Dear Joy, Well, I'll be! Still, I cannot imagine an 18 year old traveling half way around the world by himself. Thanks, Lance -----Original Message----- From: Joy Kersteter Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] John Olaus JOHNSON (b: 1861) The Household examination page mentioned in the Emibas Record shows the family as: Source: SVAR; Household Examination Roll, Vol Lekåsa AI:9, p 181 Svenstorp 5/24 eg Johannes Olafsson, b. 21 13/7 Lekasa h. Johanna Svensdotter, b. 25 4/10 Åsaka son Anders Gustaf, b. 52 30/9 Åsaka, Se nedra 78 son Svarte(?), b. 55 20/9 Åsaka, p 228 78 son August, b. 58 4(?)/2 Åsaka, Elin 81 28/10 #25 son Johan Olaus, b. 61 31/3 Åsaka, Amerika 79 28/3 #5 son Karl Alfred, b. 63, 4/11 Åsaka son Herman b. 70 3/8 Åsaka That’s very close to Johan Olsson and Hanna for the parents. Joy On Jun 28, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Lance L. Piatt <[email protected]> wrote: > His parents weren't by chance Johan Olsson & Hanna? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joy Kersteter > Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 8:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] John Olaus JOHNSON (b: 1861) > > Here is a possibility from Emibas. It shows a Johan Olaus Johannesson > emigrating in 1879, with the same birth date > > > Johan Olaus Johannesson > Ägarson > b. 3/31/1861 in Barne-Åsaka, Skaraborgs län (Västergoötland) > Emigrated 3/28/1879 > from Stora Svenstorp, Barne-Åsaka > to Amerika > Source: SVAR; Household Examination Roll, Vol Lekåsa AI:9, p 181 > > Emibas migration file ID: Barne-Åsaka R 1879 002 > > > Joy > > On Jun 28, 2014, at 9:37 AM, Lance L. Piatt <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I will try to find more information on him. People around now, do not >> seem >> to know much about him. >> >> Regards, >> Lance >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bo Johansson >> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 12:25 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] John Olaus JOHNSON (b: 1861) >> >> Lance L. Piatt wrote 2014-06-28 06:25: >>> >>> Okay, the second part of the SÖDERBERG saga, is her husband, >>> John Olaus JOHNSON, as he was known in America. I haven’t located >>> an immigration record on him yet. However, the census records state >>> that he came to America in 1882. >>> >>> He was born 31 Mar 1861 in Sweden. He married Hannah SÖDERBERG> >>> in 1884 in Bayfield Co, Wisconsin. >>> >>> According to his death certificate his parents were Johan OLSON and >>> Hanna. Sweden was the only thing stated as place of birth. >> >> No Joh* Olaus born 1860-1862 in Swedish Census 1880, so perhaps he >> emigrated earlier. >> >> Or perhaps Olaus is from Olsson, and his father was Olof or Olaus >> Jonsson/Johansson/etc. >> >> // Bo Johansson >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My grandfather traveled from northern Norway to Quebec, then to Minnesota at age 16 all by himself. He had a brother and sister in Minnesota and his sister sent him the tickets, so he had a place to go. >From his farm home near Harstad to Trondheim to Hull, England, across England by train, then to another ship to Quebec and by however means to the southwestern part of Minnesota. It still amazes me, but it happened all the time in those days. A second Joy On 6/29/2014 12:48 AM, Lance L. Piatt wrote: > Dear Joy, > > Well, I'll be! > > Still, I cannot imagine an 18 year old traveling half way around the world > by himself. > > Thanks, > Lance > > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Dear Joy, It must be something that would possess a young man to travel all that distance, from friends and family to start a new life all by himself. Though I would think these days they would say he was ADD and medicate him. Yet thinking about it, back in the 1970s, when I was 17 I would hitchhike across U.S. and be back in time for school. Don't recommend it these days. My dad said I always had a restless spirit. Started going on hikes, on my own, since I was 4 years old. Boy, I use to get into such trouble. But I always found my way home. Now at 58 I have travelled all around the world and would like to travel more. My grandparents never left the States. Maybe I should have been medicated. Nah! Now back to my friend's Swedish heritage. What I would like to do for him is go back 3 generations, and see what he want to do after that. Hopefully, pay me my Mushroom Burger. But this is what I have thus far. Johannes OLAFSSON (s/o ?) born 13 Jul 1821 Lekasa, Skaraborgs, Sweden, married to Johanna SVENSDOTTER (d/o ?) 04 Oct 1825 Barne-Åsaka, Skaraborgs Sweden. Magnus JOHANSSON (s/o ?) born 02 Mar 1816 Tengene, Skaraborgs, Sweden, died 20 Mar 1877 Essunga, Skaraborgs, Sweden, married 23 Oct 1852 Ryda, Skaraborgs, Sweden to Kjerstin ANDERSDOTTER (d/o ?) born 08 Sep 1820 Magra, Älvsborgs, Sweden, died 19 Dec 1892 Essunga, Skaraborgs, Sweden. Let me know if I have anything wrong. Regards, Lance -----Original Message----- From: Joy Gulden Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] John Olaus JOHNSON (b: 1861) My grandfather traveled from northern Norway to Quebec, then to Minnesota at age 16 all by himself. He had a brother and sister in Minnesota and his sister sent him the tickets, so he had a place to go. >From his farm home near Harstad to Trondheim to Hull, England, across England by train, then to another ship to Quebec and by however means to the southwestern part of Minnesota. It still amazes me, but it happened all the time in those days. A second Joy On 6/29/2014 12:48 AM, Lance L. Piatt wrote: > Dear Joy, > > Well, I'll be! > > Still, I cannot imagine an 18 year old traveling half way around the world > by himself. > > Thanks, > Lance > > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lance L. Piatt wrote 2014-06-29 09:48: > > Still, I cannot imagine an 18 year old traveling half way around the world > by himself. --- It wasn't at all unusual. Even younger people would emigrate alone, but then usually with someone from the same or neighboring parish traveling at the same time, or with someone on a visit from America. I don't see any more people emigrating at the same time in the Barne-Åsaka 1879 moving-out list in Barne-Åsaka B:1 (1870-1895) Image 43 / page 95 (AID: v9479.b43.s95, NAD: SE/GLA/13018). // Bo Johansson >> >> Johan Olaus Johannesson >> Ägarson >> b. 3/31/1861 in Barne-Åsaka, Skaraborgs län (Västergötland) >> Emigrated 3/28/1879 >> from Stora Svenstorp, Barne-Åsaka >> to Amerika >> Source: SVAR; Household Examination Roll, Vol Lekåsa AI:9, p 181