Anders Olufsson was born on March 13, 1719, in Stora Herrestad to parents Oluf Larsson, a local farmer and his wife Adela Andersdotter. He was christened March 15, 1719 and carried by juryman Lars Andersson's wife Ingar. Wittnesses was Salomon Pärsson's wife Bengta, "gatu...mannen" Jöns Oleson's wife Sissa, and Lars Andersson's stepdaughter Bengta. [1]
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He married Elna Siöwall in Stora Herrestad on March 31, 1742 when he was 23 years old and lived in Stora Herrestad parish. [2][3]
They ended up having 10 children in 21 years. 4 of which is known to have died before adulthood. He worked as a blacksmith his whole life and passed this craft onto many of his sons.
At the age of 74 he passed away in Stora Herrestad on September 29, 1793 and was buried on October 6th.[4]
He was the first known person to have taken the name Herrstedt, probably derived from the name of his hometown Herrestad and passed this name on to all his children.
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