Feb 10, 2016

Wednesday's child - Johan Gustaf Adolf Bergvall

Perhaps 24 June 1848 was a nice warm day.  Perhaps he was fishing or perhaps he had finished his chores and how could a ten year old boy resist a cool swim? We can't know the exact circumstances.



the second son of my second great grandparents
Jan Gustav Bergvall and Anna Lisa Pehrsdotter

My second great uncle: Johan Gustaf Adolf Bergvall
born:  12 May 1838 on the farm Knutstorp, Lerbäck, Örebro, Sweden
died:  24 Jun 1848 in Lerbäck, Örebro, Sweden
cause of death: "drunknad"  

The boy drowned.





*Swedish Church Records Archive. Johanneshov, Sweden: 
Genline AB.County: Örebro; Parish: Lerbäck; Volume: F:1; Record Type: Död (Deaths)
Year Range: 1801 - 1861; Roll/Fiche: MN-1128; Handwritten*