The estate inventory of Johan Lind

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Johan Lind the elder (1802-1897)

July 13, 1897, an inventory of the estate of Brukspatron Johan Lind was executed by the deputies of the magistrate's court in Stockholm. Lind, who was born 17 May 1802, died on the 14th of April the current year, leaving as his heirs:^[1]

1. The children of deceased, legitimized daughter Emma Amalia Lind in her marriage to chief accountant Magnus Lund and their descendants.
   1. Daughter Ingrid Maria Lund, the divorced wife of sales agent Fredrik Frankenfeldt
   2. The daughter of deceased son, sales agent Göran Johan Magnus Lund in his marriage with Gerda Schwan, Greta, born 1 January 1891
2. Lind's children in the marriage with Maria Lundberg:
   1. Daughter Jenny Elisabeth, married to wholesaler Per Wilhelm Sellholm
   2. Daughter Elin Lamartina, married to the Major (etc.) Oscar Alm
   3. Daughter [Helena], married to Docent Ivar Bendixon
   4. The children of deceased son Gustaf Adolf Lind in his marriage with Walfrid Bendixon:
      1. Son Erik Valle, born 14 October 1888
      2. Daughter Ellen Elisabeth, born 26 June 1890
   5. The daughter of deceased daughter Maria Cecilia Lind in her marriage with Kommerserådet Ernst Günther, Jeanna Cecilia born 18 February 1881. (Günther was a lawyer at The National Board of Trade)

• Present at the execution of the probate was Kommerserådet Günther, representing his abovementioned daughter as her warden and serving as proxy by letter of appointment for all other heirs.
• Also present was the usher Anders Gustaf Olsson, representing by letter of appointment the heirs claimant: butcher Carl Henrik Lind and the leaseholder Henrik Casimir Lind, sons of the deceased, legitimized son of brukspatron Johan Lind, namely Johan Wilhelm Albert Lind. As grounds for their claim Olsson produced a copy of a legitimization document from Klara parish, submitted after the marriage of Johan Lind the younger to Malvina Gosselman:^[2]

Bilaga till Klara församlings dopbok Nr 133

Vi undertecknade äkta makar förklara härmed barnen Carl Henrik, född den 18 Juni 1864 i Adolf Fredriks församling, döpt den 21 Juni 1864 och Henrik Casimir, född den 20 September 1866 uti St Klara församling, döptes den 22 September 1866, såsom våra gemensamma barn, hvadan vi anhålla att desamma varda införda i dopboken nu och följaktligen berättigade att arf efter oss taga, såsom varande barn av laggift säng.

Stockholm den 23 Januari 1871

Malvina Lind född Gosselman

John Lind

The original document was countersigned by the sexton and a comminster, the copy was countersigned by the vicar. It is worth noting that the document explicitly states that the boys were to be considered as being children of "married bed" and having full rights to inheritance after their parents.

Against this Ernst Günther produced another document, presented a document, signed by Malvina Gosselman, 2 March 1883. This was seven years after the death of her husband, when Malvina was in her second marriage, two and a half years before her own death. A copy of this document is included with the estate inventory:^[3]

Att min förre, aflidne man Johan Wilhelm Alb. Lind icke var naturlig fader till mina söner Karl Henrik, född d. 18 Juni 1864 i Adolf Fredriks församling, och Henrik Kasimir, född d. 20 Sept 1866, i St Klara församling och att således den till Jacobs pastorsembete d. 25 Jan. 1871 af mig och min förre, aflidne man rörande dessa barn inlemnade uppgift, hvari de förklaras "såsom våra gemensamma barn" tillkommit af oförstånd och bristande kunskap om de i vårt land gällande adoptionslagarne, samt att nämnde handling från min aflidne man John Linds sida endast afsett att adoptera barnen, men icke att erkänna dem såsom sina naturliga barn, erkännes härmed.

Strengnäs d. 2 Mars 1883

Malvina Bodström född Gosselman

Att fru Malvina Bodström född Gosselman vid fullt och sundt förstånd, samt med fri vilja, egenhändigt tecknat sitt namn under ofvanstående erkännande intygas af oss undertecknade tillkallade vittnen.

Seth Hallström Med Dr

Johan Oldevig, Löjtnant, adr. Strengnäs

Here, in the presence of two witnesses, Malvina signed (by her full wits and of her own free will) an admission that her husband John Lind was not the natural father of her children; that the legitimization from 1871 arose from imprudence and ignorance concerning Swedish adoption laws; and that the sole intention of her deceased husband had been to adopt the children.

This way the claim of the brothers was refuted, and they did not inherit Brukspatron Lind. They seem to have been previously unaware of being posthumously denied as the sons of Johan Lind the younger.

Since the digitized copy included with the estate inventory is only a handwritten copy we cannot be sure who wrote the original. However, the phrasing indicates that Malvina signed the document, but did not write it herself. Also, since the document was in the possession of Ernst Günther, it is likely that he was the unnamed person paying Malvina a visit together with two respectable witnesses and very possible that he formulated the text.

John Lind the younger 1842-1876

Johan Wilhelm Albert Lind (1842-1876) died 21 years before his father, 18 March 1876. His estate inventory was held 6 May 1876.^[4] The introduction reads:

År 1876 den 6 Maj förrättades af undertecknade boupteckning efter Landtbrukaren John Lind, som afled på sin egendom Svedäng den 18 sistlidne Mars och såsom arfvingar efterlemnade Enkan Fru Malvina Lind samt barnen Carl Henrik född 1864 och Henrik Casimir född 1866.

Ett emellan makarna upprättat inbördes testamente företeddes, utvisande att den efterlefvande skulle under sin lifstid förblifva i orubbad besittning af allt som då fanns i boet.

Enkefru Lind uppgaf boet, som antecknades och värderades sålunda:

The initial text has been modified by putting the two children within parenthesis, adding "step-" to "children" and adding the father, Brukspatron Lind in Stockholm as an heir, making the section read:

och såsom arfvingar efterlemnade Enkan Fru Malvina Lind (samt styf-barnen Carl Henrik född 1864 och Henrik Casimir född 1866) jemte fadren Brukspatron Lind i Stockholm.

The change is significant, and suspect.

Sources

1. ↑ Stockholms rådhusrätt 1:a avdelning (A, AB) F1A:751 (1897) Bild 740 / Sida 202

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2. ↑ Stockholms rådhusrätt 1:a avdelning (A, AB) F1A:751 (1897) Bild 750

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3. ↑ Stockholms rådhusrätt 1:a avdelning (A, AB) F1A:751 (1897) Bild 800

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4. ↑ Selebo häradsrätt (AB, D) FII:22 (1876-1880) Bild 1490 / Sida 122

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