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Swedish American GenealogistVolume 32 | Number 2 Article 126-1-2012The story of an immigrant familyLuAnn SchieferdeckerFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/swensonsagPart of the Genealogy Commons, and the Scandinavian Studies CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by Augustana Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Swedish AmericanGenealogist by an authorized editor of Augustana Digital Commons. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@augustana.edu.Recommended CitationSchieferdecker, LuAnn (2012) "The story of an immigrant family," Swedish American Genealogist: Vol. 32 : No. 2 , Article 12.Available at: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/swensonsag/vol32/iss2/12The story of an immigrant familySUBMITTED BY LuANN SCHIEFERDECKERPETERS OM FAMILY HISTORYINiels Peter Peterson and wife JEva Cor in Mannosdotter cane Item Lenneberga, Sweden.Niels was born November 28, 1812 in Guramarp, Lonnebergat County of Kilmar, Sweden*Eva Cort« was born Febuary 10 , 1821 In Majohuit, Sodravi Parrish, Lonneberga,Sweden, They married March 27, 1842 in Sodravi Parrish and received their passportfor America Hay 15, 1849. They left from the port of Gotenburg, Sweden June 8V 1849,They traveled in a sailboat. The ocean journey lasted 3 months. Both Mr. and Mrs.Peterson became very sea sick. When Mr, Peterson began recovering from his firstattack of sea sickness, he got out a pipe and began smoking. The sea captain said,i£ Peterson can smoke now he vill be fit Cor a sea captain. Mr, Peterson was ableto keep off the felling of nauses by smoking. Calmness caused their boat to standstill for two weeks. Mr. & Mrs. Niels Peterson had 3 daughters with then. Christina,age 6, Anna Marie, aga 3, and Charlotte Margarets, age 1. Niels Peterson had abrother named Carl Johan who had m wife Anna Lovisa end 3 or 4 children, Mrs.Peterson had 2 girls cousins that came on the same boat. The cousins helped Mrs*Peterson with daughters. Carl Johan' children were Iristene, filia, Charlotte,August and Gut, (We do not know how many were born In Sweden.)iiels Peterson daughter Christina became ill on the boat. She died after they landedin Pennsylvania. She was buried in Penn. Due to sickness the Petersons temporallystopped in Penn. The trip fro* Penn* to Chicago, Illinois was »«de by railroad.bX ....... c*ni.3l..bo*t... f.he .boat was, , . . . . . . . .a horse or_ji Pule, From Peru, III, they went to Andover, 111. in a- wagon,Tfm~1lW~cTjicai5 had six railroads),The Peterson* settled on a fans ©I 40 meres which Mr* Peterson bought. Itbetween Orion and Andever, 111. The farm was I Mle from Orion and 7 miles fromAndover. Orion was formerly been called Benntgten «nd La Grange, While the Petersonsfirst house tn^i built* they capped in a wagon barn loft. The barn belonged to a Mr,Lloyd. Mr, Peterson bought 1 horse for farming purpose, paid $50.00 in gold for It.Before he. bought a wagon he borrowed one fren a neighbor for 75f for each use of it*Mrs* Peterson brought a spinning wheel from Sweden. After they came to 111*, Mr.Peterson made her a hand loon for weaving. Their first house, was temporarilycovered with slough grais. The following children were borm to then in llllnolsiJohan Peter (Will) born Apr. 13, 1S51§ Carl Erick (Albert) bsrn March It, 1S54}Alfred born Sept.. 12, 1856| Christina Augusta born Aug. 30, l«5f(She died of TyphoidFever at the age 8 jr.e«s); Otto Edward bom March 21, 18&2§ Niels August born Nov. 10,1865. Mrs. Peterson died in 1883 at age 62 (She had poor health several years beforeshe died). Mr, Peterson died in 1888 «t agt 76 (He died of a heart attack, was founddead in the yard). When he died, he owned 160 acres of land and 2 houses on the land,Niels Peterson's brother settled near Orion also, Mrs, Peterson's cousins went toCilesburg, 111, Niels Peterson's father was the foreman of a farming estate