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1681  Henckelstorp     Jöns Torson 1 1 _ 1  (Jöns, a wife, and 1 daughter taxable)  

                                Jöns Torson _ 1 _ _ 1 _       (Jöns' wife and a farmhand taxable)  

1691 Henckelstorp     Asmun Torson 1 1 _ _ 1 = 3 taxables,(Asmund, a wife, and a farmhand taxable)   

                                Jöns Torson 1 1 _ _ 1 =  3 taxables   (Jöns, a wife and a farmhand taxable)  

1694 Henckelstorp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jöns Torson 1 1 _ _ 1 = 3 taxables&nbsp;&nbsp; (Jöns, a wife and a farmhand taxable)<br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Asmun Torson 1 1 _ _ _ _ 1= 3 taxables (Asmund, a wife, and an "other" person taxable)  

With high anticipation we looked forward to the next tax years' searches.&nbsp; If our ancestor Elena was living at home, and was tax eligible, she should&nbsp;be marked as a slashmark in the&nbsp;"daughter" column,(the 4th space over in the lists), from 1697 on, as she would have turned 15, or taxable age, about 1696.&nbsp;  

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #6 Asmun Torson 1 1 _ _ _ _ _= 2 taxables&nbsp; (Asmun and his wife - no children or servants)  

1698&nbsp;Hänckelstorp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#2&nbsp;Jöns Torson 1 1 1 2 _ _ _ _1 Anders Olsson (the parish tailor) = 6 taxables&nbsp;  

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #6 Asmun Torson 1 1 _ _ _ _ _ = &nbsp;2 taxables&nbsp;&nbsp; (Asmun &amp; his wife - no children or servants)  

1699&nbsp;Hänckelstorp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#2&nbsp;Jöns Torson 1 1 1 1&nbsp;&nbsp;_ _ _ _1_ Anders Olsson (the parish tailor) = 5 taxables  

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #6 Asmun Torson 1 1 _ _ _ _ _= 2 taxables&nbsp; (Asmun and his wife - no children or servants)  

WHERE IS ELENA?&nbsp; She was perhaps following the custom of the time i.e. going out and working&nbsp;each season for different farmers in Västra Karaby, or, perhaps even working in another parish.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's also possible she had a physical ailment which made her tax ineligible.&nbsp; Sometimes the record keeper made a note of that&nbsp;fact - sometimes not.&nbsp;  

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<br>'''''DO YOU SEE HOW THE TAX LISTS COULD BE HELPFUL IN YOUR RESEARCH&nbsp;- A&nbsp;SIBLING IS FOUND, AND THE NAMES OF THE WIVES AND PROBABLE MOTHERS OF THE CHILDREN ARE LISTED!&nbsp;!'''''  

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #6&nbsp; Asmun Torson 1, (wife) Pernilla _ 1, Lars (farmhand) &nbsp;_ _ _ _ _ _1&nbsp; = 3 taxables  

1705&nbsp;p. 587&nbsp; Hänkelstorp '''(Note:&nbsp; Book burned - parts missing around the edges''')&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adding such pieces of information to your extracts and/or research logs is adviseable, as it lets you know why pieces of information that logically should be in that record couldn't be found and/or read.  

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#6&nbsp; Asmun Tors. 1, datter Ellna 1  

The 1709 tax list information translates as follows:&nbsp;&nbsp;Jöns Torson&nbsp; and his wife Gertru were now either deceased, ill, or too old to be taxed.&nbsp; Their son Anders (listed in the 1702 lists) has taken over the farm, and is probably unmarried, or, his wife is untaxable for some reason that year.  

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #6&nbsp; Asmund Tors(on's)&nbsp;'''''änckia (widow)&nbsp;'''''Pernilla, dtr Ellna &nbsp;_ 1 _ 1 _&nbsp;= 2 taxables  

As you'll note, the tax list information shows that sometime between 1709 and 1711 Asmund&nbsp;Torsson dies.&nbsp; Since the parish registers of Västra Karaby begin in 1688, that means I can search the death records, and hopefully pick up an age on him, which will give me his approximate birth year!&nbsp;&nbsp;  

The next available tax list was 1720.&nbsp; The only person listed at Henckelstorp, of those for whom we were searching,&nbsp;was Anders&nbsp;Jönsson, Asmund Torsson's nephew, and his family.&nbsp; That indicates Pernilla, Asmund's wife, was either too old or ill to be taxed, or, had also passed away.  

A search of the parish register deaths showed the latter was the case.&nbsp; "Pernilla, widow of Asmun Torson died 18 Apr and was buried 24 Apr 1719, age 68" = born @ 1651.