Ida Sophia (Månsdotter) Thompson (1885 - 1969)

Born 23 May 1885 in Jamjo, Karlskrona municipality, Blekinge county, Sweden

Ancestors

Wife of Guttorm Thompson — married 4 May 1913 in Messiah Lutheran Church, New York, Bronx, New York, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1969 at age 83 in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Ida was born in Jämjö March 23, 1885 and christened April 14.^[1] They lived at 12 Binga. Her godparents were Lars T Olsoon and his spouse Elina Hakansdotter from Binga. Mans and Cecila had been married for 15 years^[2]. The whole family except Hilda move to Kastlösa August 12, 1891. ^[3]

The family moved from Jämjö to Kastlösa no 1 in November 1902 then to Kastlösa Västermalm no 14^[4].

She was a farm maid at the farm Kastlösa number 3. She moved there from Kastlosa number 1 in November 1905^[5]. Ida goes from Kastlösa to New York, through the harbor of Gothenburg Nov 6, 1907. ^[6][7]

She passed away in 1969 and is buried in Ames Municipal Jan 15, 1969, Services 1/15/69 at 2 PM Adams Funeral Home Ames, IA Rev James W. Asp Ascension Lutheran Church Ames, IA Source for marriage is U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1947 Took the last name of Olsson at immigration Olsoon equals Olson as she was known in the states.

Timeline

1885 mar 23 born in Jämjö^[1] at Binga nr 12 page 97 in the household book with parents Måns Olsson (Rå) and mother Cecilia Olofsdotter^[3] She is child nr 7^[8]

Household book No12 Binga Picture from Arkiv Digital of Jämjö AI:26 (1884-1895)

1888 oct 27 her mother Cecilia pass away in "Kräfta" at age 38 year 9 month and 25 days^[9][8]

1890 Census 1890 live in Binga^[10]

1891 aug 12 moving to Kastlösa with her parents^[8][11]

1902 nov 1 moved to Kastlösa nr1^[4]

1905 nov 8 moved to page 154 Rösslösa nr Västermalm page 104^[4][1]

1907 oct 26 moves out from Röstlösa Nr 3^[1][12]

1907 nov 6 emmigrates from Gothenburg^[6][7] on the steamship Orlando destination Grimsby^[13]. The journey to Grimsby/Hull took 2 days. After docking the emigrants went by train to the west coast where they boarded the big ocean ships.

Picture from Arkiv Digital of Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900) EIX:85 (1907-1907)[7]

1913 may 4 married in Bronx, New York^[14] at age 28 years with Guttorm Thompson age 29

Ida Thompsons wedding with Guttorm Thompson

Son Marion Thompson Ida and Guttorm

Sophia and Guttorm Thompson abt 1950

1930 Resident in Ames, Story, Iowa^[15]

1969 jan 12 passed away in Story City, Iowa. Burried at Ames Municipal Cemetery together with her husband^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Kastlösa AIIa:2 (1904-1913) Bild 164 / sid 154 (AID: v174199.b164.s154, NAD: SE/VALA/00181
2. ↑ Kastlösa AIIa:1 (1896-1903) Bild 75 / sid 61 (AID: v174198.b75.s61, NAD: SE/VALA/00181
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Jämjö CI:9 (1876-1894) Bild 114 / sid 117 (AID: v95912.b114.s117, NAD: SE/LLA/13195
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Kastlösa AIIa:1 (1896-1903) Bild 118 / sid 104 (AID: v174198.b118.s104, NAD: SE/VALA/00181
5. ↑ Kastlösa AIIa:2 (1904-1913) Bild 92 / sid 82 (AID: v174199.b92.s82, NAD: SE/VALA/00181
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Emmigraten Popular 2006 accessed 18 jun 2015

   Namn: Ida Sofia Olsson

   Födelseår: cirka 1885

   Kön: Kvinna

   Ursprung: Kastlösa Kalmar Län, Sverige

   Destination: New York New York

   Registerdatum: 6 nov 1907

   Utresehamn: Göteborg

   Namn på databas: EmiHamn

   Källkod: 85:452:77968

   Huvudman: Olsson Ida Sofia

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900) EIX:85 (1907-1907) Image 2290 / page 453 (AID: v479809.b2290.s453, NAD: SE/GLA/12703)

   Looks like it is 4 people from Kastlösa maybe travelling together.....

