Johan Johansson Lindström

Johan Johansson Lindström
Born	Jan 5 1811 Elsarby, Angarn, Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse	Eva Sophia Bergström (m. ?–) «Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000).»"Marriage: Eva Sophia Bergström to Johan Johansson Lindström" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Johan_Johansson_Lindstr%C3%B6m)
Children	Carl Johan Lindström (b. 1839) Johanna Sophia Lindström (b. 1841) Gustaf Lindstrom (b. 1843)

The Name "Lindström"

Johan was born as Johan Johansson (after his father), but took the name Lindström some time between 1823 and 1831.

Between 1800 and 1900, Sweden was undergoing a transition from patronymic names (e.g., Nils Andersson's son Pehr becomes Pehr Nilsson) to family names between 1800 and 1900. Some families apparently "froze" their most recent patronymic name, taking it as a family name; some combined nature and or topographical elements (e.g., linden tree + stream = Lindström); and others took place names. Many Swedish families began to take family names by the 1860s and Sweden finally passed a law prohibiting patronymic naming in 1901.

Occupation

After Johan left his parents (as early as 1831, at age 20), he is listed in census records as "dräng", which was Swedish for farm hand. Many unmaried young Swedish men worked as farm hands, from the 1600s onward. Farm hands took short-term (less than one year) contracts at a farm:

A great majority of grooms were labeled as dräng and the brides as piga, which both literally mean servant, but which was also used to denote an unmarried man and woman, respectively. In rural areas of nineteenth century Sweden occupations were structured by gender, age/skill and marital status. Some occupations were reserved for unmarried people, others for the married. Along with civil status and the occupation came certain housing conditions. In the servant system most young people worked as farmhands or maids for a period of life, while waiting to get married [...]. After marriage, they entered into other occupations like farmer, crofter, artisan, agricultural worker etc. Unmarried servants usually lived in the master’s household; only after getting married could a servant form a separate household. This implies that people were normally registered as male servant (dräng) or female servant (piga) in the marriage registers, but then after some time attained a new status as they took over a farm or acquired proper employment as artisan, agricultural laborer, etc.

As a result of this mode of employment, Johan moved almost every year, sometimes several times per year.

Historical Records

Johan's parents/siblings/ancestors

• Census for his family, immediately before Johan's birth.

Johan with parents

• Johan was born in Elsarby, Angarn, Stockholm, Sweden on January 4, 1811, per the Födde (Births) for Angarn, Stockholm (1771-1814). (Note: This is pretty uncertain... Also, if this is the right record, it appears he was actually born in 1810, but baptized (or something) in 1811.)
• Johan (age 0-2) lived with parents Johan (age 23-27) and Maria (age 19-23) in Elsarby, Angarn, Stockholm, Sweden from (at least) 1809 to 1813 in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Angarn, Stockholm (1814-1832)
• Johan (age 3-6) lived with parents Johan (age 28-31) and Maria (age 24-27) in Elsarby, Angarn, Stockholm, Sweden from 1814 to 1817 in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Angarn, Stockholm (1814-1832)
• Johan (age 6-7) lived with parents Johan (age 31-32) and Maria (age 27-28) in (Unknown), Vada, Stockholm, Sweden from 1817 to 1818 in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Vada, Stockholm (1814-1832)
• Johan (age 8-9) lived with parents Johan and Maria in Lilla Gillinge, Angarn, Stockholm, Sweden from 1819 to 1820 in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Angarn, Stockholm (1814-1832)
• Johan (age 10-12) lived with parents Johan and Maria in Lundby Ryttarhus, Angarn, Stockholm, Sweden from 1821 to 1823 in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Angarn, Stockholm (1814-1832) (Johan is not known as Lindström at this point.)

Johan alone

• Johan (age 20) lived in Stocksunds Bro., Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden in the (Household examination) for Danderyd, Stockholm (1830-1839) in 1831. (Johan is now known as Lindström.)
• Johan (age 20) lived in Husa, Garn, Stockholm, Sweden in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Garn, Stockholm (1826-1832) from 1831 to 18??.
• Johan (age ??) lived in Husa, Garn, Stockholm, Sweden in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Garn, Stockholm (1826-1832) from 18?? to 18??.
• Johan (age ??) lived in Husa, Garn, Stockholm, Sweden in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Garn, Stockholm (1826-1832) from 18?? to 18??.
• Johan (age ??) lived in Ösby, Garn, Stockholm, Sweden in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Garn, Stockholm (1826-1832) from 18?? to 18??.

Johan with wife and children

• Johan (age 24-26) lived in Gillberga, Sollentuna, Stockholm, Sweden in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Sollentuna, Stockholm (1836-1840) from 1835 to 1837.
• Johan (age 26-27) lived in Gillberga, Sollentuna, Stockholm, Sweden in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Sollentuna, Stockholm (1836-1840) from 1837 to 1838.
• Johan (age 27-27), Eva Sophia, and Carl Johan lived in Grimsta (?), Fresta, Stockholm, Sweden in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Täby, Stockholm (1835-1845) from 1838 to 1840.
• Johan (age 29-32), Eva Sophia, Carl Johan, and Johanna Sophia lived in Ella, Taby, Stockholm, in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Täby, Stockholm (1841-1846) from 1840 to 1843.
• Daughter Johanna Sophia was born in 1841, in Täby
• Son Gustaf was born in 1843 in Täby.
• Johan (age 32), wife Eva Sophia, and children Carl Johan, Johanna Sophia, and Gustaf lived in Wifinge, Täby, Stockholm in the 1841-1846 Husförhör (Census) in 1844. They lived here only briefly, coming from Ella and en route to Karby.
• The Lindstroms lived in Karby, Täby, Stockholm in 1845, in the Husförhör (Household examination) for Täby, Stockholm (1841-1846)