Emilia was born in 1858. She married Fritz Gometz and they had eight children, seven of them surviving to adulthood. Emilia was widowed in June 1901. Her children Josef and Judit were sent to live as foster children with families in Munka-Ljungby the following month, and Emilia moved with the rest of the children to Halmstad. Her sister Josefina who lived with the family came with them. Emilia died in Halmstad in 1922. [1]
1858 Jun 15 Emilia Maria and Josefina Albertina born in Munka-Ljungby. Father "Åbo" Johannes Jönsson and mother Johanna Nilsdotter [2]
1910 census, Halmstad
Gometz Jönsson, Emilia, f. 1858 i Munka-Ljungby Kristianstads län, Mjölnareänka (miller's widow)
Simon Leopold, f. 1890 i Ysby Hallands län, Bokhållare (bookkeeper)
1922 Dec 16 died in Halmstad. The cause of death was stroke.
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