Frans Otto Svanborg
1829-1920
Born: Örjestorp, Lommaryd, Jonkoping, Sweden
Died: Hässlebytorp, Rogslösa, Östergötland, Sweden
1829-1920
Born: Örjestorp, Lommaryd, Jonkoping, Sweden
Died: Hässlebytorp, Rogslösa, Östergötland, Sweden
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The young man,</span> <span>Frans</span> <span>Otto Svanborg from</span> <span>Klovsten</span> <span>Gränseryd</span> <span>moved</span> <span>in</span> <span>1846</span> <span>from</span> <span>his parents home</span> <span>and started</span> <span>his livelihood</span> <span>in Norrköping.</span> <span>But when</span> <span>his father</span> <span>fell ill</span> <span>two years later</span>, he moved <span>back home.</span> <span>While he</span> <span>was at home</span> <span>both his father</span> <span>and mother died</span> <span>and Frans</span> <span>Otto</span> <span>had to take</span> <span>care of his two</span> <span>younger</span> <span>sisters.</span> <span>He</span> <span>had to, however,</span> <span>earn a living and</span> <span>in</span> <span>October 1849</span> <span>he was forced</span> <span>to leave</span> <span>the sisters</span> <span>and move to</span> <span>Kransås</span> <span>in</span> <span>Bälaryd</span>. <span>There</span> <span>he stayed</span> <span>until 1852</span> <span>when he moved to</span> <span>Hässleby</span> <span>in</span> <span>Rogslösa</span> <span>in Östergötland.</span> <span>After</span> <span>two years</span> <span>he moved to</span> <span>Hässleby</span> <span>Västerlösa</span> <span>and became</span> <span>a farmhand</span> <span>on the</span> <span>sheriff's</span> <span>farm.</span> <span>There</span> <span>he remained</span> <span>until November</span> <span>1856 when</span> <span>he was</span> <span>written in</span> <span>the parish</span><span>.</span> <span>He met</span> <span>Johan</span> <span>Bergman's</span> <span>daughter</span> <span>Fredrika</span> <span>Maria from</span> <span>Hässleby</span> <span>and</span> <span>proposed to her</span>. <span>They married</span> <span>in July</span> <span>1857,</span> <span>the same year that</span> <span>King Oscar I,</span> <span>handed over</span> the <span>power</span> <span>to his son</span> <span>Karl</span>.</span><br><span style="font-size: small;"> <span>Frans</span> <span>Otto and</span> <span>Fredrika</span> <span>Maria</span> <span>settled in</span> <span>Hässlebytorp</span> <span>and Frans</span> <span>Otto</span> <span>became a</span> <span>crofter</span> <span>and a father of</span> <span>nine children.</span> <span>Seven of</span> <span>the children</span> <span>emigrated to</span> <span>North America in</span> <span>the 1880's.</span> <span>Only</span> <span>the two youngest</span> <span>stayed</span> <span>in Sweden.</span></span><br><span style="font-size: small;"> <span>Later,</span> <span>Frans</span> <span>Otto</span> <span>began working at</span> a <span>stone quarry</span> <span>in Borghamn</span> <span>in</span> <span>Rogslösa</span>. <span>He died in</span> <span>Hässlebytorp</span> <span>at the age of 91.</span></span></p>