Born in Rossa, Grangärde, Kopparberg, Sweden
Ancestors 
Daughter of Anders Gustaf Johnson
and Johanna Andersdotter
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Jan Petter Anderson
— married
20 Mar 1895 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Carl Hjalamar Anderson and Selma A Anderson
Died
at age 40
in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Johanna Sofia was born on May 3, 1879 in Grangärde parish in Kopparbergs län, Sweden. She was the daughter of day worker and organ blower Anders Gustaf Jansson and his second wife.
Birth record Grangärde 1879: Johanna Sofia - Arbetare Anders Gustaf jansson och hu Johanna Andersdotter (Rossa sid 50) [1]
Her father was married three times.
She emigrated with her stepmother and siblings to the United States on May 31, 1889.[2]
Johanna S Johnson, daughter of Anders G Johnson and his wife Johanna married John P Anderson on March 20, 1895 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.He was 23 and she was 15 years old.[3]
She was born in May 1879 and immigrated from Sweden in 1889 according to the 1900 census.
They had children:
- Hjalmar C b. 1896
- Helen S b. ca 1897
- Selma M b. ca 1901
- Hulda E
- John H
- Ralph N
The family lived in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts in 190[4] and 1910.[5]
She passed away on August 9, 1919 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Cause of death: eclampsia. She was 40 years old.[6] She is buried in the Old Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts,[7]
Research notes
Found Johanna and her husband in the member register for Emanuel Lutheran Church in Worcester, Massachussetts. They were both born in Grangärde parish in Kopparbergs län, Sweden.[8]
Consistent with search in indexed Swedish household books at Arkiv Digital (Swedish subscription site). Her parents were Anders Gustaf Jansson. He was married three times. She emigrated with her family to the United States on May 31, 1889.
Sources
- ↑ Grangärde (W) C:12 (1865-1879) Bild 457 (AID: v130194.b457, NAD: SE/ULA/12220)
- ↑ Anders Gustaf Jansson household 1885-1889 in Grangärde Kyrkby (church village). Household record: Grangärde kyrkoarkiv, Dalarnas län, Husförhörslängder, SE/ULA/12220/A I/20 a (1881-1889), bildid: C0012663_00067, sida 65 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0012663_00067
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4W9-7YT : 10 March 2021), John P Anderson and Johanna S Johnson, 20 Mar 1895; citing Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,245.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BD-LY2 : 22 January 2022), Johanna Anderson in entry for John P Anderson, 1900.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22Y-RZP : accessed 8 April 2022), Johanna Anderson in household of John P Anderson, Worcester Ward 6, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1891, sheet 11B, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 632; FHL microfilm 1,374,645.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB86-LHG : 31 August 2021), Johanna S Johnson Anderson, 1919.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124550174/johanna-sophia-anderson : accessed 08 April 2022), memorial page for Johanna Sophia Johnson Anderson (3 May 1879–9 Aug 1919), Find A Grave: Memorial #124550174 Find a Grave Memorial ID 124550174, citing Old Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by para (contributor 47802609).
- ↑ U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1947. Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Elk Grove Village, IL, USA; Swedish American Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Burials; Parish: Emanuel Lutheran Church; ELCA Film Number: S124,125; SSIRC Film Number: S-124.
- Birth Record of Carl Haljamar Anderson
- Burial records at All Faiths Cemetery, Worcester, MA
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Deborah Leenutaphong for creating WikiTree profile Johnson-17893 through the import of Wennerberg.ged on Apr 4, 2013.
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