Thank you, Bo. Have you noticed that every time you answer one question, I have several more? :-) I found him in these earlier records, apparently replacing different soldiers. These look like they say basically the same thing. Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 179 (1725-1725) Image 165 and Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 180a (1725-1725) Image 173 There are two dates in this entry. If both pertain to Anders Anderson Östfält, maybe one is his enlistment date and the other when he replaced the previous soldier in this company? What is the list of names in brackets on the left? I looked up the number in this entry and it seems to pertain to the soldier that Anders replaced. This is the earliest soldier list he should appear on since the next one is 1721 and it looks like he joined in 1723. Since he was already married and only 24 years old in 1725, maybe I can find his marriage record. It narrows the date down. He probably had other children before Maria in 1739. I'm not sure I can read these records well enough to search for other children, but I may try. Thank you so much for giving me another path when I thought I had hit a dead end. Annette On 1/17/13, Bo Johansson <bo.h.johan56@telia.com> wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 16:18: > Thank you, Bo. Have you noticed that every time you answer one > question, I have several more? :-) I found him in these earlier > records, apparently replacing different soldiers. These look like > they say basically the same thing. > > Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 179 (1725-1725) Image 165 --- Anders Larsson Öster was on orders by colonel Torstensson of 2 July 1723 transfered to number 59.217. But later the 6th May 1724 signed(?) in Örebro(?) extra soldier(?) ("öfverskåtts-karlen" = surplus man) Anders Andersson Öster. Age 24, served 2 years, ???, ???, married. > and > Generalmönsterrullor - Närke och Värmlands regemente 180a (1725-1725) Image 173 --- Same text here. > > There are two dates in this entry. If both pertain to Anders Anderson > Östfält, maybe one is his enlistment date and the other when he > replaced the previous soldier in this company? What is the list of > names in brackets on the left? --- Those are the farms supporting this soldier > > I looked up the number in this entry > and it seems to pertain to the soldier that Anders replaced. > > This is the earliest soldier list he should appear on since the next > one is 1721 and it looks like he joined in 1723. --- I think he was already some kind of reserve soldier, when he joined in 1724. Perhaps he was from Örebro, or perhaps the muster was held there? But he probably didn't get the name Öster until then. In the 1732 rolls, he is still called Anders Andersson Öster as soldier number 18.176.342, transfered 12 Oct 1727 to number 180.22. As number 22.180.352 he had replaced Pär Svensson Östfelt, and also taken over that soldier name and is now called Anders Andersson Östfelt. And he is recorded as 31 years old with 9 years service, so he should have joined the army in 1721(?). > > Since he was already married and only 24 years old in 1725, maybe I > can find his marriage record. It narrows the date down. He probably > had other children before Maria in 1739. I'm not sure I can read > these records well enough to search for other children, but I may try. --- So he probably used the surname Öster 1724-1727, and then Östfelt. // Bo Johansson