My daughters

Dear readers,

My secretary is back in business! She has been writing about the Swedish economy and labour market policies for her school, managing to keep the dead line without dying herself, only being a bit frustrated. But now she is connecting with me again so I can tell you about my daughters!

1853 our sons Oscar and August were 7 and 3 years old. We then had a beautiful daughter born  January 20th. We named her Anna Kristina. She lived only 28 days. She was accidently suffocated.

On May 19, 1854 we were blessed with another girl. We called her Emma Kristina Göran's daughter. She lived for 83 years and below you will see her picture. She stayed in Sweden all her life. On the picture you can see what she looked like in older life, remember no film, no movies, no pictures...

Emma Kristina Johannesson (nee Göransdotter).

On May 6, 1858 our next little girl arrived. Her name was Anna Charlotta, called Lotta or may be Anna or sometimes both. She grew up and married in Sweden, moved to America for some years and raised their family, before they returned to Sweden in old age. Her picture as an old woman below.

Anna Charlotta Johansson (nee Göransdotter).

On July 22, 1861 another little girl arrived to our home on the north farm of Hovdinge. It was a joy for us all, mum and dad and the brothers and sisters who were now 15, 10 ½, 7 and 3 years old. We decided to give her the name Dorothea Gustava. She lived for 2 years, 8 months and 27 days. Two months before she died a new little sister Maria was born.

Maria was born February 2, 1864. She lived until she was 82 years old and is the great grandmother of the girl I told you about who is smiling in front of her paintings.

Maria Johansson (nee Göransdotter).

I am now 45 and my wife Katrina is 38. Counted in joys and sorrows we can sum up these last ten, eleven years: Five girls were born, two we had to give back.
That's my life this far. It won't last much longer...

Yours sincerely, Göran Danielsson.