Harriet Peterson via wrote 2014-07-28 07:00: > > I would really appreciate help in deciphering the occupation of one of > my ancestors, Daniel Gabrielsson, in 4 consecutive HFL volumes. I expect > he was a torpare, but I'm not sure. > In the first, "Måg" (son-in-law) is crossed off and an abbreviation of > something is written in just to the left: > Jönköping, Svenarum, Svenarum Södergård,1831 - 1839, page 66, 8th line > from top --- "Måg" = son-in-law Notice that he takes over as farmer from his wife's father, presumably some time before the father's death. > > I think the second one has the same abbreviation to the left of his name: > Jönköping, Svenarum, Svenarum Södergård,1839-1846, page 68, top line > The third looks to me like "Bruk": --- No title here, just that he is farmer of 1/3 mantal. > > Jönköping, Svenarum, Svenarum Södergård, 1846 - 1855, page 210, > top line --- "Bruk" ("Brukare") = tenant farmer. The word "brukare" means user, he used the farm without owning it. > > And the last one might be "Br": > Jönköping, Svenarum, Svenarum Södergård,1856 - 1862, page 241, top line --- "Br" ("Brukare") = tenant farmer. > > Also, it's clear these people went to Amerika, but I would really like > to know exactly what the note in this record says: > Jönköping, Svenarum, Svenarum Norrgård Säteri, Husförhör, 1867-1871, > page 327, top line --- Gustaf Danielsson with family emigrated, presumably in 1868. The remark says "Rest till Amerika, men ej taget attest" = traveled to America, but not requested certificate. Daniel Gustafsson and wife were recorded as lodgers ("Inhyses") at the bottom of the page but then in 1868 moved up to line 5 as "brukare", later changed back to lodgers, and the son Claes Danielsson took over as "brukare", presumably in 1870. The daughter Johanna Fredrika emigrated 1870 to America. She looks like this in the EMIHAMN database on the "Emigranten" CDs: Name: JOHANNA FREDR DANIELSSON Age: 21 Parish: SVENARUM County: F (Jönköping) Port: GÖTEBORG Date: 1870-09-30 Destination: PRINCETON Fellows: NEJ (Alone) Source code: 4:299:1658 // Bo Johansson