Daughter of J Berglund and Stina Sofia Källman. Sofia worked as a maid in Karlstad from 1850. She had 7 children. She and her children were listed as paupers in the household records from 1866 until 1880. Her youngest child was sent to an orphanage soon after birth in 1875. Her son Karl was apprenticed to a gold smith but passed away from scarlet fever in 1875. Also in 1875, son Emil left home and moved to Grava parish. Three years later, daughter Charlotta was sent to live as a foster child with a widow (possibly a relative). In 1880, Sofia and her two remaining moved from the paupers' housing to become tenants at No 10 Östra Haga. Sofia married in 1881. Her husband was a blind basket maker.
Children
August (1855)
Emil Nilsson (1858) Son of goldsmith Nils Eriksson
Karl Berglund (1861- 1875) Son of goldsmith apprentice Carl Nymansson. Goldsmith apprentice. Passed away from scarlet fever at age 14.
Charlotta Maria (Nymansson) Cederström (1862) Went to live with Wilhelmina Dufva in 1878. Married a teacher. Seven children.
Frithiof (Nymansson) Berglund (1864) Son of gold smith apprentice Carl Nymansson
Elisabet (Andersson) Berglund (1868). Possibly daughter of Carl Andersson. Emigrated to North America in 1896 and married there. Five children.
Anna Florentina Berglund (1875). Daughter of rope maker Anders Fredrik Larsson. Grew up as a foster child in Bostorp. Emigrated to North America in 1893.
Sources
With son August: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/22 (1851-1855), bildid: C0037837_00411 [1]
With children as paupers: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/27 (1866-1870), bildid: C0037842_00094 [4]
With children as paupers: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/32 (1871-1875), bildid: C0037847_00288 [5]
With children as paupers: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/35 (1876-1880), bildid: C0037850_00411 [6]
At No 10 Östra Haga 1880-1882: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/34 (1876-1880), bildid: C0037849_00178 [7]
With husband at No 10 Östra Haga 1880-1882: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/39 (1881-1885), bildid: C0037854_00194 [8]
With husband and children at No 33 Wiken 1882-1884: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/38 (1881-1885), bildid: C0037853_00218 [9]
With husband and children at No 16 Västra Qvarnberget from 1884: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/38 (1881-1885), bildid: C0037853_00038 [10]
With husband and children at No 16 Västra Qvarnberget from 1884: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/42 (1886-1890), bildid: C0037857_00041 [11]
With husband at No 16 Västra Qvarnberget: Karlstads stadsförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VA/13275/A I/50 (1896-1900), bildid: 00035604_00061 [13]
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