Time Will Tell: Updated Information on Ekeqvists in Sverige (Sweden)

The following is from my second cousin on my mother's side in Sweden (Mycket tack, Dagne!) I am sending it to you the way she sent it. First, her note on what she is sending:

About the documents I am sending.

Jan and Johan is used as the same name during at least this time period.

After the two Johan Ekeqvist I have written their birth year to try not mixing them up.

If there are more than one child with the same name in a family the first one has probably died. I have not had time to follow the whole families so there are at least two girls with the same name and no date of death for the first one.

The last period I have found Johan Ekeqvist (1811) is in Längbro 1851-1855. For the year 1852 is a note that Johan Ekeqvist has been punished for theft for the second time. Johan’s wife dies 1855. After that I know nothing about Johan Ekeqvist or Anders Gustaf. If I have time later on perhaps I can try to follow Anders’ sisters and brothers in the records. Earlier I have sometimes found parents (and sisters and brothers) by their married children. Perhaps Johan was in prison, I don’t know. As he was very poor I am sure he had no money for paying fines and I would guess the poverty was probably the reasong for stealing. As I understand many people were very poor during this time.

Johan Ekeqvist (1811) left for Nora 1827 but I have not been trying to find him because I don’t know where in the parish to search.

After the period 1851-1855 next time I have found Anders Gustaf is 1866 when I have found him in Fellingsbro, Munktorp (as Sue also has found him) and after that in Gävle (Gefle= the old spelling). So between 1855 (or perhaps earlier) and 1866 Anders has disappeared. Of course he is some place, probably in Örebro län, but I have no idea where.

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Next, in chronological order:

Ekeqvist

Örebro Gällersta C:1 Födde 1732-1815

Jan born Sept 4 christened Sept 9 1781

Father: Jan Andersson

Mother: Stina Petersdotter in Södra Bro

Family Jan Andersson (1740)

Jan Andersson born Ekeby 1740 Nov 15

Wife Stina Persdotter born 1741 Gällersta

Son Anders born 1773 Oct 2 Gällersta

Daughter Stina born 1776 Febr 22 Gällersta

Son Per born 1778 Oct 5 Gällersta - 1794 moving to E Bankekind¹⁾

Son Jan born 1781 Sept 4 Gällersta

Daughter Cathrina born 1784 March 14(?) Gällersta – dead 1796 July 28

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-E Bankekind (difficult to read so I am not sure. E could be the letter for Östergötlands län and there the parish Bankekind)

1791 –

Jan Andersson (1740) to Fattighuset ²⁾

Son Jan f 1781 to Klockarbord (Klockarbord - a village or a place in the parish)

²⁾Fattighus=poor house, shelter for the poor

1800

Son Jan (1781) to work at Erik Larsson in Gällersta

Family Johan Ekeqvist (1781) – called Jan (or Johan) Jansson earlier

Soldier Johan Ekeqvist born 1781 Sept 4 Gällersta

Wife Lena Gustafsdotter born 1780 Almby

Daughter Stina Maria born 1805 Sept 4 Ekeby

Daughter Stina Maria born 1810 Jan 17 Ekeby

Son Johan born 1811 Dec 15 Ekeby

Daughter Anna Sophia born 1816 July 11 Ekeby – dead 1818

Son Anders born 1819 Nov 28 Ekeby

Johan Ekeqvist (1781) dead 1822 June 29

Lena (Helena Gustafsdotter dead 1855 Oct 17 in cholera.

Family Johan Ekeqvist (1811)

Soldier Johan Ekeqvist born 1811 Dec 15 Ekeby

Wife Ulrica Sophia Larsdotter born 1806 March 10 Ånsta – dead 1855 Oct 17 from cholera.

Daughter Anna Maria born 1830 Febr 25 Vintrosa - (A note that she is the wife’s own daughter. No name of the father).

Daughter Charlotta Carolina born 1832 July 29 Ånsta

Daughter Sophia Lovisa born 1835 Nov 8 Ånsta

Son Carl Johan born 1838 Febr 2 Ånsta

Son Anders Gustaf born 1840 May 25 Täby

Son Per August born 1843 Febr 14 Glanshammar

Daughter Mathilda born 1848 Oct 5 Längbro

1841

The whole family moving from Skeppsta by, Täby to Södra Palmbrohult, Mosjö.

1842

The whole family moving to Husby, Glanshammar.

1844

The whole family moving to Längbro. In Längbro they are noted as “Husvilla”, which means they had no place to live in.

In Längbro, after 1851, they are noted as “På socknen” which means the parish has to give them food and living.

1852

A note that Johan Ekeqvist (1811) is punished for theft for the 2^nd time.

1855

Oct 17.Ulrika Sophia (wife of Johan Ekeqvist (1811) dies from cholera

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