1776. Röstånga. No. 11. Ture Olson, 65, son Anders, 28, Christian (no age listed), dot. Maria, 23, Elssa, 8, Pär Axelström (no age listed), hust. Brita, 54.
The widow Brita Pettersdotter of Röstånga (village) was confined to bed 8 days with a severe acute illness with håll och styng (pneumonia or pleuresy), died 13 April, was buried 23 April on Quasimodo Sunday. She was 75 years old.
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Note: although she was simply identified in Household Examination records as Hustrun (the wife) Brita, and later Enkan (the widow) Brita, with no last name, it has been assumed that this death record, which includes her last name, pertains to her, as the only widow named Brita in Röstånga was the one living at Röstånga No. 11 up until 1796, and who was no longer listed in the 1797 Household Exam.
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1797. Röstånga [By]: Death #11. Enkan Brita Pettersdotter, war sängliggande åtta dygn af hetsig sjukdom med håll och styng, dödde den 13 April, och begrafdes den 23 ejusdem, Dom: Qvasimodogeniti. - war 75 år g:.
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