Ola Jonsson (Löfdahl) Dahl (1863 - 1946)

Born 17 Jun 1863 in Hammarlöv, Malmöhus, Sverige

Ancestors

Husband of Kjersti (Jönsdotter) Dahl — married 27 Jul 1884 in Hammarlöv, Skåne, Sverige

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1946 at age 82 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

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Biography

Ola Jönsson Dahl was born on June 17, 1863^[1], in Hammarlöv, Skåne, Sweden, the child of Jöns Jönsson and Anna. According to Hammarlöv parish records, he was born June 17 at Hammarlöf No 19 ^[2]. He was the youngest child in the family and was not yet a year old when he lost his mother. Ola left home in October 1879 ^[3] to work at Hammarlöv No 3. In 1880, Ola joined the Swedish army and was given the last name Löfdahl. He moved to Västra Ingelstad parish in November that year ^[4][5]. He married Kjersti Jönsdotter on July 27, 1884, in Hammarlöv ^[6]. After marrying, they lived with Ola's father at Hammarlöv No 29 ^[7]. Ola left the army in 1891. He died on June 4, 1946^[8], in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 82, and was buried there.^[9]

Residence

Date: 1863-1879^[10]

Place: Hammarlöv No 19, Hammarlöv, Skåne, Sweden

Date: 1879-1880^[11]

Place: Hammarlöv No 3, working for Simon Jönsson

Date: 1884-1887

Place: Hammarlöv No 29

Date: 1887-1889 ^[12]

Place: Hammarlöv No 24

Date: 1900^[13]

Place: Eureka Precinct Eureka city, Juab, Utah, United States

Date: 1910^[14]

Place: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Date: 1920^[15]

Place: Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Date: 1930^[16]

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Military Service

Enlisted 1880. Discharged 1891. Regiment: S. Sk. Infanteriregementet. Company: Skytts. Croft number SS-03-0034, Västra Ingelstad parish. ^[17]

Research Notes

Immigration Record: Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991^[18]

Name: Ola Jönsson Löfdahl

Gender: Man

Birth Date: 17 Jun 1863

Birth Place: Malmöhus - Hammarlöv

Departure Date: 23 May 1892

Departure Place: Malmöhus - Bunkeflo

Arrival Place: Amerika

Marital Status: Married

Notes: Travels with family

Original Page: 97

• Multiple variations of Surname name are found in historical records. The first time his last name appears in records is when he leaves home in 1879. At that time, he used the patronymic Jönsson, the same as his siblings. In 1880, he added the last name Löfdahl when he joined the army. It was customary for Swedish soldiers to be given a soldier's name when they enlisted.

Sources

1. ↑ Ola Jonsson Birth Record Detail: County: Malmöhus; Parish: Hammarlöv; Volume: 118; Record Type: Födde (Births); Year Range: 1863; Roll/Fiche: SC-743; Handwritten/Stamped Page Number: 0/0 Url: http://interactive.ancestry.com/2225/IJ-1599_1090__2-009900_2?backurl=http%3a%2
2. ↑ Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/LLA/13140/C I/5 (1861-1873), bildid: C0065686_00085 [1]
3. ↑ Household records with father at Hammarlöv No 19: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13140/A I/13 (1876-1880), bildid: C0065674_00045 [2]
4. ↑ Move 1880: Västra Ingelstads kyrkoarkiv, Flyttningslängder, SE/LLA/13473/B/6 (1879-1894), bildid: C0070560_00010 [3]
5. ↑ Västra Ingelstads kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13473/A I/11 (1875-1884), bildid: C0070553_00255 [4]
6. ↑ Marriage 1884: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Lysnings- och vigselböcker, SE/LLA/13140/E I/1 (1879-1894), bildid: 00123310_00011 [5]
7. ↑ With wife and children at Hammarlöv No 29: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13140/A I/14 (1881-1885), bildid: C0065675_00067 [6]
8. ↑ "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85H-HFP : 5 December 2014), Olaf Johnson Dahl, 04 Jun 1946; citing Salt Lake City, S.L., Utah, reference 1020; FHL microfilm 26,579.
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK5-JWR7 : 13 December 2015), Olaf J Dahl, ; Burial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park; citing record ID 50725491, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
10. ↑ Household records with parents and siblings: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13140/A I/10 (1861-1865), bildid: C0065671_00032 [7]
11. ↑ Working at Hammarlöv No 3: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13140/A I/13 (1876-1880), bildid: C0065674_00017 [8]
12. ↑ At Hammarlöv No 24: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13140/A I/15 (1886-1890), bildid: C0065676_00057 [9]
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMRK-Q8H : accessed 20 August 2017), Olaf Lovedale, Eureka Precinct Eureka city, Juab, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 26A, family 592, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,683.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M5XQ-M19 : accessed 26 August 2017), Olaf Dale, Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 19A, family 477, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1606; FHL microfilm 1,375,619.
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8PB-RR4 : accessed 26 August 2017), Olaf Dale, Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing ED 119, sheet 11B, line 78, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1866; FHL microfilm 1,821,866.
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH6F-LS2 : accessed 26 August 2017), Olof Dahl, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 8A, line 36, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2420; FHL microfilm 2,342,154.
17. ↑ Centrala Soldatregistret Aktnummer: SS-03-0034-1880 [10]
18. ↑ Source Citation: Roll/Fiche Number: LU-601; Volume Number: AI:12; Page Number: 368. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Sweden, Selected Indexed Household Clerical Surveys, 1880-1893 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Swedish Church Records Archive. Johanneshov, Sweden: Genline AB.

• Household records with father and siblings at Hammarlöv No 19: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13140/A I/11 (1866-1870), bildid: C0065672_00037 [11]
• Household records with father at Hammarlöv No 19: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13140/A I/12 (1871-1875), bildid: C0065673_00039 [12]
• Move to Västra Ingelstad parish November 1880: Västra Ingelstads kyrkoarkiv, Flyttningslängder, SE/LLA/13473/B/6 (1879-1894), bildid: C0070560_00010 [13]
• At Hammarlöv No 26 1884-1887: Hammarlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13140/A I/15 (1886-1890), bildid: C0065676_00062 [14]