   66 Karlsson Karl H, Kastlösa Kalmar, 21, 1, , 1, New York

   67 Eriksson John H, Kastlösa Kalmar, 20, 1, , 1, New York

   68 Olson Ida Sofia, Kastlösa Kalmar, 22, ,1 , 1, New York

   69 Karlsson John ?, Kastlösa Kalmar, 21, 1, , 1, New York

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Jämjö AI:26 (1884-1895) Image 101 / page 97 (AID: v95900.b101.s97, NAD: SE/LLA/13195)
9. ↑ Jämjö FI:2 (1876-1894) Image 86 / page 81 (AID: v95917.b86.s81, NAD: SE/LLA/13195)
10. ↑ Census 1890 from SVAR

    Hemförsamling: Jemjö

    Hemort: Binga

    Kontrakt: Östra Härads

    Län: Blekinge

    Måns Olsson Rå f. 1840 i Jemjö, f.d. Båtsman och änkling

    Carl Olof f. 1873

    Per Emanuel f. 1876

    Wiktor f. 1880

    Ingrid Maria f. 1883

    Ida Sofia f. 1885

    alla barn födda i Jemjö

    SVARvolym: 000185 Kort nr: 5

    Sida: 12 Rad: 20

11. ↑ Jämjö B:2 (1861-1894) Image 135 / page 263 (AID: v95903.b135.s263, NAD: SE/LLA/13195)

    Moving out record nr 67

12. ↑ Kastlösa Google map
13. ↑ Picture of S/S Orlando
14. ↑ New York city marriage record 1866-1938 accessed 18 jun 2015

    Name: Guttorm Thompson

    Event Type: Marriage

    Event Date: 03 May 1913

    Event Place: Bronx, New York, New York, United States

    Gender: Male

    Age: 29

    Marital Status: Single

    Race: White

    Birth Year (Estimated): 1884

    Birthplace: Norway

    Father's Name: Guttorm Thompson

    Mother's Name: Synneva Torgesen

    Spouse's Name: Ida Sofie Olson

    Spouse's Gender: Female

    Spouse's Age: 28

    Spouse's Marital Status: Single

    Spouse's Race: White

    Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1885

    Spouse's Birthplace: Sweden

    Spouse's Father's Name: Mons Olson

    Spouse's Mother's Name: Cecelia Olson

    Reference ID: Image # 922, CN 911 , GS Film Number: 1940566

15. ↑ Census 1930 accessed 18 jun 2015

    Name: Ida Thompson

    Event Type: Census

    Event Year: 1930

    Event Place: Ames, Story, Iowa, United States

    Gender: Female

    Age: 45

    Marital Status: Married

    Race: White

    Race (Original): White

    Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

    Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife

    Birth Year (Estimated): 1885

    Birthplace: Sweden

    Father's Birthplace: Sweden

    Mother's Birthplace: Sweden

    Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

    Guitarm Thompson Head M 46 Norway

    Ida Thompson Wife F 45 Sweden

    Marion Thompson Son M 15 Iowa

    George Thompson Son M 10 Iowa

16. ↑ Find a grave GRid=124570309 accessed 18 jun 2015

    Birth: 1885

    Death: 1969

    Burial:

    Ames Municipal Cemetery

    Ames

    Story County

    Iowa, USA

• "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLKX-PXZN : 27 August 2019), Ida Sofia in entry for Måns Olofson, from 1884 to 1895; from "Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1920," database and images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : n.d.); citing from 1884 to 1895, 1295823, AI26, various Lutheran parishes, Sweden.
• Ida Sofia Olsson at Blekinge Båtmansregister
• Discussion in Swedish about the family
• A croft inventory has been done in Jämjö that could give more information
• About Jämjö
• Active genealogy society in Blekinge
  • Ostkanten a web about genealogy in Blekinge in english
  • Register of Boatswain in Blekinge
  • Old map with Binga
  • A report when Ernie Olson from America visit her Blekinge roots
  • Map from 1870 with Binga
• Jämjö church (in Swedish)
  • About the church
  • Appendix

• FamilySearch Tree
• All sources were supplied by Lena Svensson of the Sweden Project
• Family tree Ancestry

Note

Her last name is Månsdotter (daughter of Måns) according to records. In those days they usually took their father's first name as last name. After 1900 that was forbidden by the government they had to use the father's last name