Marie Alta Peterson

Notes:

Middle name is Alice according to Ruth Putney.

Birth:
The Social Security Death Index has Marie's birth date as 01 Oct 1899.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1854, Skärstad, Broddstorp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
• Residence: 1855, Skärstad, Tolarp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
• Residence: 1866, Ödeshög, , Östergötlands Län, Sweden
• Residence: 1868, Esbjörnarp, Skärstad, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
• Emigration: 19 Mar 1869, Esbjörnarp, Skärstad, Jönköpings Län, Sweden; to Sagetown, Henderson, Illinois
• Residence: 2 Sep 1870, Lynn, Henderson, Illinois, United States
• Residence: 3 Jun 1880, Green, Mercer, Illinois, United States; Boarded with Charles and Ida Johnson

Notes:

Death date from Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916–1950)

Living in Sagetown (Gladstone) according to the 1870 census. He is listed as a quarryman, age 22.

Farmhand in Esbjörnarp before emigration.

Learned English from a woman he worked for in Chicago prior to moving to Sagetown.

Graded the streets of Stronghurst when the town was first laid out.

Emigration:


THE EMIGRATION MACHINERY

The Swedish mass emigration would not have been possible without the Swedish railroads and the organized passenger traffic over the Atlantic. At this time no Swedish line carried passengers directly from Gothenburg to New York. The Swedes therefore had to use British or German ships. The emigrant route started with the train ride to the big port of Gothenburg, where the complete passage, such as Gothenburg-Chicago, of the British Wilson Line, which brought the emigrants to Hull in England. A train took them across the country to Liverpool or Glasgow; from there the Inman Line or some other company's ships sailed them to New York. The whole voyage Gothenburg-New York need not take more than three weeks in 1870.

Residence:
Some references equate Lynn and Sagetown. The census document lists the town as Lynn and the post office as Sagetown.

Buried:

John married Minnie Alace Putney 4 Jul 1881, Keithsburg, Mercer, Illinois, United States. Minnie (daughter of Ira M. Putney and Azubah Ann Haislett) was born 19 Jun 1866, Olena, Henderson, Illinois, United States; died 13 Mar 1942, Olena, Henderson, Illinois, United States; was buried , Olena Cemetery, Olena, Henderson, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(Research):Keithsburg connection?
Tom and Gladys Putney lived there per the 1930 US census.

Buried:
Olena Cemetery

Died:
Minnie died in Keithsburg according to Ruth Putney.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage license was issued 4 Jul 1881 in Henderson County, Illinois according to the State of Illinois website. All recollections and documents provided by family members have 1882 as the year of marriage.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1830, Skärstad, Broddstorp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
• Residence: 1835, Skärstad, Rumperyd, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
• Residence: 1838, Skärstad, Katteberg, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
• Residence: 1854, Skärstad, Broddstorp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden
• Residence: 1856, Skärstad, Tolarp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden

Notes:

Residence:
Per was the owner of Broddstorp.

Residence:
Moved in 1855 according to Inger and Karl Erik's records.

Died:
Died 31 Jul 1887 according to Linda Hoeschler.

Per married Brita Månsdotter 27 Dec 1835, Skärstad, Svartorp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden. Brita (daughter of Måns Israelsson and Brita Larsdotter) was born 17 May 1815, Skärstad, Flättinge, Jönköpings Län, Sweden; was christened 18 May 1815, Skärstad, Flättinge, Jönköpings Län, Sweden; died 22 Aug 1896, Skärstad, Tolarp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden; was buried 30 Aug 1896, Skärstad, Tolarp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Bef 1835, Berghem, Skärstad, Jönköpings Län, Sweden

Notes:

Birth:
Flättinge is 4 km north of Skärstad.

Born 13 May 1815 according to Linda Hoeschler.

Notes:

Ira (nee Brown) Putney was born in Stanstead, Province of Quebec on June, 1840. He came with his father, James H Brown, brothers and sisters to Burlington, Iowa in the early 1840's. After he finished school in Burlington, he moved across the Mississippi River to Olena, IL with his "adopted" parents, Ira and Sarah D. Brown Putney. Father and son opened a Dry Goods Store in Olena. In 1859 Ira married the daughter of James Washington and Elizabeth Ward Haislett, Azuba Ann. Their first son, Ira Turton Putney died in infancy and is buried at Olena North Cemetery in Henderson County, IL.

