Karin (Magnusdotter) Feltman (1817 - 1913)

Born 15 Jan 1817 in Vansäter, Söderala (X), Sverige

Ancestors

Wife of Paul Magnus Myrtengren — married 23 Jul 1848 in Bishop Hill, Henry County, Illinois, USA

Wife of Olof Olsson Olander — married about 1851 in Bishop Hill, Henry County, Illinois, USA

Died 6 Jan 1913 at age 95 in Bishop Hill, Henry County, Illinois, USA

Biography

Ur Nils William Olsson: Swedish passenger arrivals in the United States1820-1850: Carin Magnusdotter, b. in Vannsäter i Söderala Jan. 15. 1817, dau. Magnus Bengtsson (Feltman), and sister of Jon Magnusson (see n 40 p 88). She had two illegimate dau., both b. in Söderala, father or fathers unknown. Carin, B May 2, 1842 and Christina, b. Feb 23, 1845. She received pp. in Gävle June 20, 1846 for herself only. SFP; HLA ^[1]

The largest group married at any one time was 24 couples, which occurred July 23, 1848. This was a lovely ceremony, according to the memoirs of an old colonist, held on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Anderson's Grove, now Leonard Wexell's. The blue skies, the green grass and trees, the singing birds and the brilliant sunshine made a truly gorgeous and impressive setting for the event. The brides were simply dressed in the regulation garb of homespun, the olny finery permitted being bridal wreaths of blossoms woven by the maidens of the colony form prairie flowers. From "Historic Bishop Hill, 1846-1946, Bishop Hill Centennial Souvenir" Observance September 22, 23 and 24, 1946, by Emmelyne Arnquist Hedstrom page 31.

Carin Magnusdotter with her two little daughters arrived in New York on board the "Solide" 14 October 1846 - her sister Lena Wikberg with family was on the same ship.^[2]

• Erikjansare from Söderala

Sources

1. ↑ Nils William Olsson: Swedish passenger arrivals in the United States1820-1850: .Stockholm 1967
2. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27GP-YZ4 : 11 March 2018), Carin Magnusdotter, 1847 (year mistranscribed); citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 2,315.