Den 2015-09-05 kl. 16:07, skrev Debbie: > > QUESTION: Is there any way using the information provided to get a > sense for their position in society? I mentioned in an earlier post > that the "family lore" is that Ida had been raised wealthy > circumstances, but her family bankrupted the family. I'd like to try > to figure out if there's any truth to this. In American records, you > can get a sense for the families position in society: did they own or > rent their home? how much was it valued at? what was the occupation? > Clearly, Ida's family was not wealthy in the 1880s and 1890s following > the death of her father. But, what about before that? Is there any way > to know? The estate inventory after Nils Johan Brutus is found at Vimmerby rådhusrätt och magistrat FI:6 (1874-1893) Image 265 / page 519 (AID: v78943.b265.s519, NAD: SE/VALA/01724). He owned the (small) property Fredriksberg valued at 500:- kr, but no gold or silver, and a very limited set of household articles, and 2 cows, 3 sheep, and 3 lambs. But the debts were quite high so the widow inherited 120:- kr and the 9 children inherited less than 9:- kr each. See the division of the estate at Vimmerby rådhusrätt och magistrat FI:6 (1874-1893) Image 305 / page 599 (AID: v78943.b305.s599, NAD: SE/VALA/01724). To put this in perspective, the 2 cows vere valued at 50:- kr each, and the rest of the animals together at 15:- kr. --- The estates after Jonas Myrong and his wife Catharina Nilsdotter (both died 1857) were even smaller, no real estate, no gold or silver, and one ox and two cows. Sevede häradsrätt FIIIa:24 (1858-1859) Image 76 / page 147 (AID: v78643.b76.s147, NAD: SE/VALA/01574) Sevede häradsrätt FIIIa:24 (1858-1859) Image 78 / page 151 (AID: v78643.b78.s151, NAD: SE/VALA/01574) --- Jonas Bom doesn't seem to have an estate inventory, unless he had moved to another court district. Sevede häradsrätt BouReg:1 (1693-1899) Image 165 (AID: v188812.b165, NAD: SE/VALA/01574) // Bo Johansson