Sven Jonsson (Jonasson) was born on July 25, 1858, in the small cottage Bergstorpet, Stora Kil, Värmland, Sweden. His father, the poor Jonas Jonsson, and mother Cajsa Pärsdotter struggled with poverty. Sven started working as a farmhand at an early age, and by the time he was 12 years old, he became a young farmhand and later a day laborer....
Önnert Vallberg (1762-1831) was born in Ängelholm, Sweden, and became a belt maker in Helsingborg during the late 1700s. A belt maker worked with processing and finishing belts, straps, and horse saddles with metal buckles. There were also works involving metal alloys such as bronze, brass, and sword fittings for soldier belts. In 1802, he married...
Knut Axel Lindgård was born on February 20, 1862, in Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden? As a young man, he worked as an inspector on large farms in Småland, Sweden, and seemed diligent and determined despite his young age.
Salomon Olofsson Widmark was born on September 21, 1852, in Gummark, Skellefteå parish, Västerbotten, Sweden? His parents were Olof Olofsson Widmark (1820-1909) and Gustava Gustafsdotter (1830-1915).
in the spring of 1895, the police in Stockholm apprehended a gang of thieves that had been wreaking havoc in Gamla Stan, Stockholm's Old Town. The core of the gang consisted of ten to fifteen younger men, and during the investigation, the police came into contact with Hedvig "Morsan (mother)" Aronsson, née Landgren.
The journey to the USA began with Grandfather Member of Parliament Ola Månsson (1808 - 1893) in Gårdslösa, Smedstorp, Kristianstad County, Sweden, who had a wife and 10 children. During his travels as a Member of Parliament to Stockholm, he met the 29 years younger seamstress Lovisa Carlén (1837 - 1921), who resided on Skinnarviksberget in...
A heinous robbery-murder was commited on wednesday, January 5, 1910. In the morning, Gerell's Exchange Office located in the center of Stockholm at Rydbergs House on Malmtorgsgatan was robbed. The 23-year-old cashier, Anna Victoria Hellsten, was brutally murdered. Will the police find the brutal robber-murderer?
the agricultural worker Olof Månsson (1811 - 1889) from Vislanda, Småland, Sweden, and his wife Ingejerd Månsdotter (1816 - 1888) from Torsås decided to emigrate to America?
Karl Johan Aldrin was born in 1866 in Norra Råda, Värmland, Sweden, and Anna Nilsdotter was born in 1858 in Ekshärad, Sweden. The couple emigrated to the United States on March 9, 1892.
most people have never heard of the farmer's son Axel Edvard Altberg from Gäddvik, Alfta, Sweden, who became a pilot and later a Colonel in the US Air Force? Axel was born on August 3, 1908, and grew up on the farm called "Skräddarns," later known as "Altbergs," together with his parents, soldier and farmer Johan and his wife...
