[CLIENT] IsaaksdotterIsaacson1803 LEW160651 7 December 2018 Research Highlights GOALS Locate the birth records for three of the eleven children of Isaak Mickelsson and Magdalena Johansdotter (Carlsson) born 15 December 1796: Brita Isaaksdotter, Magdalena Isaaksdotter, and Mickel Isaaksson. (Their birth dates were listed in household records, which will significantly narrow searches for these records. However, locations for those births have yet to be determined. All available records should be used to identify locations for these events, and then applicable record collections searched.) Research the ancestry of Isaak Mickelsson born 2 August 1795 in Helsingby, in Hietaniemi Parish, Västerbotten County, Sweden. His parents are Mickel Johansson and Catharina Johansdotter who lived on Heicka farm. Research the ancestry of Magdalena Johansdotter born 12 December 1796 in Nuotioranta, Hietaniemi Parish, Västerbotten County, Sweden. Her parents were Johan Metsavainio (sic) and Caisa Nilsdotter. Research two recommendations from the January 12, 2017 Project, with the objective of determining who Maria is and where she belongs in the family: Determine who the father was of the young girl named Maria in the 1859 household of Erik Isaaksson and Anna Greta Isaaksdotter. Gather more information about the 1837 marriage of Johan Johansson and Brita Caisa, as listed in Johan’s 1845 household record. This may help explain the birth of the young girl named Maria who appeared later with Anna Gretta Isaaksdotter. If you get to this third objective, I have received additional information that may or may not be of benefit in the research of Maria. We have recently received some research notes written by my wife’s mother about 1970. She wrote to the pastor of the parish church in Karunki, and received the following information: o Maria married Salomon Takkanainen (she was his second wife). The marriage date was not given. They had a child Johan, born 16 Jan 1871. Johan married Ericka Myllymäki Kristo on 18 Nov 1923. Erica was born 24 Jun 1895. o I entered a query on FamilySearch for the marriage of Maria and Salomon Takkanainen, which produced a marriage of a Maria Ylihooli and Salomon Pehrsson Takkanainen on 10 Apr 1870 in Karunki, Lappi, Finland, and also in Kittila, Lappi, Finland on the same date. However, since it is only a transcription, no evaluation could be made of the original record as to whether these are the same people. The search results also showed an earlier marriage for Salomon in 1851. PROGRESS Standardized the spelling of names and places in order to avoid growing confusion due to the lack thereof in earlier centuries. Determined the three children of Isaak Mickelsson were most likely born in Ylitornio parish, Lappi, Finland. However, since birth records for the associated time period in Ylitornio do not appear to exist, such documents for those three children may never be obtained. Obtained birth records for three older siblings of Isaak Mickelsson, confirming the family’s earlier presence in Helsingby, Hietaniemi parish, Västerbotten, Sweden. Located a marriage record from 1787 that documented the marriage of Mickel Johansson and a woman named Lisa Pehrsdotter. While the bride’s name was not exactly as expected, it is currently suspected this could be the correct record. Found no birth record of Mickel Johansson or his brother, Pehr Johansson, in collections from Helsingby, Hietaniemi parish, Västerbotten, Sweden. This suggested Mickel may have been born elsewhere. Discovered Johan Johansson was married twice. The client’s direct line came through Johan’s first wife, whose identity has not yet been determined. Found no household record listing for the Johan Johansson family in Helsingby, Hietaniemi parish, Västerbotten, Sweden, from 1759 through 1773. This may indicate the family moved into Helsingby from some other location within Hietaniemi parish, or perhaps even outside of the parish. Established that if Johan Johansson was born in Hietaniemi parish, record of his birth will not exist because birth records only go back to 1721. If this is accurate, progress on this particular line will likely be at an end. If it is determined he was born in a different location, this conclusion may be different. Located the 9 May 1776 marriage record of Johan Carlsson and Caisa Nilsdotter in Hietaniemi parish, Västerbotten, Sweden. Found no birth record for Johan Carlsson in Armassaari, Hietaniemi parish, Västerbotten, Sweden, from 1746 through 1752. Found the 5 May 1751 birth record of Caisa Nilsdotter in Armassaari, Hietaniemi parish, Västerbotten, Sweden. Extended the maternal line of Magdalena Johansdotter one additional generation, identifying her maternal grandparents as Nils Gundersson and Malin Paulsdotter. Retrieved original copies of both of the transcriptions discussed by the client for Maria, the girl found residing in the home of Anna Gretta Isaaksdotter in her 1859 household record. RECOMMENDATIONS 2 1. Consider searching for remaining children of Mickel Johansson. Some of these children could have been born prior to the 1788 change in birth record formatting discussed in the research report. To investigate this further, entries will need to be examined page by page, since there is no index. 