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Titel: Äldre inlägg (arkiv) till 23 juni, 2014
Skrivet av: Eric Johnson skrivet 2014-05-24, 00:39
Hello everyone!
This is a follow up to my recent post on Catharine Asmundsdotter from Skogagarden.
Again, please excuse the missing characters over some of the letters as I'm still learning about these special letters.
I went back to the birth records and started cataloging all the births in Skogagarden from 1720 to 1749 (F:1). And what I found were quite a few entries for Gunnar Svensson, his wife the Widow Brita Parsdotter, and Brits's daughters, that is, Gunnar's step daughters, Maria and Catharine. I believe more now than ever the entry for Catharine's birth has errors from the Minister who wrote the entry.
Please see a summary of the birth entries where Catharine, her sister Maria, her mom, Brita, and her stepdad, Gunnar, (besides other witnesses)are listed as witnesses:
6 Sep 1722 Kristi Parsdotterr born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson. 7 Mar 1725 Maria Jonsdotter born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson. 12 Sep 1725 Jonas Parsson born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson. 13 Oct 1726 Catharine Andersdotter born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson. 29 Aug 1728 Anders Persson born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson. 17 Jul 1731 Petter Parsson born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson. 2 Jun 1733 Catharina Jansdotter born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson and Maria Asmundsdotter. 15 Nov 1733 Maria Eliasdotter born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson. 14 Sep 1735 Oluf Hakansson born. Witness: Maria Asmundsdotter. 30 Dec 1735 Jonas Jonsson born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson and Brita Parsdotter. 17 Mar 1737 Petter Olofsson born. Witness: Maria Asmundsdotter. 3 Apr 1739 Anders Eliasson born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson and Catharina Asmundsdotter. 5 Apr 1739 Stina Olofsdotter born. Witness: Catharina Asmundsdotter. 28 May 1739 Ellika Olofsdotter born. Parents are Olof Ingwaldsson and Maria Asmundsdotter. Witness: Catharina Asmundsdotter. 4 Jan 1740 Stina ? Jonsdotter born. Witness: Gunnar Svensson and Catharina Asmundsdotter. 2 Feb 1740 Anders Svensson born. Witness: Catharina Asmundsdotter. 3 Dec 1741 Sven Olofsson born. Parents are Olof Ingwaldsson and Maria Asmundsdotter. Witness: Catharina Asmundsdotter. 16 Feb 1743 Stina Svensdotter born. Witness: Maria Asmundsdotter and Catharina Asmundsdotter.
Catharine Asmundsdotter married Master Carl Jacobsson Blom on 16 Oct 1743.
And I know now that Gunnar Svensson died on 15 Feb 1747 at 52 years old.
I hope this helps add strength to Catharine as the daughter of Brita Parsdotter and Asmund Svensson.