A Life Story – by Hans Gösta Andersson

My mother, Tilda Augusta Andersson, delivered me to the world on January 30, 1904. It was a delivery without professional assistance because it took place in an isolated house ten miles from nearest civilization, and plenty of ice and snow in the way. It was a difficult birth for her and for me.

In 1906 my family (mother Tilda, father Hans-Fredrik, my sister, Svea and myself) moved from our home at Lilla Björnmossen to a place by the name Jädraås, in Gävleborgs County, closer to civilization and with a population of 500 people. It was located in the Iron Land – a part of the country where iron mines and blast furnaces once gave life and activity to the district. My father worked for DalaOckelbo-Norrsundet Järnväg and became the Station Master in Jädraås in 1906. My sister Annie, and my brother Thure, were born there.

Edited by Leif Rosqvist

Hans Gösta
Hans Gösta