Anna Catharina Cronman

Two Anna Catharina Cronmans conflated in "Svenska adelns ättar-taflor" by John Gabriel Anrep (1821-1907)

There is confusion between two or three people of the same name in two different generations. John Gabriel Anrep (1821-1907) made the error and it has been perpetuated in many genealogies. He originally conflated the two Anna Catharina Cronmans from two generations into one person and had her as the wife of two people from two generations. It was an obvious error because she would have been too old as Anna Catharina Cronman (1620-?) to bear the children of Hans Christoffer von Rohr I (1626-1700), however as Anna Catharina Cronman (1660-?) she appears too young to bear his children. Anna Catharina Cronman (1660-?) would have been 16 years old when she married and her husband would have been 34 years older. Gustaf Magnus Elgenstierna (1871-1948) would correct Anrep and separate the two individuals. One source lists her birth year as 1667, which would make her only 11 years old at the birth of her fist child. One of the Anna Catharina Cronmans died in 1685.

People

• Anna Catharina Cronman (1620-?), aka Anna Catharina Cronman I. She was a daughter of Hans Detterman Cronman (1590-c1645) and she married Frans von Knorring (1626-1694).
• Anna Catharina Cronman (1661), aka Anna Catharina Cronman II. She was the daughter of Joachim Cronman (c1635-1703) and appears to have died as an infant on December 23, 1661 in Kristine parish, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Anna Catharina Cronman (1660-?), aka Anna Catharina Cronman II. She was the daughter of Joachim Cronman (c1635-1703) and the granddaughter of Hans Detterman Cronman (1590-c1645). She married Hans Christoffer von Rohr I (1626-1700). This would have her a proper age for the birth of her children. She would have been 16 years old when they married and he would have been 34 years older. However one genealogy lists her birth year as 1667.