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Carl Peter Hoog’s Swedish Ancestry
Tölö
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Carl Peter Hoog (b 1953)
Almost all of the
Swedish relatives of Carl Peter Höög (1953) are from the
Maps Showing Location of
Tölö
Red Star is Tolo
Many of the male ancestors were seaman in the mercantile marine or in the Swedish equivalent= of the Coast Guard. There were several sea captains, including Anders Höög (b 1827). Sometimes these sea captains or other seafarers retired and became tenant farmers (abö). Often they were tenant farmers from the start.
In Hallands Lan, b= eing a tenant farmer meant being able to farm 5 – 6 acres of arable land a= nd a number of acres of forest land. These tenancies lasted over many generation= s. Höögs and the other relatives farmed plots in the districts known= as Skårby N o 4 and Hvarla N o 9 for over 400 years which was the extent= of the records.
The Research
Almost all research was done from church records in Tölö parish through photocopies on the GENLINE. Exceptions were census searches of the 1890 and 1900 censuses, actually compilation of the church records. Other exceptions were the Halla= nds marriage database – especially important when the church registers be= came hard to read, DISBYT database in Sweden where these records have now been submitted, SVAR which has important archives of information, the church rec= ords at the Göteborg Cathedral (Göteborg Gustavi Domkyrko) for informa= tion on the birth of Anna Jansson (b 1882) and the marriage of Gustaf Julius and Anna and the records of the Landarchives in Uppsala. These records led right back to Tölö where the two families were neighbors.
Thank you to the wonderful assistance of Sten-Stu= re Tersmeden of wwwgenealogi.se, the old family pictures from Gunilla Axelsson and the offer of assistance from Glenn Gustafsson. At the last min= ute I received input from the Tolo parish from Marie-Louise Gustafsson which provided a last piece of missing information. They all made the completion = of this study possible.
Names
A word about the
traditional naming schemes of Hallands. Sons of Peter had the last name of
Petersson (two ‘s’). Daughter of Peter had the name Petersdotte=
r,
Petersdoter, Petersdr. There were always occasional exceptions to this. In =
the
18th century this began to change and families sometimes adopted
family names, often based on a place or on nature. Höög is
“high” or “hill” in
Church Records
This is what a chu= rch record looks like
Birth record of
Contains baby̵= 7;s name, birthdate, Parents names, sometimes where they were from and names of godparents.
Death record 1852 Tölö
Contains, name, birthdate and cause of death
Household survey 1= 777 Tölö
Kind of census of families as well as how they were graded on religious tests. Family members grouped by district, may also have birthdates, death dates, when a person l= eft the parish.
Marriage record 17= 46 Tölö
Contains marriage date, couple’s names, where they were from, sometimes the work they d= id and names of witnesses
Birth record 1687 Tölö – first year they were kept
Gothic script dama= ge from time.
Setting the Stage
We meet up with the people of Tölö, at about t=
he
time Halland became part of
This was a period =
of
the last years of the Black Plague in
The unrest in
Scandinavia between
This area of Halla=
nds
has been the site of settlements for thousands of years. Havarla which is a
district of Tölö parish, has a number of Bronze Age sites.
Kungsbacka, across the river from Tölö has numerous Neolithic and
Bronze Age sites as well as Viking memorials. It has been a trading center,
although since its founding, Göteborg took over as the center of tradi=
ng
in Western Sweden, Tölö itself has the feeling of a medieval feud=
al
village although the feudal system never developed in
View in Kungsbacka
During Queen
Kristina's time much of the crown estates, and the income from them, had be=
en
given away to various officials and noblemen. The King had discovered this
decrease in the internal revenue during the war with
Like most towns in Halland, Kungsbacka dates from t=
he
13th century. This period saw the growth and increasing prosperity of the N=
orth
German Hanseatic towns, and their expanding commerce and trade gave rise to=
new
trading centers along the coastline of southern
Twelve years before Augusta Maria Andersson (b 1856=
), the
mother of Anna Josefina Jansson, was born in Kungsbacka the town burned to =
the
ground. Only two houses remain from before the fire and the town was rebuil=
t at
the end of the 19th century
In the meantime, it seems that the people of the to=
wn of
Social Structure
Their houses were = not spectacular. Just small houses on farm land or in small town settings. Many families had a maid or two or a farmhand living with the family. The whole family would work the land.
The lives of the
people revolved around the church. The new Church Law proclaimed among other
things that church records should be kept in every parish. The church kept =
all
the records of births, deaths, marriages, households and comings and goings.
For centuries, the
Church was important= in their lives
As of 1734 a new version of the Swedish Common Law decla= red that a woman was only capable after becoming a widow. In the Tölö church, the household records are usually listed in the following order, grandfather living with family, father, mother, sons, daughters, widowed mother, servants. In 1858, it was decided that an unmarried woman could be declared legally capable by a court at age 25. In 1845, sons and daughters inherited equally, previously sons had inherited twice as much as daughters= . In 1861, it was decided that unmarried women were legally capable at age 25. T= hen in 1920, women were declared legally capable and in 1921, women got the rig= ht to vote. Men had gotten the right to vote in 1909.
The Economy<= o:p>
In Halland living conditions improved and the
population increased. In the 19th century the size of the population had
reached such proportions that people started to emigrate. There were famine=
s in
the middle of the 19th century that increased emigration. At fir=
st
they emigrated to
In the late 19th
century people were leaving the farms. Gustaf went to Sweden
Tölö Today
In 1977 Carl was traveling on a train with his aunt Margareta Hö&= ouml;g and she pointed out the window to a white steeple near Kungsbacka and said = that was where her parents, Gustaf Julius Höög and Anna Josefina Janss= on were buried. This is the view he saw. It was Tölö.
Tölö from a distance
This is the Tölö church today
Carl hopes to visit Tölö in the near future.
Family Pictures
C= arl Gustav Höög Carl Pete's father <= span style=3D'mso-no-proof:yes'>1<= o:p> |
Gustaf Julius Höög Carl's Grandfather 1<= o:p> |
Hannah Höög sister of Gustaf Julius <= o:p> |
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Hannah Höög on her marriage |
|
Ida Höög, Sister of Gustaf Julius<= o:p> |
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Thalenius Anton Apelgren ( b.1841) =
1 |
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Carl Peter's GGG uncle |
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[1] Mapq= uest
[2] Goog= le earth
[3] http://www.genealogi.se
[4] Pict= ures from archives of Halland museum
[5] Pict= ures from archives of Halland museum
[6] Pict= ures from archives of Halland museum
[7] Pict= ures from archives of Halland museum
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