Anders Gustaf (Andersson) Hjort (1848 - 1886)

Born 4 Feb 1848 in Vesterbyn, Husby, Dalarna, Sweden

Ancestors

Husband of Paulina Henrietta Söderqvist — married 24 Jan 1869 in Husby, Dalarna, Sweden

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1886 at age 38 in Långshyttan, Husby, Dalarna, Sweden

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Biography

According to the household record for Berga, Husby in the 1870s Anders Gustaf was born in Husby in 1848. He was born as an Andersson, but during this period he changed his name to Hjort (Andersson is crossed out). Anders Gustaf Hjort was a shoemaker.^[1]

Ah, his birth record tells us that his mother was Johanna Andersdotter in Vesterbyn, Husby, wife of the soldier Anders Andersson Hjort.^[2][3] Baby Anders was baptised on 6 Feb 1848 at Husby church, Kopparberg, Sweden.^[4]

For some time Anders Gustaf was a sheriff (fjärdingsman) and perhaps a shoemaker ("skomakare").^[5] Then he became a forester in Långshyttan, where he passed away in 1886.^[6] He drowned 8 Feb 1886 (must have gone through the ice) anbd was buried at Husby church.^[7] Since his wife had died the previous year, their children were orphaned.

...we drove through Dalarna, the province where Dad’s (Rutcherd or Dick Johnson) mother’s (Eugenia Henrietta (Jennie) Johnson) home is—Husby. Rutcherd’s mother told me about her home being near a river and how her father had crossed the ice on this river in the springtime, and how the ice broke up while he was on it, and that he drowned. So that left her an orphan, one sister and one brother. Her mother had passed away one year before. So at the age of 15, Jennie Hjort, Dad’s mother, came to America. How much courage they must have had to leave home and go to a “land of strangers.”^[8]

Surname

Soldier's names were assigned upon enrollment, sometimes changed according to position, and not inherited by default. However, in the late 1800s there was a trend towards adopting a surname instead of using the patronymic. Taking the father's soldier name was quite common at that time.

Sources

1. ↑ Husby AI:19a (1871-1880) Bild 33 / sid 27 (AID: v130576.b33.s27, NAD: SE/ULA/10414)
2. ↑ Husby C:9 (1829-1849) Bild 223 (AID: v130613.b223, NAD: SE/ULA/10414)
3. ↑ Husby AI:14a (1841-1851) Bild 2650 / sid 256 (AID: v130565a.b2650.s256, NAD: SE/ULA/10414)
4. ↑ "Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW41-GJ9 : 10 February 2018), And. Andersson Hjort in entry for Anders Gustaf Andersson, 06 Feb 1848; citing , HUSBY, KOPPARBERG, SWEDEN, reference ; FHL microfilm 140,390.
5. ↑ Husby AI:20a (1880-1889) Bild 30 / sid 23 (AID: v130580.b30.s23, NAD: SE/ULA/10414)
6. ↑ Husby AI:20d (1880-1889) Bild 58 / sid 50 (AID: v130583.b58.s50, NAD: SE/ULA/10414)
7. ↑ Husby F:12 (1882-1894) Bild 45 (AID: v130646.b45, NAD: SE/ULA/10414)
8. ↑ Marie Louise Olson Johnson 1953 European Trip Journal

See also:

• Arkiv Digital (subscription and custom reader required)
• https://www.myheritage.se/research/collection-10180/svenska-husforhorslangder-1860-1920?itemId=15647619&action=showRecord Anders Gustaf Hjort