Family Group Sheet


Name Anton Christoffer XI Federley
Birth 28 May 1761, Pertteli/St Bertils
Death 22 May 1819, Turku/Åbo
Burial 27 May 1819, Maaria/St Marie Turku/Åbo
Occupation Häradsskrivare/Kihlakunnankirjuri 1787 - 1804 Akatemian kamreeri/Academie kamrerare 1804 - 1819
Father Christopher X Federley (1723-1805)
Mother Maria Elisabet Wialenius (1730-1798)
Other spouses Helena Elisabeth Hjort
Misc. Notes
He was christened 31 May 1761. Godparents Herr Sacellanus, Mich. Lundanus, Sergeant Herr L. Humlander Korpralen herr Zacharias Lundan Student Gabriel Salinius, kornett Eckmans fru Christina Aemelea, Fältväbel Lamans fru Catharina Avolin, Mademoisella Susanna Salinia, Fru Anna Margaretha Lundana. In 1804 the family moved from Åland to Turku/Åbo. He died in Turku but he was burried in the graveyard of Maarian/St Marie church outside Turku/Åbo. His daughter Antonette Amanda is buried in the same grave. This grave is preserved. His son Anton Christoffer Federley is also buried in St Marie. AC moved to Åland 1787 at an age of 25 years and became Häradskrivare/Kihlakunnankirjuri för Ahvenanmaa/Åland. The Häradsbokhållare before him was Isaac Ullner married with Eriana Alan 24 Jul 1782 in Jomala Åland. After the death of her husband 25 Jun 1786 Eriana Alan moved to Turku 1789. Her unmarrried sister Charlotta Christina Alan b. 1755 d. 7.6.1797 however stayed in Jomala in the estate, Ytterby Hemmanet Nr 8 (Later Hanses) until her death 1797. Anton Christoffer lived in the same quarter and presumably lived together with Charlotta Christina Alan. Charlotta stayed a short time in Utö/Åland but came back to Ytterby in 1787. AC Federley and Charlotta Alan had no children but it is possible that Charlotta Alan gave birth to a child during her temporary stay in Utö. Sources Mantalslängd 1791 page 898 and Mantalalslängd 1792 page 822. Leena Heikelä.
Shortly after the death of Christina Alan’s death, Anton Christoffer’s wife Helena Elisabeth Hjorth is arriving to Ytterby and they married 9 Feb 1798. Anton Christoffer lived first in Jomala Ytterby Hemmanet No 8 and in 1799 he moved to Berg in Sund. After Viktor’s birth 13 Sept 1804 they moved to Turku where he became Academie Camrerare/Akatemian kamreeri First they lived in Turku on Hämeenkatu 4? (2 or 3 or 4) then lived in the south block no 108 which AC F owned. The inssurance value of this quarter was double of the city hall! This estate was bought by AC 4 Oct 1806. The streets around the quarter are today Linnankatu, Kristiinankatu, Aurankatu and Erikinkatu. On the 31st of March 1812 Ac F purchased Arkkila skatterusthåll in Kurkela village in Kisko community. Sources Wilskman. Jomala kommunion book 1780 - 1791 and mantalslängd for the years in question. Leena Heikelä
Ytterby hemmanet No 8 in Jomala became the office of the Härdadsskrivare already in 1760. On 23 Oct1794 Kungliga Svenska Kammarkollegiet decide to make Berg in Sund the boställe (home and office) for the Häradsskrivare. in 1799 AC F moved to Berg in Sund. In 1927 the Estate in Berg was transferred to the Åland community. It was never owned by AC Federley.
22 Dec 1795 Kungliga sveska kammarkollegiet decided to sell Ytterby hemmanet Nr 8 to AC F.
The family owned it for 40 years until 15 Dec1835 when they sold it to Johan Petter Pehrson and his wife Catharina Eriksdotter. Lagfart/Lainhuuto was given at Jomala Ting/Käräjät 30 Nov 1836. Source Uppbådsboken i Jomala sida 166 §9. This protokoll is full of extremely interesting details.
AC F kept nearily 20 servants on the fram.

