Person:Erik Jansson (1)

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Erik JANSSON
b.8 Apr 1833 Linde Parish,Örebro Län, Sweden
d.2 Mar 1877 Linde Parish,Örebro Län, Sweden
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1825
  1. Per ANDERSSON
  2. Anna ANDERSSON
  3. Johanna ANDERSSON
  4. Erik JANSSON1833 - 1877
Spouse and Children
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  1. Johanna Maria JANSSON
  2. Anders JANSSON
  3. Anna Lovisa JANSSON
  4. Per Johan JANSSON
  5. Lars Wilhelm JANSSON
  6. Johanna JANSSON
  7. Johanna JANSSON
  8. Victor JANSSON
  9. Caroline Mathilda JANSSON
  10. Hedda Wilhelmina JANSSON
  11. Ida Maria JANSSON
  12. Charles Eric ERICKSON1859 - 1931
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Facts and Events
Name Erik JANSSON
Gender Male
Birth? 8 Apr 1833 Linde Parish,Örebro Län, Sweden
Marriage to Maria (Maja) Lovisa PEHRSDOTTER
Occupation? Cotter
Death? 2 Mar 1877 Linde Parish,Örebro Län, Sweden

In 1870, Erik Jansson got a license to work at a railroad construction some distance away from Linde parish He returned the next year.

The family moved from cottage to cottage in Linde: Snuggen 1854-1860 Tomtehylle 1861-1864 Lindeshyttan 1866-1873 Fornaboda 1873-1877

The family scattered after Erik’s death. Maria Lovisa is noted as porr and got some small help from the parish, and the children had to go out as farm hands. The vocation “cotter” refers to non-landholding farmers. Each had a small field, a small cottage, and a small barn. The cotters had to work for the landowners for rent, and the small field was for the wives and children to farm. Many of then moved from cottage to cottage looking for better conditions. The cotters were very poor. Erik Jansson is a good example of such a cotter. His father was a farmer, and his older brother Per probably took over the farm, so Erik had to become a cotter.

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