Swedish matriarch. Karna is a Scanian short form for Karolina (Carolyn). She was Mrs. Trued Abrehamsson (Swedish women normally did not use the last names of their husbands at the time) and had met him when he worked at her father's farm Oröd in the village of East Brody in the 1830s, not far from her native village which usually is spelled Knisslinge. She lost their oldest son Ola Truedsson (1839-1856) when he was almost 17 years old. She had lost her brother Ola Johansson (1814-1830), her only sibling, at the same age. She died when the youngest of her 7 surviving children was only 14, leaving her husband with difficult times to keep the family fed and well taken care of. She then already had three grandchildren through her oldest three daughters. The grave here was connected legally to the home she lived in, so it can be safely assumed that she was buried here or nearby. The monument was raised at a big international family reunion in 1989. There is no known picture of her.
Swedish matriarch. Karna is a Scanian short form for Karolina (Carolyn). She was Mrs. Trued Abrehamsson (Swedish women normally did not use the last names of their husbands at the time) and had met him when he worked at her father's farm Oröd in the village of East Brody in the 1830s, not far from her native village which usually is spelled Knisslinge. She lost their oldest son Ola Truedsson (1839-1856) when he was almost 17 years old. She had lost her brother Ola Johansson (1814-1830), her only sibling, at the same age. She died when the youngest of her 7 surviving children was only 14, leaving her husband with difficult times to keep the family fed and well taken care of. She then already had three grandchildren through her oldest three daughters. The grave here was connected legally to the home she lived in, so it can be safely assumed that she was buried here or nearby. The monument was raised at a big international family reunion in 1989. There is no known picture of her.
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