This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Larson and Christenson in Irving township Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wIB.2ACI/349.2.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, Bill, had I known you were going to do the research for me, I would have given you more information. Is your source subscription based? Carl Johan Johannesson was born 26 March 1826. Carolina Jonesdotter was born 3 September 1830. Both were unmarried when they came to North America. Carl came in 1852 according to family records and sent for Carolina about 8 years later after he had saved the money for her to come and they were married after she arrived.