Carl Johan (Andersson) Anderson (1840 - 1915)

Born 10 Sep 1840 in Vena, Kalmar, Sweden

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Maria (Lindberg) Anderson — married 8 Jun 1867 in Vena, Kalmar, Sweden

Died 17 Oct 1915 at age 75 in Radville, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

Carl Johan Andersson was born in 1840 in the farming village of Westrahult (aka Vastrahult), Vena, Kalmar, Sweden to Anders Johan Andersson Sundberg and Sara Maria Johansdotter. Carl married Anna Maria Jonsdotter Lindberg in Vena on June 8, 1867. The couple had 7 children together in Westrahult where they worked as farm servants. Carl Johan followed the traditional naming pattern for his children, giving them all the last name of Carlson. This tradition was dying out in most areas of Sweden by the 19th Century. In 1892 the family, preceded by two grown up children, immigrated to the United States, settling near Beresford, South Dakota on a homestead. In 1903 Carl Johan and some sons applied for homesteads near Radville, Saskatchewan, Canada at Brookings. After some work preparing the land and house, they moved the entire family there about 1905. Carl Johan farmed NE 34-6-18-W2 for at least 10 years before he died on Oct. 17, 1915 in Radville. ^[1]

Sources

Household Examination Books Westrahult, Vena, Kalmar in Sweden, accessed through Ancestry.com in Swedish, Andersson family 1847-1853, p.146, 1853-1860, p. 144, 1861-1865, p. 492, 1866-1871, p. 488 at Akerhult torp; 1881-1890, p. 216 at Ikornetorp.

Marriage Book, Westrahult, Vena, Kalmar, Sweden, 1867. Accessed through Ancestry.com in Swedish

Radville Laurier Historical Society. Radville-Laurier: The Yesteryears, 1983. p. 464-465 "Carl J. Anderson" Digital copy of this local history is available at ourroots.ca [1]

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : accessed 14 January 2017, Carl Anderson, Glenwood & Riverside Townships, Clay, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 7A, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,548.

1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces, Canada, Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Library and Archives Canada database -Carl J. Anderson- and image [3]

1911 Census of Canada, Radville, Regina, Saskatchewan. Library and Archives Canada database-Carl J. Anderson- and image[4]

1. ↑ Partial transcription of obituary in Radville News, Oct. 21, 1915 "Death of C. J. Anderson" "Died at his home north of Radville on October 17th Carl Johan Anderson 75 years, 1 month and seven days. The deceased was born in Vastrahult, Hvena, Sweden on the 10th day of September, 1840, was united in marriage to Marie Lindeburg in the year 1867, and migrated to the United States in 1892 later coming to the Radville district where he has resided for the last ten years. He is survived by his wife and six children Edwin, Arvid, Axel, Hjalmer and Mrs. Fred Heglin, all of Radville and Mrs. H. Coan of Sioux City, Iowa and nineteen grandchildren... The deceased was favourably known in this district and had a large circle of friends with whom the News joins in tendering condolences to the bereaved family."