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My grandfather Albert, his grandmother Brita Lena, my mother |
Pictures of some of the locations of our family's roots in Sweden
Sik
The farmhouse where my grandfather Albert was born in 1896 (picture taken about 1910)
The new farmhouse on the farm where my grandfather Albert was born (picture taken in 2006)
Another view of the farm where my grandfather Albert was born (picture taken 2006)
Tvaaker
The Evangelical Lutheran Church where my Grandfather Albert was baptized in 1896 (picture taken in 2006)
Grimeton/Tjärby
Rolfstorp/Stensared
Skällinge
Stockholm
The Ships
The location of the Båtsman's croft where my great grandmother Hilma was born in 1875.
Her father, Johan Grimberg, was the Båtsman
The location of Tjärby number 3 where my great grandmother's paternal ancestors lived for much of the 19th century
The Grimeton Lutheran Church where Hilma's parents were married and she, her father Johan Otto and her uncle August Gustaf were all baptized
The gravestone commemorating great grandmother Hilma's paternal grandparents - Anders Magnus Börjesson and Anna Greta Olsdotter
Rolfstorp #3 - Home of Olof Andersson, father of Hilma's paternal grandmother (Anna Olsdotter) and her sister Severina (August Jönsson's mother)
The Lutheran Church at Rolfstorp where Anders Magnus Börjesson and Anna Greta Olsdotter were wed and August Samuel Jönsson was baptized
The beautiful altar inside the Lutheran church at Rolfstorp
Drawings from the middle ages on the walls inside the Lutheran Church at Rolsftorp
The location of the family farm of Markus Larsson then Olof Andersson at Stensared before the Land Reform
The location of the family farm of Olof Andersson at Stensared after the Land Reform
The church where my great grandmother's mother Brita Lena Eriksdotter was baptized and her maternal ancestors worshipped (1996)
The location of the farm (Släne #2) where my great great grandmother Brita Lena's maternal ancestors lived
A picture of me with an 'authentic' modern Viking taken on our arrival in Stockholm in 2006
Cousin Birgitta's husband Goran, my wife Betty, Birgitta and I in August, 2006
The Wilson Line ship Domino - Great grandother Hilma and her son Albert left Gothenberg aboard her in 1897 for the 42 hour trip to Hull, England
The Cunard liner Aurania - Brita Lena Eriksdotter, her daughters Selma and Hilma and grandson Albert all came to America on her at different times
Johan Otto Andersson Grimberg left Sweden aboard the Orlando in 1882 on the first leg of his voyage to America
Brita Lena Eriksdotter and her daughter Selma emmigrated aboard the Romeo in 1884 on the first leg of their trip to America
My wife and I arrived in Stockholm in 2006 aboard the ms Amsterdam (photo by Birgitta Nilsson)
A very brief capsule history of some of my Swedish ancestors
About our family history research
A short narrative of our 2006 trip to Sweden and the rest of the Baltic Sea area
Memories of my grandfather, Albert John Johnson, son of Hilma Amanda Johansdotter
A short biography of Hilma Amanda Johansdotter, daughter of Johan Otto Andersson Grimberg & Brita Lena Eriksdotter and, the wife of August Samuel Johnson
Some interesting facts about Olof Andersson (1791 - 1850), maternal grandfather of Johan Otto Andersson Grimberg and Anders Gustaf Andersson
The ancestors of Hilma Amanda Johansdotter
Descendants of Johan Otto Andersson Grimberg and Brita Lena Eriksdotter
Descendants of Anders Gustaf Andersson, brother of Johan Otto Andersson Grimberg
The ancestors of Anders Magnus Börjesson (Hilma's paternal grandfather)
The ancestors of Anna Greta Olofsdotter (Hilma's paternal grandmother)
The ancestors of Erik Börjesson (Hilma's maternal grandfather)
The ancestors of Helena Bengtsdotter (Hilma's maternal grandmother)
The Household survey of #2 Sik
The History of #2 Sik
Great grandmother Hilma's arrival record at Ellis Island (Note her name is incorrectly spelled as Hilda)
Grandpa Albert's arrival record at Ellis Island (Note his name is still listed as John A. - it became Albert J. in America)
The arrival manifest of the Aurania in July, 1897 when Hilma (line 11) and Albert (line 12) arrived in NY
The journey of Hilma and her son Albert from Sweden to America in 1897
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