#OTD 27 February 1784, Anders Jånsson was born in Vårdinge parish, Stockholm County, to Catharina Engelbrechtsdotter and Johan Larsson Duhan, a church watchman and former Navy sailor.

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#OTD 27 February 1784, Anders Jånsson was born in Vårdinge parish, Stockholm County, to Catharina Engelbrechtsdotter and Johan Larsson Duhan, a church watchman and former Navy sailor. Anders was one of 15 children, with at least 10 siblings dying in childhood. He married when he was only 20 to Catharina Margareta Olsdotter, a crofter's daughter, who was 17. He later took over her father's croft. The couple died 16 days apart in 1846, probably of typhoid fever. All five of their children survived to adulthood, including my 3rd-great-grandmother.
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