Mätta was born in 1853. She was the daughter of Ola Påhlsson and Else Persdotter. Mätta left home in 1868 and moved elsewhere in Svedala parish. The following year, she returned to her parents. In 1877, she had a daughter, Clara Elisabeth. Clara passed away the following year.
After her father's death in 1879, Mätta moved to Skabersjö parish. After being widowed in 1895, Mätta and her children moved in with her mother Elna in Stora Svedala. In the 1900 census, Mätta is listed as "uppasserska vid sockerbruket" i.e. she worked at the sugar mill. In later household records, she is listed as "städerska" and sugar mills worker. Her son Olof, who lived with her after his sisters moved out, also worked at the sugar mill.
Sources
Household record with parents at Hyltarp No 2: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13383/A I/11 (1848-1857), bildid: C0069396_00332 [1]
Household record with parents at Hyltarp No 2: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13383/A I/13 (1862-1867), bildid: C0069398_00425 [2]
Household record with parents in Stora Svedala: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13383/A I/13 (1862-1867), bildid: C0069398_00190 [3]
Working at Stora Svedala 22 1868-1869: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13383/A I/14 (1868-1877), bildid: C0069399_00245 [4]
Household record with parents in Stora Svedala: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13383/A I/14 (1868-1877), bildid: C0069399_00259 [5]
Birth record for daughter: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/LLA/13383/C I/6 (1875-1894), bildid: 00108232_00038 [6]
Household record with parents in Stora Svedala: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13383/A I/15 (1878-1888), bildid: C0069400_00345 [7]
Household record as widow in Kyrkohusen, Stora Svedala: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker, SE/LLA/13383/A II a/4 (1895-1906), bildid: 00108191_00146 [8]
Household record as widow in Kyrkohusen, Stora Svedala: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker, SE/LLA/13383/A II a/8 (1907-1919), bildid: 00108195_00176 [9]
Household record as widow in Kyrkohusen, Stora Svedala: Svedala kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker, SE/LLA/13383/A II a/12 (1920-1931), bildid: 00108199_00157 [10]
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