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174 Pål Danielsson
174 Pål Danielsson, VIII:47. Born in 1714 in Lilla Nordsjö, Arnäs. Pål died in Bredträsk, Nordmaling in 1776; he was 62. Occupation: Settler. Residence: Bredträsk, Nordmaling.
Sources: Tyko Lundkvist, ROR pages 174-175 and 201-207
Thord Bylund; the genealogical database "Angur".
(Father 348; Mother 349)
Pål Danielsson, "Finn-Pål" married in 1732 Karin Mattsdotter. She was born in 1716 and belonged to the ancestors of the "man of Mjösjö".
Pål was a very eminent settler. In 1770 he got from the county governor a silver medal for his successful and assiduous work as settler in the village of Bredträsk. He and his wife Karin Matsdotter had 7 children. Pål built the following 7 farms, one for each of his children.
o 1. The lay assessors Johan Pålsson from Torrböle and Anders Larsson from Sunnansjö were on the 9th of March in 1736 asked to inspect an area at the Mjösjön. Pål Danielsson had on the 17th of January in 1736 sent a letter to the county governor Carl Gustaf Bjelke in which he asked for permission to build a farm at this area. The lay assessors said that the new requested settlement area was situated 5 mil (about 30 miles) from the church. There were now forests of spruce and birch and the soil was suitable for arable and pasture land. A new settlement should cause no problems for the nearest situated villages. They thought that it was possible to gradually build up a new farm if the settler was allowed to use the catching of beaver in a small brook near the new farm. The assessors also proposed that the settler should get exemptions from tax during 15 years (Arnäs district court sessions 1st of March in 1736, § 9).
The permission from the royal farm foreman came on the 19th of June in 1736. With this there now were two farmers at Mjösjö. Pål and Karin stayed on the new farm until the tax-free years were ended.
o 2. When the tax-free years came near the end Pål Danielsson started in the spring 1752 to build a new farm at Bredträsk near the upper source of the Mjösjö-river. This settlement was, however, treated by the district court sessions first some years later.
The county governor Gyllengrip gave permission for inspection of the area on the 3rd of July 1753. Pål Danielsson could at the district court sessions in Åsele on the 9th of January in 1754 show the results of the inspection of the new settlement at the Lapp-area Bredträsk.
The soil was suitable but very paved. It could be possible to build two farms each of an area of 1/4 mantal. This settlement should not disturb other farms, as the distances to these were very great. The district court sessions therefore recommended that Pål Danielsson should be allowed to build the new farm. But as the area was very paved they proposed 20 years exemptions from taxes. (The 1754 years Judgement book Ala:1).
In the decision of the 21st of April in 1754 Per was allowed 18 tax-free years. The farm had then to pay taxes from the year 1772.
When Pål Danielsson had built his first cottage in Bredträsk, he moved his old mother Karin Pålsdotter to Bredträsk. She was confined to her bed and infirm. Karin died in on the 22nd of July 1754. She was buried in Nordmaling. The corpse was transported during the hottest time in the summer 6 mil (36 miles) wandering through forests and 1 mil (6 miles) rowing on the Mjösjön.
On the winter district court sessions in Åsele on the 11th of January in 1762 Pål Danielsson informed that he in 1754 had started to build the farm and that he three years later had given the farm to his son-in-law Per Persson and to his son Daniel Pålsson. They should continue the work to build the farm during the remaining 15 tax-free years.
The inhabitants in the village Bredträsk belonged to the big parish of Åsele. In an inspection in Åsele on the 10th of January 1765 the clergyman remarked that Jon Ersson, Daniel Pålsson and Per Persson had not visited the church during half a year. The guilty persons were present. Jonas Ersson (the settler in Remmarna) said the he and his neighbour often had visited the church of Själevad as it was easier to go to this church. He also used to partake of the Communion there, which he, however, could not confirm.
Others affirmed that Daniel Pålsson the last big intercession day had visited the church in Åsele. But the clergyman had not seen him. Daniel Pålsson also claimed that he and Per Persson used to visit the church of Nordmaling and there partake of the Communion. Daniel pointed out that the distance to the church of Nordmaling was 6 1/2 mil (39 miles) whereas the distance to the church of Åsele was 7 mil (42 miles) and that the road to Åsele was in bad condition. Daniel Pålsson knew " satisfactory his Christianity". However, the settlers were seriously exhorted to attend the church in Åsele as much as possible and they should also obtain certifications from the clergymen of Nordmaling and Åsele of the visits to churches and of the partake of the Communion.
