Bo, Thank you so much! I hadn't looked at anything except parish records on AD. I will look at these records of soldiers and also look for Anders death record. Does the note in the 1754 record say that he was discharged? 60 seems old to still be a soldier. I found Anders in AD Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 184 (1744-1744) Image 102 / page 95. There is also something about him here in the last entry. This entry is different. What does it say? AD Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 180b (1732-1732) Image 147 Since he wasn't at Övre Ödesta in 1769 and was 60 years old in 1754, he either died or moved between those years. Thank you. Annette On 1/16/13, Bo Johansson <bo.h.johan56@telia.com> wrote: > Annette Bowen wrote 2013-01-16 19:11: > > >> Thank you, Bo. That is what I needed. Unfortunately the HFLs in >> Knista do not begin until 1769. Is there any other way to find out >> about Maria's family? > > There is a soldier Anders A. Östing at Övre Ödesta's properties in AD > Knista AI:1 (1769-1776) Image 53 / page 48 (AID: v51621.b53.s48, NAD: > SE/ULA/10527). > > But he seems too young to be Maria Andersdotter's father? > > But perhaps her father still lives in Knista, if he is alive in 1769 > > I see maria's presumed father Anders Östfält at Övre Östa as soldier > number 351, number 22 in the Major's company, age 36, married, in AD > Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 181 (1737-1737) > Image 130 / page 131 (AID: v46626.b130.s131, NAD: SE/KrA/0023) > > Then in AD Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 182 > (1739-1739) Image 61 (AID: v46627.b61, NAD: SE/KrA/0023). > > Then in AD Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 185 > (1754-1754) Image 99 / page 187 (AID: v46630.b99.s187, NAD: SE/KrA/0023). > > Here he is 60 years old, and is discharged after 30 years service. > > So you can also look for him in the death records. > > // Bo Johansson > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Annette Bowen wrote 2013-01-17 00:15: > Bo, > Thank you so much! I hadn't looked at anything except parish records > on AD. I will look at these records of soldiers and also look for > Anders death record. Does the note in the 1754 record say that he was > discharged? 60 seems old to still be a soldier. --- Swedish soldiers served as long as they had health and strength, so some were still soldiers at age 60. > > I found Anders in AD Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 184 > (1744-1744) Image 102 / page 95. --- OK, age recorded as 44 years. > > There is also something about him here in the last entry. This entry > is different. What does it say? > AD Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 180b > (1732-1732) Image 147 --- This number number 22 of the company, 352 of the regiment, is the previous soldier Per Svensson Östfält. He was replaced, perhaps October 1827 by Anders Anderson Östfält from number 176.18 I'm not sure if age 31 and 9 years service refers to Per Svensson or Anders Anderson Östfält, but it seems to fit with Anders. And he is found as number 18 of the company, (176 of ???) 342 of the regiment, on the previous page. So perhaps you can find him also in earlier rolls. > > Since he wasn't at Övre Ödesta in 1769 and was 60 years old in 1754, > he either died or moved between those years. --- Perhaps he wasn't actually 60 years old, the age seems to be inconsistent between the different muster rolls. // Bo Johansson