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Författare Ämne: Emigranten lookup please -- Karl Bengtsson fr. Mjäldrunga, Älsvborg  (läst 2389 gånger)

2006-02-23, 05:59
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Karl Bengtsson, born 8 May, 1830 in Herrljunga. Hemmansägare in Mjäldrunga from at least the early 1860s. Married Johanna Nilsdotter (b. 15 Feb 1832) in 1853. They had 6 daughters, the youngest of which, Klara Olivia b. 7 Apr 1872, may be my wife's gr-grandmother.
 
According to the 1873-85 Hfl, Johanna died in 1875 and two daughters emigrated to America in 1880. Karl has a note on his Hfl entry that says he remarried but also left the parish without permission, said to be in America. By 1882 he is recorded on the page of missing persons.
 
I found a marriage record in Eriksberg parish, 2 Sep. 1881, between Karl and widow Anna Kristina Petersdotter, living at Hästhagen, Eriksberg with two children. Karl is not recorded in the Eriksberg Hfl but he did father a child, Karl Albin Karlsson, b. 23 Jul 1882 at Hästhagen.
 
I strongly believe Karl Bengtsson emigrated to America sometime after 1881, possibly as late as 1884 when Klara Oliva emigrated to America. Klara left Mjäldrunga on 6 Mar. 1884.
 
I am trying to establish that this Klara Olivia Bengtsdotter is my wife's ancestor, Clara Olivia Benson. I don't yet have a full birth date for Clara Olivia from U.S. records but I have solid independent evidence that she was born in Mjäldrunga in 1872. Clara grew up and married in Chicago, later moved to California. According to family history related by Clara, she emigrated at age 11 or 12 and was accompanied by her father. The story goes that her father was a contractor (carpenter) in Chicago and Clara would deliver him his lunches at the job site.
 
Here is the Emigranten record for Clara:
 
First name: CLARA
Last name: CARLSDOTTER
Age: 11     Gender: K
Parish: ERIKSBERG     County: P
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1884 03 14
Destination: CHICAGO
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 24:199:23026
 
Perhaps Karl Bengtsson is also recorded leaving Eriksberg on this date? Or maybe he left somewhat earlier. Either way, an emigration adds to the evidence this is the correct family.
 
The curious thing about all this is I find no sign of Anna K. Petersdotter or her children leaving Eriksberg.
 
Thanks for the help,
 
Jeff Benson

2006-02-23, 06:07
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Two clarifications to the above.
 
Misspelled the län, should be Älvsborg.
 
The correct patronymic name is Klara Oliva Karlsdotter, not Bengtsdotter.
 
Jeff

2006-02-23, 09:43
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2006-02-23, 15:55
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Olle,
 
Thanks for the e-mail and additional information regarding Clara Olivia and her family. But I think I have found all I can about Karl Bengtsson in the church records from using Genline. I don't have easy access to the Emigrants CD. I am hoping someone can find a entry for Karl that better establishes that he did emigrate to America.
 
Kindest regards,
 
Jeff

2006-02-25, 17:29
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Hi again,
 
Please, could someone take a look on CD Emigranten for Karl Bengtsson? Even a negative answer (for example, I tried to find him but was not successful) is acceptable to me. Then I can drop this idea and move on. But so far no one has said anything either way.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Jeff

2006-02-25, 17:58
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I have searched the database Emihamn (passenger lists) in a number of different ways and can not find your Karl Bengtsson.  
 
Have you found him in the 1900 Census, and what year of emigration is listed there?

2006-02-25, 19:00
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Elisabeth !
 
I also did check the Emihamn and came up with the same.
 
The person in question is here (top line):
GID 1922.10.5400 with the remark försvunnen till Amerika. Wonder what happened to his bride-to-be Anna Kr. Petersdotter.
 
and also at (Qvarstående obefintliga):
GID 1922.10.10000
 
Olle

2006-02-25, 20:09
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Jeff
 
I don't know how much you know, but it looks like Clara came to New York on board Adriatic at March 31, 1884. Looks like they have indexed (at Ancestry) her age to 41, but looking at the ship list show her with other persons found on CD Emigranten, leaving Gothenburg the same day. I can't, however,  find any suitable Karl Bengtsson on the same journey, so they didn't travel together as I see it.

2006-02-26, 02:56
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Elisabeth, Olle and Matts,
 
Thank you very much for your attempts to locate the emigration of Karl Bengtsson. I think it is safe to say he did not leave by way of a boat directly out of Sweden. I thought to look for him in Norway emigration records but did not come up with a suitable person there either. Perhaps he went by another route, via Denmark or Germany.
 
Elisabeth: No, I haven't yet searched for Karl in the US census. That should be my next task.
 
Matts: Thank you especially for the information regarding Clara's emigration. I did not have that information. I guess you are right and the family history is incorrect in this regard.
 
Olle: Yes, it is very curious that Karl left behind a new wife and baby son and disappeared to America. I cannot explain that.
 
Kindest regards,
 
Jeff

2006-02-26, 10:43
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If you find it suitable, I would like to know a little bit more about Clara, to be able to follow her from the entrance in New York and forward to see if Karl pops up somewhere.

2006-02-26, 20:19
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Matts,
 
Thank you for the offer. I will give you what information I have but it isn't a lot.
 
