Anders Nilsson was born July 16, 1775 in Tidesta in Glanshammar parish, Örebro län, Sverige . He was the son of Nils Nilsson and his second wife Magdalena Eriksdotter.[1]
He lived in Tidesta until (at least) his father's death in 1795. He, his mother and younger brother Per are crossed out in the household book without any notes of where they moved.