Al 131 Johan Olofsson

Blev 75 år.

Barn med Al131 Maria Katarina Olofsdotter (1846 - 1929)

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Fjärdningsman Hemmansägare
28. Johan Olofsson
* 1847-05-30, Alanäset, Alanäs, Jämtland (Z)
† 1922-06-04, Alanäset, Alanäs, Jämtland (Z)
H: Johan Olofsson was a torpare (cotter, tenant farmer), hemmansägare
(freehold farmer). A hemmansägare is synonymous with a farmer if the
person also owned a farm (hemman=jord- eller skogsbruksfastighet), but a
hemmansägare could own a hemman without using it for productive purposes
(e.g. cultivation the soil, logging, etc.), in contrast to a farmer. If the person
rented (arrenderade) a farm, he or she was called arrendator or landbonde,
who could be part owners (delägare) of a hemman. The term hemmansägare
became common first in the early 1900s. In addition, Johan Olofsson was a
fjärdingsman. The fjärdingsman was a kind of policeman in the countryside
who was an assistant to the länsman (roughly, district constable who steered
the real policy work in his jurisdiction and, for example assisted the
befallningsman [governor] in collecting taxes, served under the kronofogde
[sheriff/enforcement commissioner], and functioned as a kind of general
prosecutor at the häradstingen [the district courts]. In the 1700s the länsman
became a salaried civil service position). In 1954, the fjärdingsman title was
replaced by police constable and disappeared entirely in the 1960s when the
police corps became fully integrated into the state.
S: Birger Källberg (1981) Alanäs Socken, Part 1–2 (Havsnäs Bygdeförening);
Bodil Westberg, 2003; Rune Palm, 2003; Folkräkningen 1890 (Lena Thelin,

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