Anders Mattsson Ahlskog

Anders Mattsson Ahlskog 1813-1847 (Alaveteli - Nedervetil, Finland) is my grandfather's grandfather, on my mother's side.

I have tried to give special attention to him because of his short life span, gathering as much information on him as possible. To tell the truth, it is pretty hard to find anything beyond his name, birth, christening, marriage, children's births, his death, and burial dates, residence, and occupation (or social status). I was able to gather some of the same type of information on his parent's, spouse, and children.

Quite a while ago I decided that I had all the information on Anders that I could possibly find. Today I decided to have another look at what was available on him using HisKi Project. Hmm, I seemed to have missed a daughter, so I added her to my family records. I may have been careless and missed her when I looked quite a while ago, or perhaps HisKi Project had discovered and added this info after I researched the first time.

Just for curiosity, I searched beyond Anders death, and discovered something sad. My 2nd great grandmother Maria was pregnant when Anders died, though she may not been far enough in her pregnancy to be certain.

This child, also named Anders Mattsson, and their only son, died at less then two moths of age, the cause of death was not recorded.

Double checking my research was a good idea, and it did allow me to discover two family members that I was unaware of.