Household Examination for Selma Antonsson

Next I look into the household examination records for Selma Antonson's family. I find them listed in Alvsborg for the years 1861 - 1872, 1873 - 1880, and 1881 - 1890.

Selma has brothers Gustuv Aldof and Karl Rudolf. She also has a sister Augusta Matilda. Augusta is mentioned as Selma's sister on the Ellis Island record when Selma came to the United States on July 28, 1917. Augusta's last name is difficult to determine. It may be Samson. She lives in Linnared Sweden.

All the birthdates are listed for each member of the family in the household examination records.

Usually when a line is drawn through a name that means the person has left the parish. The entry for the 1873 - 1880 record has a line drawn through everyone and a word written on the side that starts with fattig. Fattig means poor.

Household Examiniation for John Benson

The church kept track of everyone in the parish and each year held examinations to determine everyone's knowledge of the cathecism. These records contain records of the entire family similar to what is found in the U.S. census.

These records at Genline are not indexed. So you have to look at all the records for the parish until you find the one you want.

I was able to find John Benson and his family in the household examination records three times. Once for the years 1884 - 1894, 1874 - 1884, and 1867 - 1873.

It lists the family with John and his brothers Carl and Aaron. His mother Ingrid is listed with her birthday and with the name of Hippias. There are also three sisters listed, Christina, Caroline, and Hilda Paulene (died 1879). The father's name is Bengt Peter Larson Hippias (born July 27, 1821 in Karup and died Feb. 15, 1872).

Below the family are the names of people with a surname of Hippias. Could they be related?

There are notes that I can't read. Genline has a translation service that I'm going to look into.