Greta Lotta Dolk was born in Gärdserum parish 19 September 1827 to crofter and former soldier Petter Dolk in Grönstorp and his wife Lisa Olofsdotter.[1] She had three older sisters.[2] Her mother died in 1838.[3] Her father remarried, so she grew up with a stepmother, Inga Lisa Andersdotter.[4]
Greta Lotta Dolk married Johan Wilhelm Törngren 29 May 1851.[5] They lived in Grönstorp with her father, who was a widower for the second time.[6][7][8]
Johan Wilhelm Törngren and Greta Lotta Persdotter Dolk went to North America with their children in April 1869.[9]
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKR-SLD : 19 February 2021), Chorlotte Thorngren in household of John Thorngren, Grant, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 3, sheet 50B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,328.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KQ-WCW : accessed 5 October 2021), Lottie Thorngren in household of William Thorngren, Pilot Mound Township Pilot Mound village, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 2B, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,418.
"Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2SZG-XRQ : 20 February 2021), Lottie Thorngren, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing card #235, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,288.
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