Zachris Persson

   Cause of his death was Typhoid fever.

   Other names for Zachris were Zachris Pehrsson, Zacharia Persson, Zacharias Persson and Zakris Persson.

  Medical Notes:

By 1868, typhoid fever had broken out in the area and a quarter of the deaths in the last three months of that year were contributed to typhoid fever. The following year, 32 more died of the disease - Zachris was one of them. Another 6 died before the outbreak was over in 1870.

  Birth Notes:

Klasamåla.

  Death Notes:

He was living at Högagårde at the time of his death. A typhoid fever outbreak had broken out in the area the year before. The first death attributed to the disease, in this particular outbreak, occured on October 12th 1868. 11 more deaths followed that year. The outbreak continued into 1869 with another 32 people dying of the disease, including Zachris Persson. By spring of 1870, the outbreak was over. All in all 50 people lost their lives to typhoid fever - approximately 23% of all of the deaths in Urshult in 1868 and 1869.

  Events

• He resided at Högagårde 1824-15 Apr 1869 in Urshult Socken, Kinnevalds Härad, Kronoberg Län, Sweden. Owned of a small cottage and a small piece of land there between 1836 and his death in 1869.

• Anecdote: Numerous citations for intoxication (pliktat för fylleri), 1846-1870, Urshult Socken, Kinnevalds Härad, Kronoberg Län, Sweden.

Zachris married Marta Johansdotter, daughter of Johan Jonasson and Catharina Carlsdotter, on 9 May 1829 in Urshult Socken, Kinnevalds Härad, Kronoberg Län, Sweden. (Marta Johansdotter was born on 7 Jul 1810 in Urshult Socken, Kinnevalds Härad, Kronoberg Län, Sweden, christened on 15 Jul 1810 in Urshult Socken, Kinnevalds Härad, Kronoberg Län, Sweden, died on 19 Aug 1896 in Tingsås Socken, Konga Härad, Kronoberg Län, Sweden and was buried on 23 Aug 1896.). The cause of her death was weight loss (aftyning).

  Marriage Notes:

It seems that Zachris and Marta were connected before they were even born. Zachris' grandparents and Marta's great-grandparents were both married in the parish of Urshult on September 21st, 1750. It was a small community and the families must have known each other. Zachris was the son of Ingrid Nilsdotter and Pär Gummesson, while Marta was the daughter of Johan Jonasson and Catharina Carlsdotter. Marta's mother died when she was 10, while Zachris' father died when Zachris was 17 years old. Their surviving parents married a little over a year later and the two families moved in together. Five years later, in 1829, Zachris and Marta married and had three children, Johanna (1829-1900), Johannes (1832-1834), and Catrina (1835-).