Johan Vadgar Benjaminsson (1881 - 1968)

Born 13 Oct 1881 in Hammarby, Nora bergsförsamling, Örebro, Sverige

Ancestors

Husband of Jenny Adolfina Qvarfordt — married 14 Nov 1908 in Kristinehamn, Värmland, Sverige

Died 30 Dec 1968 at age 87 in Kristinehamn, Värmland, Sverige

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Biography

Johan Vadgar

Johan Vadgar Benjaminsson was born on October 13, 1881 at Hammarby in Nora bergsförsamling, Örebro, Sweden.^[1] He is a son of Johan Benjaminsson and Carolina Persdotter. He lived with his parents and siblings in Hammarby.^[2][3][4] In 1887, they moved to Degernäs in Degerfors.^[5] They moved back to Hammarby in Nora in 1890.^[6][7] He moved to Eskilstuna in Södermanland in 1907.^[8]

Johan Vadgar married Jenny Adolfina Qvarfordt on November 14, 1908 in Kristinehamn.^[9] They lived in Kristinehamn.^[10][11][12] Their children:

Karin Ingrid- b. 22 Oct 1909

Sven Mauritz- b. 9 Nov 1911

Vadgar, often called "Bene," was very active in various associations up Konsum in Kristinehamn. He was involved in starting Folkets Hus where he was treasurer of Folkets Park. Vice chairman of the Swedish Metal Industry Association, division 111, he sat on the board for over 30 years. He was an iron turner at KMW in Kristinehamn. They made propellers. He was also a member of the City Council in various administrations for many years. In 1936 he got cancer of the colon and got a stoma as one of the first in Sweden. On 16 Apr 1954, he became a widower. Vadgar traveled a lot with the pensioners to different places in Sweden. He died on December 30, 1968 in a hospital in Kristinehamn, Värmland, Sweden.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Johan Birth Record Nora bergsförsamling (T-län), C/13 (1875-1899), bildid: A0003868_00127
2. ↑ Household Examinations Nora bergsförsamling (T-län), A I/17 c (1872-1881), bildid: C0002288_00080, page 69
3. ↑ Household Examinations Nora bergsförsamling (T-län), A I/18 c (1882-1891), bildid: C0002292_00069, page 57
4. ↑ Household Examinations Nora bergsförsamling (T-län), A I/19 b (1892-1901), bildid: F0001426_00103, page 81
5. ↑ Household Examinations Degerfors, A I/2 (1886-1890), bildid: C0002156_00156, page 174
6. ↑ Household Examinations Nora bergsförsamling (T-län), A I/19 b (1892-1901), bildid: F0001426_00103, page 81
7. ↑ Household Examinations Nora bergsförsamling (T-län), A II a/1 (1901-1909), bildid: 00169943_00095, page 72
8. ↑ "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL54-NMD6 : 28 August 2019), Johan Vadgar Benjaminsson, from 1906 to 1908; from "Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1920," database and images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : n.d.); citing from 1906 to 1908, 10510474, Kloster och Fors AIIc 6, various Lutheran parishes, Sweden.
9. ↑ Marriage Record Kristinehamn, E I/9 (1908-1921), bildid: 00035859_00014, page 10
10. ↑ Household Examinations Kristinehamn, A II a/14 (1906-1910), bildid: 00035667_00308, page 1136
11. ↑ "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRM-ZQHB : 28 August 2019), Johan Vadgar Benjaminson, from 1911 to 1915; from "Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1920," database and images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : n.d.); citing from 1911 to 1915, 107201147, AIIa 21, various Lutheran parishes, Sweden.
12. ↑ Household Examinations Kristinehamn, A II a/25 (1916-1930), bildid: 00035678_00330, page 311
13. ↑ Information given to profile manager by his granddaughter living in Sweden.

• "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLPS-BTQG : 27 August 2019), Johan Vadgar Benjaminsson in entry for Anders Petter Lindholm, 1901-1905; from "Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1920," database and images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : n.d.); citing , 8410002, Nikolai AIIa 1a, various Lutheran parishes, Sweden.
• "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL5W-P8WK : 28 August 2019), Johan Vadgar Benjaminsson, from 1908 to 1919; from "Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1920," database and images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : n.d.); citing from 1908 to 1919, 10512686, Kloster och Fors AIIc 9, various Lutheran parishes, Sweden.
• "Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRM-HVGP : 28 August 2019), Johan Vadgar Benjamensson, from 1906 to 1910; from "Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1920," database and images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : n.d.); citing from 1906 to 1910, 107194120, AIIa 15, various Lutheran parishes, Sweden.