The parish records state that Maja Stina Johannesdotter was born out of wedlock (utomäktenskaplig) in Gränna town to maiden Maria Andersdotter and probable father (trolig fader) Johannes Semon.
The household examination roll of Gränna for 1815-1820 states Maja Stina Johannesdotter was at Fågelås with relatives.
abt 1822 Maja (Maria) Stina married Anders Svensson Pansar, son of Sven Jonsson Sten & Annika Jansdotter. Born on 8 Aug 1796 in Stenbacken, Norra Fågelås, Skaraborgs län, Sweden. Anders was baptized in Norra Fågelås, Skaraborgs län, Sweden, on 9 Aug 1796. Anders died in Velinga, Skaraborgs län, Sweden, on 13 Jul 1835; he was 38. Buried on 26 Jul 1835.
Andreas Svensson Pansar joined the Swedish Army on 1 August 1815. He served in the Skaraborgs Regiment, Kåkind Company, Krumpekulla Division. On 23 June 1830 he was poromoted to the rank of corporal. He was discharged from the army on 8 December 1834. Pansar was the military name given to Andreas Svensson upon enlistment. In English, 'pansar' means armour.
In 1818 Anders Pansar was commanded to work on the construction of the Göta Canal. On 10 March 1858 Stina Pantzar applied to the regiment for assistance after a house fire according to documents in the Kåkinds local government archives. He and his family resided at the croft Krumpekella at Norra Fågelås. He had a full share to Krumpekulla and half shares to Ängatorp and Sjöbolet. In December 2004 a survey of the croft showed that the farm was overgrown by a 50-year-old spruce forest and parts of the property were wetlands. (Centrala Soldatregistret, Skövde, Sweden) In June 2006, a new house occupied the site which was part of a golf course.
The name Pansar appears as Pantz and Pantzar in some records.
He died from an accident (olyckshändelse). He was a soldier residing at the soldier's farm according to the parish records at Velinga.