Place
Ånholm
People
Arnold Lennart Mattsson, Elis Edgar Mattsson, Erik Axel Mattsson, Ilmar Edmund Mattsson, John Mikael Mattsson, Matias Alfred Mattsson, Mattias Edvard Mattsson, Maria Josefina Mårtensson
Description
Edvardt was born in Gräsdal a bit from Ånholm married Josefina and moved to Ånholm, the couple had 6 children, all boys.
They lived on fishing.
When it started, 4 brothers lived together, Edgar who was the oldest ran the household. Ilmar was mostly involved in fishing, he was also a good barber where many archipelago residents cut their hair. John went to sea as a 17 year old, Erik who had some kind of disorder he often sat and laughed to himself, but he was the one who cooked the food.
All except Edgar played accordion, when Erik played there was no rhythm in the music. The accordion is now at Houtskär's kulturgill.
Lennart married in Medelby
Matihas drowned as a young man.
They lived on fishing.
When it started, 4 brothers lived together, Edgar who was the oldest ran the household. Ilmar was mostly involved in fishing, he was also a good barber where many archipelago residents cut their hair. John went to sea as a 17 year old, Erik who had some kind of disorder he often sat and laughed to himself, but he was the one who cooked the food.
All except Edgar played accordion, when Erik played there was no rhythm in the music. The accordion is now at Houtskär's kulturgill.
Lennart married in Medelby
Matihas drowned as a young man.
Miscellaneous
From Birger Rönnsjö's photo register with personal portraits.
On the farm, apart from the residential building, there was a barn with a cow, calf, sheep, horse and in the summer a pig and more later a Valmet 15 tractor. Two smaller cottages, Lillstyvön and Arönstyvön, Gambel landösä, Vedohus, Smidjån, Bred landösä and Vranghuset which was filled with barked crooked pine branches, etc. which was needed in boat building. The house was built of planks from an old boat, it was low and had a reed roof. They also had 2 motor boats for fishing, a fishing boat and Flatin, an old sailing fishing boat that was very wide and low. With it, they dragged home feed from the islands and transported animals. The boatshed has 2 gates and can accommodate 5 boats.
The brothers were very enterprising, they built a boat (Linden) with which they fished for salmon in the Åland Sea. In the 1950s - 70s, they started running freights around the entire archipelago and they acquired a larger boat, Regina, which loaded about 30 tons. Cucumbers were mainly transported with it, it was the so-called the "cucumber season" and cereals. Fertilizer, lime and building materials were transported to the archipelago. There are many sacks that Edgar and Erik have thrown out of the hold. It was then that the saying "Ohej då Erik" was coined.
Sailor John was a good storyteller. He hit one of his knees so badly that it had to be operated on, it was done in Warsaw in Poland, but the ship was leaving and John had to go home. During the transport from the hospital to the ship on an ironwheel wagon and cobblestone street, the wound burst open and began to bleed so much that the entire bunk was full of blood. Later the knee swelled up and was as high as Gibraltar, according to John. He limped for the rest of his life. Ilmar liked carpentry, he was also employed as an upholsterer and cobbler because there was a so-called shoemaker sewing machine and on Sundays he cut the hair of many old men. Ilmar was the one who fished the most and used the expressions "väjdäg" and "härrebåd".
The brothers were also active during the prohibition period.
On the farm, apart from the residential building, there was a barn with a cow, calf, sheep, horse and in the summer a pig and more later a Valmet 15 tractor. Two smaller cottages, Lillstyvön and Arönstyvön, Gambel landösä, Vedohus, Smidjån, Bred landösä and Vranghuset which was filled with barked crooked pine branches, etc. which was needed in boat building. The house was built of planks from an old boat, it was low and had a reed roof. They also had 2 motor boats for fishing, a fishing boat and Flatin, an old sailing fishing boat that was very wide and low. With it, they dragged home feed from the islands and transported animals. The boatshed has 2 gates and can accommodate 5 boats.
The brothers were very enterprising, they built a boat (Linden) with which they fished for salmon in the Åland Sea. In the 1950s - 70s, they started running freights around the entire archipelago and they acquired a larger boat, Regina, which loaded about 30 tons. Cucumbers were mainly transported with it, it was the so-called the "cucumber season" and cereals. Fertilizer, lime and building materials were transported to the archipelago. There are many sacks that Edgar and Erik have thrown out of the hold. It was then that the saying "Ohej då Erik" was coined.
Sailor John was a good storyteller. He hit one of his knees so badly that it had to be operated on, it was done in Warsaw in Poland, but the ship was leaving and John had to go home. During the transport from the hospital to the ship on an ironwheel wagon and cobblestone street, the wound burst open and began to bleed so much that the entire bunk was full of blood. Later the knee swelled up and was as high as Gibraltar, according to John. He limped for the rest of his life. Ilmar liked carpentry, he was also employed as an upholsterer and cobbler because there was a so-called shoemaker sewing machine and on Sundays he cut the hair of many old men. Ilmar was the one who fished the most and used the expressions "väjdäg" and "härrebåd".
The brothers were also active during the prohibition period.
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