Johannes was born at Trulsås,
presumably one or two days before his christening
May 21, 1793. He later met Katarina Petersdotter,
and when it turned out she became
pregnant they decided to get married. They were
married September 19, 1819 and eight
days later Katarina gave birth to a daughter
that they named Kristina.
Katarina was the daughter of Peter Flodman,
a cavalry soldier, and Marta Helgesdotter.
They had come to Ekeberg (also known
as Skallsjö skattegård) from the parish of Hol
where they had been living in a soldier's cottage
called Östergården In this cottage
Katarina was born on April 2, 1793 and was christened
the following day.
When Johannes and Katarina got married they moved
to Foglenäs, where they lived as
crofters for many years. Katarina's mother, who
had become a widow, moved in with
them at Foglenäs and stayed on until
her death in 1841.
Foglenäs, also known as Hunneberg
or Hunnebergs hage, belonged to the manors
Floda/Högsboholm. Being a crofter Johannes
was obligated to do day work at Högsbo-
holm or at Floda Manor. The way to Floda was
long and trying. It could take two hours
to get there from Foglenäs. Since day work
often started at 6 in the morning and did not
end until 7 in the evening it was a long day
for a day worker. Maybe it was during one of
his day works in his youth that Johannes hurt
himself to the extent that he was left with a
bad limp for the rest of his life.
Johannes died 74 years old at Foglenäs, which
was then managed by his son Lars.
According to the death records in Skallsjö
Johannes died of heart decease. His wife
Katarina died three years later at the age of
77 as a pauper at Ryggebol. She was said to
have died from cancer.
Foglenäs, almost in its original form,
is currently used as a summer house. It is not owned
by anyone in the Trulsås family.
Johannes and Katarina's children
Johannes and Katarina's oldest daughter Kristina,
often called Stina, married in 1858 to
the crofter Anders Svensson Olander at Uggledalen.
Anna married in 1852 to Johannes at Lindeberg.
He was a foreman.
Petter was working
as a farm hand at Trädeslund in 1847. In 1850 he married the
farmer's daughter Anna Britta Larsdotter and
they moved to Stora Björnås, where Petter
was a farmer. In 1861 they moved on to Tvärsjödal.
Lars, Johannes
and Katarina's second son, got married in 1860 to Kristina Andersdotter
from Loppetorp. When Johannes was 68 years old
in 1861, he sold in agreement with
Katarina all of their personal property at Foglenäs
(Hunneberg) to their son Lars for the
price of 500 riksdaler (Swedish crowns), with
the understanding that Johannes and
Katarina could stay at Foglenäs until they
died. Such an agreement was fairly common
in those days and most often there was also an
agreement made on getting "tender care"
and a " Christian funeral".
Anders met
Britta Johannesdotter. She was the daughter of Maja Karlsdotter and
Johannes Nilsson, who was a farmer at Västergården,
also known as Skallsjö Hed or
just Heden. Anders and Britta got married in
1857 and eventually came to live at Lilla
Björnås, also known as Floget.
The youngest son Karl
married in 1860 to Kristina Olsdotter from Bråten and moved
together with her to Sundet (Sunna), via
Björnås and Bockaberg. Karl was commonly
called Sunna-Kalle, and he is said to be the
only one in the parish who ever did any
fishing in the lake Uspen..
Source:
" 200 år
av min historia...", unpublished paper 1993, Åsa Broman. |