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Comment by Janet Johnson on June 2, 2011 at 12:00pm

Frederick,

 

Emmihamm is a database not a website, I search for your Mary Peterson, but so far no luck.  Sorry

Comment by Cheri Sletten on June 2, 2011 at 10:52am

Janet,

Johan (Jan) was born 2 Sep 1839 and emigrated in 1868.

Anna was born 20 Mar 1849 and emigrated in 1869.

They are both in the 1870 census in Ishpeming. Johan took the name John J. Berg, which the census taker wrote as Berry in 1870.

 

Cheri

Comment by Frederick george henchell on June 2, 2011 at 10:34am

The recent messages about finding ancestors on "Emihamm" was very interesting to me.  I hadn't heard about that site.  I took a look, but I don't know how to use it.  My problem is that I am trying to learn more about my great grand mother.  Her name was Mary Peterson.  All I know is that she was born somewhere in Sweden about June 1850.  I then know that she was married and gave birth to my grandfather in 1878 in San Francisco, CA.  So sometime in the 28 year period between 1850 and 1878 she got to the US.  She died young at the age of 33, I suspect maybe from childbirth/ pregnancy complications.  The only clue from a SF newspaper death notice was "notify New York newspapers".  So she might have had family there and maybe that's where she arrived?  With a name like Mary Peterson, I might as well be looking for "Mary Smith".  That and the lack of records caused by the SF earthquake and fire make this a tough hunt.  Any ideas on how to attack the immigration question would be appreciated.

Comment by Janet Johnson on June 2, 2011 at 9:45am

By chance have you got Johan/Jan Jansson's birthdate and Anna Carlsdotter's birthdate? and is 1868 and 1869 the arrival date or their birth year?

 

Comment by Cheri Sletten on June 2, 2011 at 8:48am

Janet,

Many of the early settlers went first to Ishpeming, MI and worked in the mines for a few years. I would really appreciate a look up for that as that would show my great-grandparents. Johan or Jan Jansson in 1868 and Anna Carlson or Carlsdotter in 1869.

 

Thank you,

Cheri

Comment by Janet Johnson on June 1, 2011 at 6:59pm

Cheri, if there are any other places that you can think of in Pope county where people may have gone I can do a search by location.  Let me know it only takes a few minutes to check.  You are very welcome.

 

 

Comment by Cheri Sletten on May 31, 2011 at 4:42pm

Thank you Janet!

I recognize most of the names on this list, and upon further checking I am sure I will know who most, if not all, of them are.

 

Cheri

Comment by Janet Johnson on May 31, 2011 at 10:58am

Hi,  I found a few going to Starbuck.  I found these on Emihamm the Swedish Emigrant 2001 Database.

 

First name: LOVISA
Last name: AUGUSTSSON
Age: 19     Gender: K
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1887 05 27
Destination: STARBUCK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 32:191:22719

 

First name: CARL ERIK
Last name: CARLSON
Age: 20     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1887 05 27
Destination: STARBUCK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 32:191:24089

First name: CLAS J
Last name: ELIASON
Age: 20     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1903 05 29
Destination: STARBUCK MINN
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 73:225:1167

First name: JOHAN A
Last name: FELTSTRÖM
Age: 19     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1915 03 17
Destination: STARBUCK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 102:125:7199

First name: R
Last name: FRISELL
Age: 62     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1887 05 27
Destination: STARBUCK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 32:191:22717

First name: JOH L
Last name: FRÖSELL
Age: 19     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1887 02 11
Destination: STARBUCK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 31:83:22255

First name: KARL
Last name: FÄLTSTRÖM
Age: 20     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1912 11 22
Destination: STARBUCK MN
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 97:705:3725

 

First name: JOHAN E
Last name: JANSON
Age: 18     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1903 03 27
Destination: STARBUCK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 72:390:31613

First name: KARL
Last name: PERSSON
Age: 23     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Title/Note: GRUVARBETARE
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1922 08 03
Destination: STARBUCK MINN
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 108:815:33166

Going to Glenwood

First name: CARL JOH
Last name: ERIKSON
Age: 20     Gender: M
Parish: LJUSNARSBERG     County: T
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1887 05 27
Destination: GLENWOOD
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 32:191:1854

I checked the following communities in Pope County and got no others: Brooten, Cyrus, Farwell, Long Beach, Lowry, Villars, Westport

Comment by Cheri Sletten on May 31, 2011 at 7:51am

Hello!

My great-grandparents came from Ljusnarsberg Församling, Örebro Län to Pope County, MN. I am researching not only them, but other Swedes who came to Pope County from the same place or other places in Sweden.

 

Cheri

Comment by Linda Kvist on May 7, 2011 at 10:09pm

I can give it a try. lkvist@mac.com

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