According to the register of lands in Åsele 1825 the village Bredträsk had to pay taxes from 1792 for 1/4 mantal. The other half of the farm, the one owned by Daniel Pålsson, got four more years of exemptions from tax. For this part tax had then to be paid from 1796, also for 1/4 mantal. This half of the farm was divided in two parts in the year 1788. The other half was also divided in 1792.
o 3. Pål Danielsson started a new settlement in Storsjö by virtue of a decision on the 4th of January 1759. He got 15 years exemptions from tax. When Påls son Pål Pålsson moved to Borgsjö, Pål Danielsson gave the new farm to his daughter Maria Pålsdotter, when she 1766 married Johan Olofsson, who was born in 1742. He was son of Olof Olofsson in Mellansel. Johan and Maria got seven children.
o 4. The new settlement in Borgsjö was started by virtue of a decision on the 4th of January in 1759. Pål Danielssons son Pål Pålsson moved to this farm after he in 1759 had married Maria Ersdotter. She was born in 1732 and came from Sunnansjö and had a shorter time lived in Västervattnet. They had five children.
o 5. The village Gigsele is situated below Borgsjö at Gideälven. This settlement was started by virtue of a decision of the 15th of June in 1767. It got 15 years exemptions from tax. Already the year before is "Pål Pålsson in Gigån" mentioned in the parish register. The inspection of this area happened already in 1762. According to a decision of the 18th of March in 1773 the new settlement got 10 extra years of exemptions from tax and was then taxed from 1792. This year it was shown that the farmer had 3 horses, 16 cows and 5 acres of arable land. Also Pål Pålsson got a medal.
o 6. Below the 585 meters high Nordansjömountain Pål Danielsson started a new settlement by virtue of the decision above of the 15th of June in 1767. The youngest son Erik Pålsson got this farm. He married in 1770 Ingeborg Jonsdotter, born in 1733. As they had no children of their own, they took a foster-son named Jon Olofsson. He was born in 1733 and married later the daughter Karin and Pål Pålsson. Ingeborg was the daughter of Jonas Ersson (born in 1695) from Hädanberg, Anundsjö.
o 7. Klippen was the last of Pål Danielssons new settlements. On the 15th of June 1767 he got a decision to start the settlement Hvitklippan. Påls youngest daughter Anna got this farm. She married in 1768 Israel Andersson, born 1736 in Oxvattnet. Israel was not a Russian as some have said. He had followed his father Anders Jonsson born in 1712 and the stepmother Dordi Grelsdotter from Gavsele to Rissjö. When Israel died in 1797 the clergyman wrote in the register of death: "He had an unusual thorough knowledge of the scripture". Anna and Israel had three children.
Pål Danielsson and Karin Mattsdotter had, according to Tyko Lundkvist, the following seven children:
o Daniel Pålsson b. 1736 Bredträsk, Strömåker from 1781.
o Elisabeth Pålsdotter b. 1737, married to Bryngel Larsson b. 1736, Lögda.
o Katharina Pålsdotter b. 1737 (ID 87), married to Per Persson b. 1732 (ID 86), Bredträsk.
o Pål Pålsson b. 1741, Borgslö, married to Maria Ersdotter b. 1732, Gigsele.
o Maria Pålsdotter b. 1745, married to Johan Olofsson b. 1743, Storsjö.
o Erik Pålsson b. 1746, Oxvattnet, married to Ingeborg Jonsdotter b. 1733, Nordansjöberget.
o Anna Pålsdotter b. 1752, married to Israel Andersson b. 1736, Klippen.
Bredträck celebrated its 200 years anniversary in 1952. On that occasion they cut the year 1752 and the names Pål Danielsson and Karin Matsdotter in a natural stone situated near the school of the village.
More information about Pål Danielsson and his ancestors and about the village Bredträsk is given in the year-book Västerbotten the years 1948-52 and on the pages 513-517 in the book of the local folklore society. Tyko Lundkvist has furthermore written the history of the village at the 200 years jubilee. This book is accessible at the archivist of the village and at the community centre of Bjurholm.
Thord Bylund mentions the six children shown below:
In 1732 when Pål was 18, he married Karin Matsdotter, VIII:48.
They had the following children:
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Erik |
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Daniel (1736-1810) |
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Lisa (1737-1810) |
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Katarina, VII:24 (1739-1829) |
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Pål (1741-1811) |
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Maria (1745-1830) |
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