To help clear up the mystery, and to share the proof resolved about the marriage of Johannes Josefsson Orn, I am cutting and pasting a segment of the Yggdrassil report on this. It specifically addresses who was the correct one and ONLY wife of our Johannes:
Using simply the military name Johan Ørn as a starting point, applications have been made over the years to various archives in Sweden to get information on this soldier.
With assistance from everyone who had a part of the information, we can summarize as follows: (the following paragraphs will explain the mistaken identity and how the correct person was found)
Johan Josephsson Örn, was a croft (torp) soldier in Muonioniska, and was born in Pello in 1728 to the parents Joseph Josephsson Eero or Keksi (the farm in Pello) and his wife Brita Mickelsdotter. Johan was married in Muonio in 1755 to Brita Ersdotter (= Eriksdotter). Brita died without leaving any children, and Johan Örn married again in 1762 to Susanna Larsdotter from Muonio. Subsequently the children: Johan 1761, Lars 1763 and Abraham 1764.There are two things one must attend to here. It is impossible to determine when Brita died, and at the time Johan married Susanna, he was not identified as a widower.
For many reasons it is not easy for us to do family research in Tornedalen and which in this case is in a foreign country. None of us has had the time or the necessary finances to travel to Sweden and use the archives there.
Yggdrasil - Bomstad page 3 Jan. 2000 A.A.
Rolf Hellem in Narvik is one of many who are descended from the Bomstad couple. Hellem has some contacts in Norrbotten and traveled there to visit and to look close to some of the known places. During the sojourn he had contact with people who had considerable knowledge of the families in Tornedalen, and especially about the ancestors of our Johan Ørn på Bomstad.
Given the background of information from these sources we shall render what we know today about the ancestors of Johan and Susanna. We retain the Swedish names of the people, and in addition referring to that which was said previously about the various places.
In the first place: Brita Ersdotter did not die (prior to our Johan’s second marriage-RAH), but so did on the other hand have a husband named Johan Örn. He is not named Josephsson, but Nilsson. He was born in 1731 and was a soldier from 1750. He and Brita were married in 1755. As a widow, Brita married Henrik Jönsson Bäck from Ala-Muonio (lower Muonio) and these were settlers in Jerisjärvi in Ala-Muonio. Henrik’s parents were Jöns Henriksson Bäck and Valborg Henriksdotter Käthäsuanto. Valborg’s niece was Susanna Larsdotter!
The soldier Johan Josephsson Örn was married in Muonioniska (Muonio) 1 January 1762 to Susanna Larsdotter Muonio, which lies on the Finnish side of the border, was in earlier times called Muonioniska.
In the General muster roll of 20 April 1763 it was stated that the soldier Johan Josephsson Örn was 22 years old and had been in the service for 3 years. It can be mentioned that a general review was usually held every 3-4 years, but as a rule, not in time of war. Susanna and Johan’s children, Johan 1761, Lars 1763 and Abraham 14 December 1764 were all born in Muonioniska. Not so long after 1765 have Johan and Susanna started on their journey over to Norway. And considering all things, it can’t have been so long after 1765 since he still decided to keep his old military name Örn. The Örn-roter changed its name to Triumf in 1763. Johan had obviously not become accustomed to the new name! Page 21
Hope this helps. With that in mind, I am going to take the liberty of TRYING to fix the error on Geni, as to who he was married to. If anyone else has any questions, please contact me at my regular email address. Thanks!
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