Nils Johan Bredahl (1748 - 1782)

My fifth great-grandfather.

Born:  8 June 1748
Died:  15 October 1782 in Obrero, Sweden

Father:  Mattias Bredahl  (See below)
Mother:  Mariana Gustavgarden Palmfeldt  (See below)

Siblings: ***
   Eva Helmer Tina/Albertina Bredahl
   Lovisa Eleanora Bredahl
   Karl Axel Bredahl
   Anna Ulrika Bredahl

Married Beata Margareta Dahm

Children:
   Britta Christina Bredahl, 1777
   Johan Niklas Bredahl, 1778
   Orebro Nikolai Bredahl, 1779
   Eva Petronella Bredahl, 1789

Nils worked as the town notary/city registrar of the city of  Obrero, Sweden.


Beata Margareta Dahm

Born: 1754

Father: Anders Daniel Dahm (born 5 September 1719 in Obrero)
Mother: Britta Stina Sloberg (born 2 December 1730 in Obrero)

This is all the information I could find about Beata and her parents)


Mattias Bredahl (1715 - 1771)

Born:  18 May 1715 in St. Petri Parish, Malmo, Sweden.
Died:  in either 1771 or 1791 (See below)

Father:  R. Bredahl - Rector at Horby in the Diocese of Lund
Mother:  Hofwerberg Malmo
   This is all the information I have about the Bredahl ancestors.

Married: Baroness Mariana Gustavgarden Palmfeldt (aka Palmenfelt)

Mattias worked as Assessor and Auditor (military lawyer) of the Jonkoping Regiment

Mariana Gustavgarden Palmfeldt  (1721 - 1781)

Born: 1721
Died: 7 September 1781

Father: Johan Palmfeldt, Baron
Mother: Anna Catharina Lillie, Countess
   Mariana's parents were married  2 April 1707 at the Stockholm Palace.
   He was the Governor of Alfsborg Province

Siblings:
   Gustaf Helmar Palmfelt, 1717
   Eleanora Sofia Palmfelt, 1709
   Johan Lennart Palmfelt, ?

*** The above is what I had to share until I found a Swedish Genealogy Forum in which four or five people were discussing Nils and his parents.  I could make out only a tiny bit of what was written, but, fortunately, I have a daughter who is studying Swedish. She was able to figure out some more of what was written. It seems these people were debating whether Nils could be the son of Mattias and Mariana. Some said that Mattias had died early, which makes the 1771 date more realistic, and that in 1775 Mariana had appealed for help and said her four fatherless children were her only property. The four people that I have listed as Nils' siblings were mentioned on the forum as her children.

One argument was that because Nils was not listed as one of the four children, he must not be their son. My thinking is, though, that Nils would have been about 27 years old in 1775 and on his own, but why would she not list him as one of her children?

Another person mentioned that Mariana probably relocated to Stockholm in 1766 with her children Eva Helmer Tina and Karl Axel. Where was Mattias? Where were the other kids?  And what about Nils? He would have been 18 years old by then. The others might have been out of the house by then, too; Mariana was 45 years old, and Mattias was 51.

Here is another question that I have...Mariana was a countess. Her father was the Governor of Alfsborg Province, and her mother was a countess and lady in waiting. Why would Mariana be pleading for help? I suppose it is possible that she was disowned for some reason. She is the last one of the line with a title. I guess it is a family mystery!  I'll keep my eyes open for more information and add an update if I find anything new.