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Dont you think its kind of weird that we have the same last name and we dont know each other?Its kind of a unique name! Also Im looking for a Ronald or Richard Cole which is also similar to your search.Lets talk maybe huh? E mail me please Im desperate to just find my father after ten years of searching.
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The Emigrant CD contains this record which appears to match your grandfather except that the parish is recorded as Ryd rather than Västra Ryd:
First name: JOHN EDV
Last name: CARLSON
Age: 17 Gender: M
Parish: RYD County: E
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1889 10 04
Destination: MONNEY SUN
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 40:348:1380
As there is no parish named Ryd in Östergötland (E), this would appear to be a clerical error.
It seems unlikely that Anna came with him. To begin with, on the document from the parish, he is called "the boy" (gossen, which has been translated as master). Also, I did a search on the Emigrant CD for people named Anna who emigrated on the same day (October 4, 1889). There were a total of 16, but none who listed the same destination or came from the same parish.
There is an online index to pre-1900 Illinois marriage records at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html.
I checked for a John Carlson married to Anna and found many, but none in Henderson County, where Stronghurst is located. Perhaps they were married outside of Henderson County, either elsewhere in Illinois or outside the state, or they may have been married after 1900. You should be able to get an approximate marriage year from census records.
You could also try checking church records in Stronghurst to see if they contain more information on Anna. Even if they did not get married there, the records might show when and where they got married.
The destination of Monney Sun in the Emigrant record is a mystery to me - I can't find anything remotely like it in my atlas. However, there are several people on the Emigrant CD listing Monnesen or Monneson PA as their destination - perhaps his original emigration was to Pennsylvania? My atlas shows the name as Monessen, and there are a large number of people on the Emigrant CD with this spelling of the destination. There are none named Anna, however.
Hope this helps in some way -
Mark Johnson
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
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My grandfather, Janne Edvard Carlsson (John Edward Carlson), emigrated from Sweden in 1889 at the age of 17. A document from his pastor in Sweden states that he was from Carlburg. His wife's name was Anna and I believe that she came over with him. He settled in Stronghurst, IL and hade two Children, (Clarence and Glenn). We are looking for any information on his wife's maiden name. I am attaching scans of the above document and its translation. Thanks
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Surnames: Carlson
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Betsy,
Do you have any additional information about your Gustav Carlson? Parish birthplace in Sweden? Parents, siblings, etc. I know little about Frank other than what I posted.
Frank's wife, Sofie, and my grandfather were brother and sister. Sofie emigrated to the U.S. in 1898, and I'm trying to determine if she immigrated to the Chicago area, where she lived and what she did prior to marrying Frank in, I assume, about 1913.
I'm looking for anyone who may have information about Frank and Sofie's family so I can determine if there are living relatives in Sweden.