Olof
Jönsson
Born in Perstorp, Hällestad, Östergötland, Sweden
Ancestors 
Son of Jöns Persson
and Elin Larsdotter
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anna Isaksdotter
— married
13 Jan 1701 in Vreta kloster, Östergötland, Sweden
Descendants 
Father of
Jöns Olofsson and Anna Olofsdotter
Died
at about age 84
in Rådsla, Vreta Kloster, Östergötland, Sweden
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Biography
Birth and Christening
Olof was born in 1672 at Perstorp in the parish of Hällestad as the son of the bergsman Jöns Persson and his wife Elin Larsdotter.[1] He was christened July 7 and his godparents were Olof Thorsson, Anders Nilsson, Jon Månsson at the mine's wife Maria, Anders Larsson at the mine smeltery's wife Margaretha.[2]
Olof lived with his parents until he was 18. After that he worked at Hult for five years and then at Rådsla in Vreta Kloster parish for seven years.[1]
Family
January 13, 1701, Olof married Anna Isaksdotter, the daughter of his employer Isak Olofsson.[3] The couple lived at Rådsla and had four children; two boys and two girls.[1] The last childbirth went wrong and Anna became ill and bound to her bed. She remained so for the following 25 years, until she died in 1743.[4]
Occupation
Olof was a bergsman,[1] meaning that he had the right to break iron ore and melt it into pig of iron. The bergsmen often worked in hyttlag (cooperative) consisting of around eight bergsmen and alongside the work with iron they farmed the land.[5] He worked at the local smeltery for several years and then he became the chief operating officer of the cooperative.[1]
Death and Burial
Olof died March 27, 1756, of bacillary dicentry and was buried April 11.[1][6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Vreta kloster F:1 Obituaries (1746-1775) Image 51 / page 97, Arkiv Digital
- ↑ Hällestad C:1 (1636-1673) Image 84 / page 157, Arkiv Digital
- ↑ [http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v41966.b339.s659 Vreta kloster C:4 Marriage Records (1696-1739) Image 339 / page 659], Arkiv Digital
- ↑ [ http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v41965.b151.s297 Vreta kloster C:3 (1694-1746) Image 151 / page 297], Arkiv Digital
- ↑ Wikipedia-bidragsgivare, "Bergsman," Wikipedia, , //sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergsman&oldid=30225457 (hämtad December 4, 2016).
- ↑ Vreta kloster EI:1 Death Records (1745-1820) Image 150 / page 285, Arkiv Digital
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