Ira married Azubah Ann Haislett 23 Jun 1858, Olena, Henderson, Illinois, United States. Azubah was born 19 Aug 1840, Fitchville, Huron, Ohio, United States; died 5 Jun 1900, Stronghurst, Henderson, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States

Notes:

(Research):Birth according to Ruth Putney
27 Aug 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Birth according to Dick Voorhees
27 Aug 1840 in Fitchville, Huron Co., OH

Residence:
Azubah was living with her mother and siblings in Dubuque at the time of the 1850 census.

Notes:

Married:
Reference Number:3125520

Notes:

Jonas' mother, Marit Andersdotter, and his mother in law, Catherina Andersdotter, were sisters from Skalabrö in the Karsnäs area of Skärstad parish, meaning that Jonas and his wife, Marit Persdotter, were first cousins.

In the parish census records Jonas is listed as a brukare, or tenant farmer. It appears that after his father died in 1793 Jonas' mother Marit Andersdotter lived in his household until her death in 1807. Also living with them, at least for awhile, was Catherina Persdotter, his wife's sister and his brother Lars Jönsson .Between 1803 and 1806 (noting birth records of daughters Maria and Brita) the family moved from Katteberg to Rumperyd. In 1824 56 year-old Jonas and his wife and their younger children, Maria and Per, moved from Rumperyd to nearby Broddstorp.

Birth:
Born 17 Sep 1768 according to Linda Hoeschler.

Died:
Died in Broddstorp, Skärstad, Jönköpings Lan according to Linda Hoeschler and Agmetha Serrander.

Jonas married Marit Persdotter 5 Nov 1797, Skärstad Jönköpings Län. Marit (daughter of Per Larsson and Catharina Andersdotter) was born 6 Jan 1774, Skärstad Siggarp Jönköpings Län; was christened 9 Jan 1774, Skärstad Siggarp Jönköpings Län; died 28 Nov 1856, Skärstad Broddetorp Jönköpings Län; was buried 7 Dec 1856, Skärstad Jönköpings Län. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Marit's mother, Catherina Andersdotter, and her mother in law, Marit Andersdotter were sisters from Skålabro in the Karsnäs area of Skärstad parish. Marit married her first cousin, Jonas Jönsson, in 1797 when she was 23 and he 29. They were married for 33 years, and she bore 5 children who survived infancy, according to parish records. When Jonas died in 1830 the 56 year-old widow lived with her 22 year old son, Pehr. Also living on Broddstorp farm were daughter Maria, and her bachelor brother in law, Lars Jönsson.

LLH found Marit Persdotter's death record by accident, in Broddstorp (farm listed in parish records immediately after Rumperyd); the year and days of her record match exactly, so it must be the same person: "82 years, 10 months and 22 days."

Birth:
Born 01 Jun 1774 according to Agnetha Serrander.

Notes:

Married:
My original entry indicated Svarttorp parish, but no source was referenced.

Notes:

From the document Släktforskning (Genealogy) på Brita Månsdotter och Per Jönsson.doc

He was a soldier and crofter and they lived in different places in Skärstad: Flättinge Uppegårds crofter's holding Dalen, Siringe Södergård, Berghems Kronogård, Rumperyd, Broddstorp, Katteberg and Tolarp.

Birth:
Glenn Gustafson's records list the place of birth as Broddstorp, Skärstad, , Jönköpings Län, Sweden.

Måns married Brita Larsdotter 14 Apr 1814, Skärstad, Skärstad, Jönköpings Län, Sweden. Brita was born 2 Jul 1777, Skärstad, Tolarp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden; was christened 7 Jul 1777, Skärstad, Tolarp, Jönköpings Län, Sweden; died 22 Jul 1851, Skärstad, Katteberg, Jönköpings Län, Sweden; was buried 27 Jul 1851, Skärstad, Katteberg, Jönköpings Län, Sweden. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Glen Gustafson's data has the place of birth as Rumperyd, Skärstad, Jönköpings Län, Sweden

Notes:

Married:
11 Apr 1814 according to Agnetha Serrander.