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Titel: SV: Birth Location of Ola Malm (1795-1865)
Skrivet av: Leif Lundkvist skrivet 2020-06-23, 18:16
They could give the army an earlier year just to be "old enough". Nor the army neither the church (usually) did ask the person more than once, or checked with each other, how old they were or when they were born, they just copied from the previous book. Thus an error once made usually remain all their life. And it is quite possible persons didn't even know their birthdate, it was something the priest had in their books. Also, a new soldier often took the same name as the previous one, related or not. But it is strange that Ola Ifversson had the right age 1812 but was older as Ola Malm in 1818, if he was accepted in 1812 he had no reason to lie 1818 when he for sure was old enough. These Ola represented two different Rote, but a change is possible, so that is no proof that they two persons. But if you have both at the same time in the church records or the army records, then you know they are two. To make it further unsure, it was possible that a soldier represented one Rote but lived in another...