Transcription Help Please

[Marc Ide]

Dear all,

Please see attached birth record. The entry is for:

Child: Johanna Britta born 12 April 1828
Father: Anders Nilson
Mother: Gunne Olsdotter (32 years)

Please can you help me transcribe the names and words in the final 'sponsor' column? I can make out Sven Olson and Oluf Hanson but I don't know who these people are. Any ideas?

Also, this appears to be the link on the Family Search website.

Thank you.

[LarsOlof Lööf]

Hi
They are witnesses to the christening. Mostly they are relatives ore neighbours; I believe that the old idea was that they should replace the parents if they died during the childs infancy.
regards LarsO

[Marc Ide]

Thank you Lars.

If possible, please can you transcribe the text in the witness column?

[LarsOlof Lööf]

Hi again:
Yes it says:
"Torp. Sven Olsson på
Måsen med Hustru, drän-
gen Olof Hansson i Svar-
trå, Torp. Sven Olssons H Ch-
stina Sönnerberg"


The words are cut off in a very curious way, but they must fit into the column.
Torp: means Crofter
and the names are Sven Olsson and wife, Olof Hansson, Sven Olssons wife Christina Sönnerberg. Are there two Sven Olsson ?


regards LarsO

[Marc Ide]

Thanks again Lars, that great.

Today is the first time I have seen these names so I will need to investigate. I am thinking that Sven Olsson could be a brother of Gunne Olsdotter?

As above, thank you very much for your assistance.

[LarsOlof Lööf]

Ide:
Brother and sister - of course it is possible, but you must look into that with an open mind. Olsson and Olsdotter as Svensson and Svensdotter (as examples) are very common swedish names.
LarsO