Thank you, Bo. I think I have gone about as far as I can go with this branch unless I trace the sisters, and I'm not going to attempt that now. Annette On 1/17/13, Bo Johansson <bo.h.johan56@telia.com> wrote: > Annette Bowen wrote 2013-01-17 22:03: >> >> I think I have found his wife's death - the first death entry on AD >> Knista C:2 (1756-1785) Image 78/ page 74, Marith Persdotter.. > > --- wife Marith Persdotter, retired soldier Anders Östfelt's wife from > Öfre Ödsta, lived ??? ???, age 66, cause chest illness and head pains. > >> >> I also found these children: >> >> Maybe this one with father Sold: A: A: Östen >> Knista C:1 (1725-1755) Image 8/ page 3 >> Dec. 6 - Kerstin > > --- I think the father's name is probably Öster, not Östen. Mother not > mentioned. > >> >> Sold: And Östfelt >> Knista C:1 (1725-1755) Image 16/ page 11 >> May 4 - Karin, Sold: And Östfelt > > --- OK > >> >> Knista C:1 (1725-1755) Image 28/ page 23 >> July 1 - Brita, Sold: Anders Östfelt > > --- OK > >> >> Knista C:1 (1725-1755) Image 36/ page 31 >> May 14 - Marit, Sold: And: Östfelt > > -- March 14, not May. > > > // Bo Johansson > >> >> I didn't find any children born after Maria, and of course, I don't >> know if the wife who died in 1766 was the mother of these children. >> >> Births in Knista weren't recorded until 1725 and marriages not until >> 1753. It looks like the mother was rarely recorded unless it was an >> illegitimate birth. > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >