EIGHTH GENERATION

130. Bengt Olsson was born on 20 Mar 1735 in Sweden. He died on 26 Mar 1804 in Kantabur, Veddige, Halland, Sweden. He was buried on 8 Apr 1804.⁽²²²⁾ Cause of death is listed as old age. His name appears as Bengt Olufsson in the birth record for his daughter Ingjerd.

131. Ingjerd Larsdoter was born in 1738 in Sweden. She died on 18 Jun 1792 in Kantabur, Veddige, Halland, Sweden.⁽²²³⁾ Cause of death is lungsot, or consumption. Age at death is given as 54 1/2 years. She was buried on 24 Jun 1792 in Veddige, Halland, Sweden. Children were:

65 i. Sä Bengtsdoter.
ii. Lars Bengtsson was born on 31 Mar 1772 in Kantabur, Veddige, Halland, Sweden. ⁽²²⁴⁾ Witnesses included Olü Andersson and Må Larsson of Kantabur, Bengta Må, Bö Jö and (?) Larsdoter of the same place. The father's name is given as Bengt Olü and the mother as Ingiard Larsdoter. He was baptized on 1 Apr 1772 in Veddige, Halland, Sweden. He died on 18 Dec 1772 in Kantabur, Veddige, Halland, Sweden. ⁽²²⁵⁾ He was buried on 26 Dec 1772 in Veddige, Halland, Sweden.
iii. Oluf Bengtsson was born on 28 Feb 1776 in Kantabur, Veddige, Halland, Sweden. ⁽²²⁶⁾ Witnesses included J Lidberg, Lars Persson, Bö Larsson of Kantabur, Bö Larsdoter, (?) Jö, and also (?) Larsdoter of the same place. He was baptized on 1 Mar 1776 in Veddige, Halland, Sweden. He died on 26 Sep 1778 in Kantabur, Veddige, Halland, Sweden. ⁽²²⁷⁾ His father's name is given as Bengt Olü. Cause of death is maginfl., or some sort of stomach inflammation. He was buried on 4 Oct 1778 in Veddige, Halland, Sweden.
iv. Ingjerd Bengtsdoter was born on 26 Sep 1779 in Kantabur, Veddige, Halland, Sweden.⁽²²⁸⁾ Although the writing in the record is difficult to read, witnesses included Lars, Bengt Må, Lars Larsson (Persson?) from Albeck (?), Bö Persdoter, Ingabor Larsdoter (Persdoter) from Kantabur, Maria Andersdoter from Kloskift. She was baptized on 27 Sep 1779 in Veddige, Halland, Sweden. She died on 3 Mar 1850 in Torstorp, Veddige, Halland, Sweden.⁽²²⁹⁾ Age at death is given as 70 years, 5 months, 7 days. She was buried on 17 Mar 1850 in Veddige, Halland, Sweden. After getting married, Ingjerd and Bengt lived in Torstorp, where Ingjerd stayed for the rest of her life. Her second husband moved into her household. Sometime in the early 1830s her oldest daughter married and that daughter's husband became the head of the farm.

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