through 1765, a considerable discrepancy. None of the survey records give an exact date, and in addition, I have not been able to locate his marriage date, which would give a residence at the time of marriage. In short, I had not found the positive proof that I would like to make certain that this is the correct person. However, this does appear to be the most likely individual. He was born at Limnas, which is apparently part of Hafstad, which is where the clerical survey records show that Jan Pehrsson was born. And I have not been able to find any other possibilities.

The clerical survey records also show that Susanne Hansdotter, the mother of Jan Pehrsson, was born in 1736 at Ljusnarsberg parish. However, I have checked at Ljusnarsberg, for several years either side of 1736, but did not find anyone name Susanne Hansdotter. So it appears that the place is likely in error.

If you will now look on pedigree chart #9 you will see the family of Johan Ersson and Maria Jacobsdotter (family #21). They were from Stora Korslangen in Ramsberg parish and are your 6th great grandparents. They are the parents of Lisa Jansdotter, wife of Jan Pehrsson. Two of her brothers were married as follows:

Anders Jansson was married in 1793 to Catharina Persdotter from Soderbarke parish in Kopparberg (family #175). They had at least two children. The other brother, Jacob Jansson was married in 1801 to Anna Pehrsdotter (family #174) from Malingsbo parish in Kopparberg. They also had at least two children.

I have also included a corrected family group sheet on Pahl Ersson, known as Pahl Ersson Orje and Malin Mattsdotter, also on pedigree chart #9 (family #97). They are the grandparents of Johan Ersson above. Pahl Ersson Orje was reportely from Norrebarke parish in Kopparberg, but I have not yet had a chance to check for his birth/chr.

Still on pedigree chart #9 is the family of Erich Ohlsson and Annicka or Anna Nilsdotter (family #84). The resided at Korslangen in Ramsberg parish. Erich Ohlsson was reportedly originally from Kitlingberget in Norrebarke parish in Kopparberg. Here again, I have not yet researched this.

However, I have researched and extended the lineage of Annicka Nilsdotter from Ramsberg. It appears that she was born just prior to the beginning of the Ramsberg parish registers, but the clerical survey records show that she was the daughter of Nils Haraldsson and his wife Sigrid Andersdotter (family #99). It appears that they had at least three daughters.

Catharina or Cajsa Jacobsdotter was the daughter to Jacob Mansson and Elisabeth Hindrichsdotter (family #29) shown on pedigree chart #9. Catharina was married in 1762 to Erich Larsson of Soderbarke parish in Kopparberg (family #83). I have not yet checked for children.

The next family is also on pedigree chart #9. Mans Jacobsson and Anna Pehrsdotter (family #85) were from Sorsjon in Ramsberg parish. Mans Jacobsson was the father of Jacob Mansson. I have now located record of some additional children in the family of Mans Jacobsson. It appears that he was married about 1693 and had at least six children. The youngest child, Johan Mansson, was married before 1751 to Brita Johansdotter (family #389).

I have not yet determined the name of the father of Mans Jacobsson. However, it appears that Mans had at least one brother (family #100). Hans Jacobsson was married in 1693 to Anna Pehrsdotter (family #384). I was unable to locate any children at Ramsberg.

That covers the research which I have done for you this period. I hope that you have a good number of family names to do. I have spent a great deal of additional time on your line this time, not only going over the information which you sent, but also on the research.

You need to keep in mind that many of your lines are now back a considerable way and this usually means that the research is more difficult and requires much more time than that for later time periods. There are some exceptions, but this is almost always the case, for several reasons. First, the records are usually more difficult to read, often being extremely faded and the handwriting is the very old script, often with many missing periods, and very little information is given. All of these factors combine to make the research considerably more difficult and time consuming. It is possible to research many of these lines back some distance yet, but it requires a good deal of patience. Usually it requires a greater input of funds with a smaller return for your investment. However, there is a great deal of research which can yet be done.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and if you find any additional information which I do not have, please be so kind as to send me the printed hard copies, rather than a disk. This will allow me to spend more time on actual research.

I hope that you and your family are well. Best wishes.
Sincerely yours,

(Mrs.) Linda K. Larson