Johan was born in 1870. He is the son of Ola Hansson and Märtha Larsdotter. As a young man, he worked as a cooper. He moved to Malmö in the mid-1880s and to Stockholm in 1890. By 1900, he was listed as an employee of the Salvation Army. By 1910, he had married and moved to Norrköping. there, he worked as a grocer. The family later moved to Styrstad, where he is listed as a gardener.
Johan and Hedvig had 5 children. He was widowed in 1916. He remarried in 1918.
1890 census, Bäfvern N:o 14, Hedvig Eleonora, Stockholm[1]
Olsson Fris, Johan, f. 1870 i Bunkeflo Malmöhus län, Anst. i Frälsn.armén (employed by the Salvation Army)
1900 census, Bäfvern N:o 14 Frälsn.arméns högqvarter, Hedvig Eleonora rote 10, Stockholm[2]
Olson Fris, Johan, f. 1870 i Bunkeflo Malmöhus län, Frälsningssoldat (Salvation Army soldier)
1910 census, Kv. Krogen, Norrköping[3]
Friis Olsson, Johan, f. 1870 i Bunkeflo Malmöhus län, Specerihandlare
Hellström, Hedvig Elisabet, f. 1870 i Örebro Örebro län
Sven Johan, f. 1902 i Hedvig Eleonora Stockholms stad
Hedvig Märta Elisabet, f. 1903 i Norrköpings Norra Östergötlands län
Ellen Margareta, f. 1905 i Norrköpings Norra Östergötlands län
Erik Gustaf Bertil, f. 1907 i Norrköpings Norra Östergötlands län
Folke Olof, f. 1909 i Norrköpings Norra Östergötlands län
When he moved to Stockholm from Malmö in 1890, his birth month changed in records from October to November. Birth record says October.
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