Daily Ancestoränkling
Änkling (or änkeman, older enkling) is Swedish for "widower": a man whose wife has died.
Änkling and änkeman both mean widower. In older records they are spelled enkling and enkeman, abbreviated enkl. or E. A groom marked änkling in a marriage book had a first wife who died, so look in the death book for her and in the household roll for children of the first marriage.
Rolls sometimes mark children of the first marriage with phrases like b.i.1stg., barn i första giftet.
As seen in a recordHousehold examination roll of a Swedish parish, 1850s
Enkl. Petter Jonsson, f. 1808, gift 2:o 1851 med P. Anna Svensdotter
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Daily Ancestor. "änkling." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/swedish/ankling. Last checked 2026-10-28.