Jonas Magnus Svensson (1840 - 1921)

Born 25 May 1840 in Röshult Östergård, Stenbrohult, Kronoberg, Sweden

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Christina (Björkman) Swanson — married 31 Dec 1865 in Norra Sandsjö, Jönköping, Sweden [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1921 at age 80 in Sherman, Osceola, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Magnus Svensson migrated from Sweden to America.

JONAS MAGNUS SVENSSON “SWANSON” was born on May 25, 1840 in Röshult Östergård, Stenbrohult, Kronoberg, Sweden. He was the son of Sune Svensson and Ingrid Persdotter. His father worked as tenant farmer at Röshult Östergård, but around 1841 he moved the family to another farm called Gemön (Sune’s brother Anders was here) and then to Froafälle in 1846. In 1859 Magnus moved away from his family and lived in the Agunnaryd Parish in Kronoberg, Sweden. He is later noted to be living with his older brother Sven at the Grythult Lillegård farm in the Agunnaryd parish. Sven is noted to have drowned in 1865 and on 11/29/1865 Magnus left and moved to the Norra Sandsjö parish in Jönköping county (~41 miles northeast). He married Emma C. Björkman (6/30/1846-unknown), daughter of Sven Johan Bjorkman and Maria Charlotta Petersdotter, on 12/31/1865. They had 3 children in Sweden: Sven Magnus Reinhold “Reynold” (6/28/1866-1943); Emaly “Emily”; and Charles “Oscar.” They immigrated to America sometime around 1872 and eventually settled in Osceola County, Michigan. Magnus and Emma had 5 more children in America: Edith; Anna; Ellen; Sophia; John and Fred. Magnus owned a farm in Rose Lake but was also a mason. Because of his trade he earned the nickname "Stonewall Swanson." In August 1883 their children Sophia (3yrs old) and John Otto (11mo old) died due to “inflammation of bowels.” Emma died on 8/12/1914 in Traverse City and Magnus died on 2/9/1921 in Sherman, Michigan.

Sources

• "Sweden, Kronoberg Church Records, 1589-1921; index 1612-1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBR-9N49 : 11 February 2018), Jonas, 07 Jun 1840; Landsarkivet (Sweden Regional Archives), Vadstena; FHL microfilm 143,338.
• Stenbrohult's Church Archives, 1828-1860, Birth Books, Pg. 90, 5/25/1840 Birth Record
• Stenbrohult's Church Archives, 1838-1844, Household Examination, Pg. 153, 259 Household Examination Record Household Examination Record
• Stenbrohult's Church Archives, 1844-1850, Household Examination, Pg. 78, 131, 134 Household Examination Record 1 Household Examination Record 2 Household Examination Record 3
• Stenbrohult's Church Archives, 1850-1855, Household Examination, Pg. 159 Household Examination Record
• Stenbrohult's Church Archives, 1856-1861, Household Examination, Pg. 167 Household Examination Record
• Agunnaryd’s Church Archives, 1862-1870, Household Examination, Pg. 293 Household Examination Record
• Norra Sandsjö, Church Archives, 1861-1865, Household Examination, Pg. 7 Household Examination Record
• Norra Sandsjö kyrkoarkiv, Lysnings- och vigselböcker, SE/VALA/00265/E I/1 (1861-1875), bildid: C0022693_00024
• "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC1Y-S9C : 10 February 2018), Maguns Sernnem in entry for Reynold Sernnem and Maret Blacken, 29 Sep 1897; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,342,506.
• United States Census, 1880 Michigan Osceola Rose Lake ED 221
• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N387-YZ6 : 9 July 2018), Magnus Swanson in entry for Charles Oscar Swanson and Alma Dahlstrom, 1900.
• 1900 United States Federal Census (MI, Osceola Co., Rose Lake, Fam# 210)
• 1910 United States Federal Census (MI, Osceola Co., Rose Lake, Fam# 71)
• Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1897, 19:Eaton-Washtenaw, 1882-1884, Pg. 21
• Son Charles's marriage: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M3B7-YTV
• "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHL6-RF9 : 10 February 2018), Magnus Swanson, 09 Feb 1921; citing Sherman, Osceola, Michigan, reference v 2 p 246; FHL microfilm 1,003,440.