In 1890, the 46 year old Gustaf Adolf and his wife were living with his father Gustaf and his mother Anna, and five children ranging in age from 10 to 21. The children are all noted as odöpt (unchristened) in census records, a curious secular touch amid a sea of religious references.39

The description hemmensägare, literally farmowner or homesteader, connotes a freeholder, rather than a tenant or hired hand.