The family tradition surrounding Håkan and his daughter, Jennie (my gr. Grandma), who settled in Osage City, Kansas in the 1860’s (Jennie) – 1901 (Håkan). My dad and his siblings always said that Grandma Jennie’s family were tailors when in Sweden. Jennie resewed Uncle Don’s old coat to make it look new again. They told the family that they worked in the summer home and had sewn clothes for the king’s children. We had no proof of a connection to a “castle” until Fall 2015 when I found Mårten on the household records living away from his family on the grounds of Marsvinsholm Castle. Now there are 3 generations that have been found at either Rydsgård or Marsvinsholm. Sometimes the whole family is shown living there and sometimes just one is and the rest of the family is somewhere else. Ola, Mårten, and Håkan are listed as tailors in some of the records. I'm not sure how to research the claim of sewing for the king's children but the story is a bit closer to what the records say so I'm not ruling it out!

1.      Ohla – Ola – Strang – Mårtensson. This family lived around Ystad.

1815 Ola and Måtta are married in Blentarp: Blentarp (M) CI:3 (1776-1816) Image 2670 / page 518 (v108589a.b2670.s518)

1816 Mårten born to Ola and Måtta in Blentarp: Blentarp (M) CI:3 (1776-1816) Image 2770 / page 538  (v108589a.b2770.s538)

1818 Ola and family moving from Blentarp to Rydsgård: Blentarp (M) AI:4 (1817-1818) Image 43 / page 39  (v108545.b43.s39)