So AC Federley’s family kept the farm until 1835 even if they moved to Turku already in 1807.
On the farm lived during these years the farmer/bonden/talonpoika Henric Hansson and Crofter/Torparen/Torppari Hök.

For a couple of years also Vicehäradshövding Landtman lived there at the time.

Hemmanet nummer 8, today called Hanses, has stayed with the same family since then and is today owned by Jan-Olof Karlsson b. 1958 and his wife Birgitta Karlsson b. Karlsson 1951. They have the children Marie born 1975, Ove born 1982 and Janette born 1992. The main building is built 1938 and the farm is a dairy farm with arepectable amount of cows. The size is 93,27ha of which is forest 46,97ha grown 19,31ha and meadows for the cattle 6,54ha.

Prevoius oweners are:

Jan-Olof’s father Roland Egil b. 1925 and wife Alfa and Roland’s brother Sune Karlsson b. 1927
Their father Emil Karlsson b 3.2.1894 and his wife Ragnhild Eriksson took over the place 1923.
Emil’s father Erik Reinhold Karlsson and wife Maria Josefina Erlandsson.
1875 the brothers Karl August and Gustaf Reinhold Eriksson sold their parts to their Brother Erik 1889 Johan Eriksson and his wife Anna Erika Karlsdotter took over
9 Jan 1856 Joahan Petter Pehrson and Katarina Eriksdotter sold Hanses to Erika Anderson and Anna Katarina Johansdotter.

Sources various documents and books from the Aland archives which I viseted in May 2004. In the archive I was assisted by Leena Heikelä and Veli Pekka Toropainen. I also want to dedicate my best personal thanks to Helena Dahlbom who works in the archive and assisted us in finding the needed sources to investigate this case.

From the estate Berg in Sund AC F’s daughter Clara brought a rocking chair to her and her husband’s Carl Fredrik Avellan’s home in Villilä estate in Nakkila. This rocking chair can still be seen there and one copy has been given to the United States president John F. Kennedy as a present since it is known to be very a very comfortable chair for people with seroius backproblems as was the case with John F. Kennedy.
This rocking chairs has served as a model for rocking chairs allover Finland. Source www.nakkila.fi

