Dodringshult was the home of my 3 x great grandfather, Olaus Fredericksson and his family, including my great-great grandfather Gustus Olausson Linn. As you can tell from the translated portion, this family was well off, owning over 1,400 acres of land. Olaus was a well-respected farmer.
On tax roles, we see that the family can only farm about 1/8 of the land because much of it was forested. But they managed to have a still to make booze which was also listed in the tax rolls. Olaus was a jury man (namdemannen) which means that one of his roles was to conduct inventories for other families in probate. He was also a Rusthallaren which means that his farm supplied and supported a soldier.
This real estate ad was sent to me several years ago by one of our distant relatives in Sweden. I have been to Dodringshult and walked the farm and out buildings. It's still a very beautiful home and property. While I don't know exactly how old this home is, it was clearly used in 1830 by Olaus Fredericksson and his family.
Translation of the above real estate ad: The property is situated high up, approx. 20 km
east of Eksjö and approx. 10 km N of Bruzaholm. On the property there is a
2-story farm building and outbuildings.
Area approx. 572 ha (hectares or 1,413 acres) of which 533 ha is productive forest land. Timber storage in new forestry plan approx. 48,000 m
Good hunting opportunities.
We know that, after Olaus died, his family was not allowed to stay on this beautiful farm and were separated by their ability to work on other farms or needing to stay with their mother. Because Gus was the youngest, he lived with his mother down a dirt road for a few years until he was able to work.
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