Born in Östraby, Malmöhus, Sweden
Ancestors 
Son of Johan Svensson
and Elna Jönsdotter
Brother of
Nils (Johansson) Swanson, Karl (Johansson) Swanson, Sven Theodor (Johansson) Swanson, Anders (Johansson) Swanson, Johannes (Johansson) Swanson, Axel Edvard (Johansson) Swanson, Anna Maria (Johansson) Spoonemore, Bror Martin Johansson and Aron Johansson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 16
in United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Oct 2014
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Biography
Per (Johansson) Swanson migrated from Sweden to United States.
Per Johansson was born on April 10, 1870 in Östraby, Malmöhus, Sweden. His parents were Johan Svensson and Elna Jönsdotter.
His father died when he was 23 years old, by then he had been residing in the United States for 6 years, possibly Minneapolis where he emigrated to in 1887. At the time he was 17 years old.
It is likely that he lived with or at least visited his older brother Nils who had made the same trip across the Atlantic a year earlier. No one know what happened to Per after he left Sweden. It is known that Nils had contact with one of his many brothers after they came to America, but different lifestyle choices had made a rift between the brothers and they lost contact. Which brother it was is currently unknown.
Per died sometime after 1887 in the United States.
Facts
- 1878 Västerstad 19, Vesterstad, Malmöhus
- 5 May 1887 Emigrated (Ship: Öresundsångare) to Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Sources
- Folkräkning 1880 - Östraby församling, Malmöhus län, bildid: Folk_812198-047 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/Folk_812198-047
Please see the G2G post regarding this person's emigration to America. Please contact Antonia if you have any information about this person.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Per by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Per:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Per by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Per:
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~6.25%
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