Johannes (Svensson) Swenson (1818 - 1883)

Born 25 Jul 1818 in Elgebo, Åker, Jönköping, Sweden

Husband of Sara (Månsdotter) Swenson — married 19 Oct 1851 in Öjaby, Kronoberg, Sweden

Died 15 May 1883 at age 64 in Chisago City, Chisago, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Johannes was born the 25th and baptized the 26th day of July 1818, son of [Klockare?] Magnus Svensson and Anna Lisa Nilsdotter, in Åker.^[1]

John was the organist for Ormesberga parish in Kronoberg, Sweden. As such he was a well-educated man for the times. He may have been the teacher of his wife's next younger brother Peter, who qualified as an organist in Ormesberga before Sara's entire family plus John (Johannes) and their son emigrated to the United States in 1855.

Sources

1. ↑ Sweden, Church Records, 1451-1943; Jönköping; Åker; Födde (Births) 1803-1832 (C:4), page 90, image 50 (Ancestry.com)

• Sweden, Church Records, 1451-1943; Jönköping; Åker Husförhör (Household examination) 1814-1822 (AI:6), page 137 image 147 (Ancestry.com)

• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; Place: America; Year: 1855; Page Number: 123; From Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009. (Ancestry.com)

• 1875 Minnesota, State Census; Chisago Lake, Chisago, Minnesota (Ancestry.com)

• 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Chisago Lake, Chisago, Minnesota; Roll: 617; Family History Film: 1254617; Page: 438D; Enumeration District: 058; Image: 0281 (Ancestry.com)

• John Swenson's Find a Grave Memorial