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Biography
Jonas was born about 1740. He was the son of Nils Halvarsson Grå. He passed away in 1800.

In October 1764 the skinner Jonas Nilsson (born 1740) from Malung appears in Östra Skogstorp, Ramsberg parish , where he marries the widow Sara Eriksdotter (born 1720  ) on 2 February 1765. In 1772 or 1773 Jonas' nephew (brother's son) Halvar Halvarsson (b. 13 July 1760) ) moves in with them, presumably because Sara is too old to have children. Halvar marries Lisa Ersdotter in 1781 and they have a son (Halvar) in 1781. Halvar and Lisa's family continue to live with Jonas and Sara in Östra Skogstorp. They all move together to Bjursjön, Skinnskatteberg parish, in 1784. Sara and Jonas continue to live in Bjursjön with Halvar and his family until their deaths  . Sara died on 5 March 1791 and Jonas died on 28 October 1800.

Research Notes
The connection between Jonas Nilsson and Halvar Halvarsson on the one hand and Halvar Nilsson on the other is based on two groups of sources.

We know from Halvar Halvarsson's patronymicon that his father's name was Halvar, and we know that Jonas Nilsson is his father's brother. This tells us that Halvar Halvarsson's father must have been called Halvar Nilsson. Since the parish records for Malung parish before 1775 were destroyed in a fire in 1792, it is extremely difficult to connect people to their family in Malung before that, but in this case we are lucky because there is a source that connects the families.

In the estate inventory of Halvar Nilsson's first wife, Marit Andersdotter, from 1789 (late, as she died in 1772, it must have been made before Halvar Nilsson remarried in 1789 ), it is stated that the household has a debt to "the brother Jonas Nilsson in Skinnskatteberg". This is a very strong indication that Halvar Nilsson is the father of Halvar Halvarsson, and the brother of Jonas Nilsson. And since Halvar and Marit married in 1758, the mother is thus Marit Andersdotter.

The only thing that would break this chain of evidence would be if another Jonas Nilsson from Malung turned up in Skinnskatteberg. The house interrogation lists are preserved, so it is a possible task to try to ensure that no other Jonas Nilsson is mentioned. However, it should be added that it was rare to move between Malung and Skinnskatteberg.