Hangelösa death, 1749

[Scott Johnson]

This cause of death is vexing me.  I feel sure someone here can figure it out.

Berg (R) C:3 (1746-1776) Image: 287 Page: 565
https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v31006?image=287
(Last item on right-hand page.)

[Markus Gunshaga]

Hi Scott!
 
 It think it says ”förderfwad af et löflaß” (fördärvad av ett lövlass, literally ”spoiled by a load of leaves”), which probably means that a large load of leaves fell on poor Anders Larsson and injured him so badly that he died. I have never seen this particular cause of death before, but occasionally I come across people who have died from being crushed or suffocated to death when large loads of smaller branches ("rislass") have fallen on them (usually from carts), branches that were collected in the fall for fire, and since Anders died in August, these leaves (or smaller branches, as I suspect they mean) would probably also be used for fire.

[Scott Johnson]

Thanks, Marcus.  I could read löf but had a hard time convincing myself that leaves could have killed poor Anders. Lövlass makes sense. When I google that word, I get three images of semi-trailers full of logs. Logs would definitely do the trick.

If you are looking for unusual causes of death, there is a similar entry on the same page that I cannot read. It's for Lars Larsson (not related) on March 13. Snö this time?

[Maud Svensson]

sönderslagen
af et trä i
skogen

shattered
by a (falling) tree in
the forest

[Scott Johnson]

Thank you, Maud.

[Scott Johnson]

I apologize, the preceding items were from Berg Parish (R), as indicated in the links but not the title.

I have one more item, also tricky. This is the cause of death for the father of the ancestor in the original post. It's one year and one page later, also in Berg Parish -- the same handwriting.

Thanks in advance.

https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v31006?image=288
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0015581_00294#?cv=293&xywh=1553%2C3327%2C1504%2C655&c=&m=&s=

[Maud Svensson]

död af andetäpp(a)
och Håstta (hosta)  71 åhr

died of suffocation
and cough  71 years (old)

[Scott Johnson]

Thanks very much, Maud.