Bo, The only marriage I have found for Olof Nilsson is Image 29/ page 25 in Kil C:1 (1708-1764), last entry at bottom of right page. It is marriage 21 on 8 Apr 1713, but the wife's name does not look like Brita. To me it looks like Elin - could be Swensdotter or Swånsdotter. I found the death record for Olof Nilsson, No. 8. at the bottom of the left page in Kil F:1 (1762-1826) Image 26/ page 24. Does it give a cause of death? His wife's death is recorded in the same book, Image 14/ page 12, Number 45. Kil AI:3 (1768-1773 Image 190/ page 176 Household Examination looks like Olof may have married again. The date 1773 is written through two columns, the ones for marriage and death. I didn't find a marriage during that year. Olof died in 1775, which was shown in the next book. Anna was not listed in his household in that book, so she may be the one who died, but the only Anna Pehrsdotter I found who died in 1773 was too old and from a different location. I checked marriages from 1767, when Brita died, through 1773 and did not find one for Olof Nilsson. I think I am ready to try a different family! This one has too many problems! Thank you. Annette On 1/7/13, Bo Johansson <bo.h.johan56@telia.com> wrote: > Annette Bowen wrote 2013-01-07 20:25: >> Bo, >> Thanks for looking at all of these! It would be my ancestor whose >> mother's name is in question! I will look through the marriage >> records, but maybe the priest was just confused about Brita's name >> since he had to correct it on the Household Examination. The >> handwriting is really hard to read. I went through the marriage >> records one time, but I will look again for the time period between >> Catharina's birth and Olof's birth. > > --- I think it is most likely the same woman who is mother to all the > children. > >> >> What was the customary age at marriage? > > --- Around 25, but there was quite a bit of variation, some were 20, > some were 30-35... > > > >> One HFL gave Brita's birth >> year as 1691, and the first child I have found was born in 1714. She >> was 75 when she died 25 Nov 1767, assuming this was the same person. >> The death record just gave her husband's name and address, but the HFL >> said she died in 1767. > > --- Fits reasonably well with someone born 1691. > > // 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 >