2. Begin work on the line of Catharina Johansdotter, the wife of Mickel Johansson. 3. Confirm the identity of the wife of Mickel Johansson by locating Lisa Pehrsdotter in household records with her father, Pehrs. Compare these entries with later entries where she would have been married to Mickel to see if the data lines up. 4. Obtain a copy of Lisa Pehrsdotter’s birth record. That document will list her father’s name and hopefully provide additional support for her connection as the wife of Mickel Johansson. 5. Find a copy of the birth records of brothers Mickel and Pehr Johansson. Since previous searches found no record for either boy in Hietaniemi parish, the records may lie in a different location. 6. Determine if the Johan Johansson family moved to Hietaniemi parish from a different location, and if so, where that was. These searches should involve household and communion records, as well as any applicable vital records. 7. Determine the identity of Johan Johansson’s first wife. She was the mother of the client’s direct ancestor, Mickel Johansson. This can most easily be accomplished by the continued use of communion records and by finding a copy of Mickel’s birth record. She likely died sometime shortly after the 1750 birth of Pehr Johansson. The couple were married sometime before the 1745 birth of Mickel Johansson. 8. Locate the marriage record of Johan Johansson and Clara Abramsdotter. The marriage should have occurred between the 1753 birth of Clara’s daughter Caisa Abramsdotter and the 1764 birth of Abram Johansson, most likely in Hietaniemi parish, Västerbotten, Sweden. 9. Continue to try to identify the birth record of Johan Carlsson. This should have occurred around 1750, though the location has not yet been proven. 10. Begin pursuit of the newly identified parents of Caisa Nilsdotter, who were Nils Gundersson and Malin Paulsdotter. This will most likely entail the use of household or communion records from Hietaniemi parish, in the village of Armassaari. 11. Fully evaluate the original copies of two records retrieved for Maria, the girl found residing in the home of Anna Gretta Isaaksdotter in her 1859 household record. Try to determine who Maria was and what relation she may have had to Anna Gretta’s family. 3 Research Report This research session had four goals. The first was to locate the birth records for the three children of Isaak Mickelsson and Magdalena Johansdotter (Carlsson) for whom no records were found previously. Those children were named Brita Isaaksdotter, Magdalena Isaaksdotter, and Mickel Isaaksson, and they were born between 1821 and 1825. The second goal was to research the ancestry of Isaak Mickelsson. The third goal was to research the ancestry of Magdalena Johansdotter. The fourth goal was to determine the identity of the young girl named Maria in the 1859 household of Erik Isaaksson and Anna Greta Isaaksdotter, who her father was, and where she belongs in the family. Background Information As was seen in previous efforts, Swedish family research is heavily dependent on documents commonly referred to as household records. However, over the centuries, household records were not always formatted in the same manner. In earlier years, the need for household records (Husförhörslängder) was often met solely by the church’s communion records (Kommunionlängder). These records were significantly different and met distinctly different needs, which was likely why the former singular effort evolved into the later practice of using two separate records to fulfill these unique purposes. This singular record practice in earlier years had a number of critical research implications upon efforts in this session. These included the lack of birth dates for anyone in the household as well as information about where the family came from or where they went, if they either moved in or out of that parish. Most important, these early records did not list children under the age of 14. This was because, according to rites of the Swedish church, 4 they were not yet eligible to partake of communion until they had been confirmed, which usually happened between the ages of 14 and 17. The omission of the names of children under the age of 14 in communion records severely impeded ancestral progress in this session. Appropriate work-arounds were implemented that successfully traversed the void, but they required much more time than would have otherwise been the case. These strategies also came with added benefits. Among these was the identification of birth records for many children of each familial generation. Also, marriage records for parents were eventually located as a necessary part of the same process. In the end, while it may appear that more work was done than would ordinarily be needed, the work was necessary, and the efforts employed paid great dividends, locating other information about family members that would have required separate efforts and ultimately taken and equal or greater amount of time.