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Carl was born May 24, 1796, at Långkärrstugan, Kila, as the son of Petter Andersson and Maja Andersdotter. He was christened May 29, and his godparents were Erik Ersson and his wife at Källstugan, Jan Jansson, and the farm maid Greta Ersdotter, both living at Långkärrstugan.[1]
In 1818 Carl moved from the parish of Nykyrka to the town of Nyköping, Nyköpings Sankt Nicolai parish, where he worked as a hand for the district court judge Stenqvist for a year.[2]
October 15, 1820, Carl married Brita Lisa Runsten. She was living at Stora Lida in the parish of Kila and he in the parish of Bergshammar.[3] They already had a daughter together but had for some reason not gotten married. In 1821 they move in together at Tjärsta Mellangård in the parish of Björkvik.[4] They soon move to Ullevi in Nykping S:t Nocolai parish. Their son Carl Gustaf is born there in 1822 but Brita Lisa dies in March the following year.[5] Carl Gustaf was sent to live as a fosterchild in the parish of Kila.
Carl remarried May 1, 1825. The bride was the farm maid Anna Maja Larsdotter at Girstad.[6] In 1825 the couple moves to Skåra in the parish of Stigtomta and there a son and a duaghter are born.[7][8] Then the family moves to Stora Berga, in Nyköping, in 1832.[9] Maja Lisa died there September 7, 1836, of a fever.[10]
January 1, 1838, Carl married again, this time the bride was Anna Greta Johansdotter Winge.[11]
The family moves to Tegnesta in the parish of Stigtomta in 1838 but they only stay there until 1840 when they move back to Skåra[12] In 1842 they move to Wallerst and the following yera they move to Bildsbohl Backstuga in 1843. Carl is not well and is unable to work[13] and in the early 1850's he is living in Nyköping.[14] It is not until 1861 that the couple (all the children have moved out by this time) offically moves to Nyköping only to be signed in under Bildsbohl again the following year.[15]
Carl dies March 31, 1869, at the poor house in Stigtomta, age 72 years 10 months and 6 days. He is buried April 4.[16]
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