Clara Olivia married Louis Clifford Leonard on or about June 6, 1890. I have their marriage certificate from Cook county, Illinois (Chicago). The certificate says she was 18 yr.s old and Louis was age 31 (no birth dates given). Louis Leonard was a traveling salesman.
 
I have also seen a copy of the birth certificate for Louis and Clara's first child, daughter Louise (my wife's grandmother). The birth date was 10 Sept. 1899. The family lived on Calumet Avenue in Chicago. The certificate said Louis was born in Taunton, Massachusetts and Clara was born in Mjelldrunga, Sweden.
 
A friend looked up the family in the U.S. census. In 1900, they lived on 40th St. in Hyde Park township. Here it says Clara was born April, 1872. (There is good agreement here with Mjäldrunga birth records.) In 1920, the family has a second daughter, Marian, and they live at 6030 Kenwood Ave. The entry evidently says Clara immigrated 1870 (clearly wrong or misread) and was naturalized 1891.
 
Aside from the family stories I relate above, I don't have much more. At some point they moved to California but I don't know when. I know daughter Louise died in Pasadena, CA so perhaps the Leonards lived nearby.
 
Kindest regards,
 
Jeff

2006-02-26, 21:12
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Some information about Clara:
 
You said you didn't have the full birth date for Clara, but here it is.
 
Death: California Death Index, 1940-1997 Record  
about CLARA OLIVIA LEONARD  
Name: LEONARD, CLARA OLIVIA  
Social Security #: 0  
Sex: FEMALE  
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1872  
Birthplace: OTHER COUNTRY  
Death Date: 26 Jan 1958  
Death Place: LOS ANGELES  
Mother's Maiden Name:  
Father's Surname: BENSON  
 
In Census 1910 it says she emigrated 1880.
 
Census 1920 has the wrong date as you say
 
In Census 1930 she and her husband are living in San Gabriel, South Passadena ,CA together with their daughter Louise Mudge(?) and her husband John and their son John L. In this census it states that Clara is born in Illinois, so I hope this is the right family.  
 
This is what I have found so far, hope you can let me know if it right or not

2006-02-26, 21:49
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In census 1900 we have this person
1900 United States Federal Census Record  
about Chas Benson  
Name: Chas Benson  
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois  
Age: 70  
Born: May 1830  
Birthplace: Sweden  
Race: White  
Relationship to head-of-house: Father-in-law  
No immigration date is given.
He is a widower
 
He is living with Herman Nelson, born jan 1851 in Sweden and immigrated 1874, his wife Mathilda, born sept 1862 in Sweden and immigrated 1880. Their children, all born in Illinois, John, born aug 1881, Frank, July 1884, Herman, Aug 1886 and Clara V, born april 1890.
 
Source: 1900 United States Federal Census > Illinois > Cook > Chicago Ward 15 > District 489 > sheet 13A
 
 
Mathilda must be Chas Benson's daughter and that leads me to the following from CD Emibas (that you perhaps already know)
 
Post 592076
Karlsdotter, Mathilda Maria
Brukardotter (unmarried woman)
b. 9/13/1862 in Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
Emigrated 4/2/1880
from Hökagården, Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 52
Emibas migration file ID: Mjäldrunga P 1880 004
 
and
 
Post 592075
Karlsdotter, Sofia Charlotta
Brukardotter (unmarried woman)
b. 7/25/1858 in Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
Emigrated 4/2/1880
from Hökagården, Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 52
Emibas migration file ID: Mjäldrunga P 1880 003
 
and
 
Post 592119
Karlsdotter, Klara Olivia
Brukardotter (unmarried woman)
b. 4/7/1872 in Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
Emigrated 3/6/1884
from Hökagården, Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 52
Emibas migration file ID: Mjäldrunga P 1884 006
 
 
If you can prove that the persons above are sisters and related to Karl Bengtsson, then you can probably say that he emigrated and lived in Chicago.  
 
If this is the case, let's see if we can find more

2006-02-26, 22:24
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Mats!
 
You found the right people on Emibas. I knew about Clara Olivia's sisters, Mathilda Maria and Sofia Charlotta and their emigration in 1880 from looking at the Hfl. I suspected the sisters had gone to Chicago and the rest followed a couple years later.
 
Thank you very much for the death index record for Clara Oliva. With the birth date matching exactly, I think I can put to rest any doubts that she and Klara Olivia Karlsdotter are one and the same.
 
I will see what I can do regarding proving a connection between Clara Olivia and the Mathilda Nelson you found in the 1900 census. Perhaps my mother-in-law can recall a great-aunt Mathilda in Chicago or the names of her mother's cousins. But, I must say the census data seems to match very nicely indeed.
 
Thank you most sincerely,
 
Jeff

2006-02-26, 22:31
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Mats,
 
One more thing. The family you found in 1930 census is also correct. Louise Leonard married John Mudge. The son, John L., is my wife's uncle (still living).
 
Jeff

2006-02-26, 22:49
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Jeff
 
Perhaps a marriage licence, probably for 1880/1881 for Mathilda and Herman can show her maiden name.  
 
But, with a Chas Benson, born in Sweden May 1830 with a daughter born Sept 1862 in Sweden and immigrated 1880 it looks promissing. Look forward to hear from your research

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