On the 31st of March 1812 A.C. F purchased Arkkila skatterusthåll in Kurkela village in Kisko community.
Spouse Johanna Jacobsdotter Beckelin
Birth 1766, Sweden?
Death 24 Apr 1809, Joppe Jomala Åland
Other spouses Eric Simgren
Misc. Notes
She lived in Joppe village in Jomala when she was married. She worked as a maid at acessor Palm in Jomala Joppe. In the books she died at an age of 43.
Mr. Palm was the father of Elisabeth Palm who together with her husband Immanuel Aulén were Anton Christoffer Simgren’s godparnets.
Children
1 M Anton Christoffer XII Simgren (Illegitimate)
Birth 18 Jul 1795, Turku/Åbo
Death 5 Jan 1829, Turku/Åbo
Burial 8 Jan 1829, Lieto/Lundo
Occupation Secretär och Cancellist /Kirjuri ja Kanslisti
Misc. Notes
This boys father’s and mother’s names are not mentioned at the christening and he does not have a surname. The godparents at the christening are however mentioned and they are Vicehäradshövding Immanuel Aulén and his wife Elisabeth Palm born 1765 in Jomala Åland/Ahvenanmaa and died 2 May 1797 in Turku/Åbo Swedish community. Source book of marriages in Jomala. AC Federley’s brother, Johan Gustav Federley and his wife Catharina Eleonora Halling had been godparents for the Aulén couple’s children so it is obviously Kyrkoherde/Kirkkoherra Johan Gustav Federley who christened this Anton Christoffer boy and left all essential information out of the books with the intention to cover the information of the father and the mother of this boy. It seems he lived in Turku qurtaer 60. and 61 as fosterchild to seaman Tallberg’s widow Ekman. Aource: Communionbook Turku Suomalainen seurakunta 1799 - 1814 page 120. “farit bort till Åland utan betyg”. Sotce located by Leena Heikelä. He is mentioned as the fosterson Anton Christofferson of Johanna Jacobi Bäckelin and Eric Simgren in Jomala comunionbook 1800 - 1805 page 81, Joppe. The sign OÄ = illegitemate has been left out. Johanna Beckelin worked as a maid at acessor Palm, father to Ac Simgren’s godmother Elisabeth Palm. The boy appears next time in the Jomala communionbook 1806 -1813 in Joppe at page 84 as foster child, named Anton Christoffersson to the family Eric Simgren b. 1745 - d. 1804, Handlande/Kauppias from Borås Sverige and his wife Johanna Jacobsdotter Beckelin b.1766 d. 24.4.1809 probably also from Sweden. They married in Frebbenby Hammarland 10.5.1801. Thus Anton Christofferson gets the surname Simgren. Eric had 2 daughters Helena Maria “Maja Lena” and Lovisa and a son John Eric with Gustava Charlotta Selander b. 24 Jan 1746 and d. 31 Mar 1799 in Frebbenby Hammarland Jomala, before Eric Simgren married Johanna Beckelin. The son John Erik hade died 13 Oct 1797. When Eric dies 9.5.1804 his 2 daughters are mentioned in the Estate Inventory/Bouppteckning/Perunkirja which was held 18 and 19.5.1804 written on page 273, Ålands Domsaga, Bouppteckningar 1804, Ålands Landsskpasarkiv, but Anton Christofer Simgren is not mentioned because he had no right to inherit Eric Simgren since Eric Simgren was not Anton Chistoffers’s father. Anton Christoffer Simgren was 14 years when both of his fosterparents had died. He appears later in Turku as secretär. It is quite likely that Anton Christoffer Federley helped him to get his profession which was close to A. C. Federley’s profession? Anton Christoffer Federley (1761 - 1819) came already 1787 to Jomala Åland when he was pointed Häradskrivare/Kihlakunnankirjuri for Åland/Ahvenanmaa at an age of only 25 years. AC Federley had stayed in Jomala for 8 years when his son A. C. Simgren was born. 3 years later A. C. Federley was married in Jomala Åland on 9 Feb 1798 with Helena Elisabeth Hjorth. In Turku/Åbo books of buried is mentioned Anton Christoffer Simgren, “Secretär” born in Turku/Åbo 1795 and died possibly in Turku but burried in Lieto/Lundo 5 Jan 1829 at an age of 33 years. On 29.1.1819 he moved from Turku to Huittinen Leppäkosken kylä Nikkilä house. In June 1822 Extra Cancel: Ant. Christoffer Simgren came from Huittinen/Hvittis back to Turku to Kloster kvarteret 47 Åbo Svenska Försmaling.. (Nauha/Film JK 1125) In the books of Huittinen/Hvittis is however said that Christoffer Simgrén already in 1820 moved to Turku/Åbo. No sign of marriage for AC Simgren has been found until now.

Since AC Simgren is mentioned as fosterchild to Johanna and Eric, it is also possible that Anton Christoffer Simgren could have been the child of Charlotta Alan, who at the time of AC Simgren’s birth 1795 was 40 years old. So even if Johanna Beckelin is now positioned as the mother to AC Simgren in this family tree it is as plausible that the mother should be Charlotta Alana. Charlotta was appearantly born in Jomala and daughter to the Jomala rewerend/Kirkkoherra/kyrkoherde Alanus. Her siter was Eriana Alana married to AC Federley’s predecessor Isac Ullner. Charlotte stayed in the house after Isac U passed away and she probaly “lived together” with AC Federley?

Leena Heikelä located the boy Anton Christoffer in the christening books in Turku/Åbo and has been assisting me in this very interesting case. In May 2004 I visited the Landskapsarkivet on Åland and I was assisted both by Leena Heikelä and Veli Pekka Toropainen. Leena Moffett-Koskinen has also been participating with analysis and information found in HisKi. I also offer my best thanks to Helena Dahlblom who works in Åland Landsakpsarkiv. She was of great help for us to learn how to find the sources needed to investigate this case.
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