Our Family's Swedish Heritage

               


My grandfather Albert, his grandmother Brita Lena, my mother
Dorothy (the baby), her grandmother Hilma in NY in 1924




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
  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/Stensared
  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

Skällinge
  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

Stockholm
  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 Ships
  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)



Some history and a little about our trip to Sweden in 2006

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



Biographies

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



Genealogy Charts and Data

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)



Swedish Church and Land Records

The Household survey of #2 Sik

The History of #2 Sik



Immigration Records

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




Jag väntar vid min stockeld
medan timmarna skrida,
medan stjärnorna vandra och nätterna gå.
Jag väntar på en kvinna från färdvägar vida,
den käraste, den käraste med ögon blå.
Jag väntar vid min stockeld

(I wait by my bonfire)

I am waiting by my bonfire
while the hours pass,
while the stars wander and the nights pass by.
I am waiting for a woman from far away,
the dearest, the dearest with blue eyes.



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