inSweden, Niels oldest brother was lost In the woods and died there. This causedthe death of Wiels mother (grief). Niels had one sister and some younger halfbrothers who never left Sweden. Niels wife father was farmer in Iwiden. (It issaid she was a dandy ice skater). Mrs. Peterson had a brother who noved to 111,In IBS?, his naae w«s Michols August Magnusson, Mrs, Peterson left 3 brothers aridsister in Sweden. One sister was the aother of the late Mrs. Issacson of Louise, Tex,Her brother, Nichols had a daughter the late Mrs. Lena Bard, the mother of John,Freeman, Luther and other children of Elcampo, TeKas and a son Aiof of El Canfso, Tex,Mr. and Mrs, Niels Peterson were members ol the First Swedish Lutheran Church atAndover, 111.. This was the first Swedish Church to be built in III, Niels Petersonwas an active church worker. It is said he could read shaped notes and that he ledthe singing in this church,18 Swedish American Genealogist 2012:2and some comments (by Elisabeth Thorsell)This interesting story has some in-formation about the family's life inSweden, and it might be interestingto see how it tallies with the churchand other records.The birth of Nils PeterThe Lonneberga church records doshow that Nils Peter's birth date wascorrect [the spelling Niels is Danish]and that his parents were the share-cropper Fetter Nilsson and his wifeStina Johannisdotter in Gummarp.Fetter was born 1780 Mar. 12 inKarlstorp, and Stina 1785 Sep. 5 inEshult.1The birth of Eva CarinEva Carin (Catharina) was born 1821Feb. 10 in Mjohult 2, Sodra Vi parish.Her parents were Magnus [Mans isa short form of the name] Jonssonand his wife Catharina Ericsdotter.Magnus was born 1791 Mar. 9, andCatharina was born 1788 Sep. 29 inRumskulla parish.2The marriageNils Fetter Petersson and Eva CarinMansdotter were married 1842 Mar.28 in Sodra Vi. Nils Fetter is recordedas being a sharecropper at Saxemalain Lonneberga, and Eva Carin as afarmer's daughter from Mjohult.3ChildrenNils Peter and Eva Carin lived atcottage Gummarp, which was situ-ated on Saxemala manor lands inLonneberga, where their childrenwere born:Christina Catharina, b. 1843 Sep. 5.Anna Maria, b. 1846 Jan. 8.Margareta Charlotta, b. 1848 June 8.4Passport recordsIn the Lonneberga household recordsit shows that this family left for Ame-rica in 1849. This is good, as thenthere is a chance that they will befound in the book Swedish Passen-ger Arrivals in the United States1820-1850 [SPAUS], by Nils WilliamOlsson [SAG founder] and Erik Wi-ken (1995).And so they are! They are listed asemigrants #3055-3059 on p. 351.From the notes on the family welearn that they received their pass-port 1849 May 15 in Kalmar city. Thepassenger list shows that they sailedfrom Goteborg on the ship Brodrene,and arrived 1849 Aug. 17 in NewYork.Further it is recorded that Nils Pet-ter became an American citizen inRock Island County on 1856 June 22.Daughter Anna Maria is recordedas having married Johan VictorSvensson in 1863.Daughter Margareta Charlotta isrecorded as having married A. P. Falkin 1867.Nils Peter's brotherCarl Johan Petersson was born 1815Sep. 8 at Gumarp, Lonneberga. Hiswife was Anna Lovisa Nilsdotter, b.1816 Nov. 17 in Vena parish. She wasborn to an unmarried mother, Catha-rina Larsdotter from Hultenas.5Carl Johan and Anna Lovisa livedat Saxemala in Lonneberga and hadthe following children:Christina Margareta, b. 1840 Apr. 4.Anna Matilda, b. 1842 Jan. 11.Fetter August, b. 1844 Dec. 30.6Going to AmericaCarl Johan and his family are alsofound in SPAUS, p. 355, as emigrants#3128-3132. They sailed on the sameship as Nils Fetter and his family, butfirst settled in Sugar Grove, PA, andmoved in 1852 to Andover, IL.The cousins?According to the story some femalecousins of Eva Carin's also travelledon the same ship, but they are notpossible to identify without more re-search, as their names are not known.Notes:1. Lonneberga household records AI:3(1812-1816), p. 271.2. Sodra Vi household records AI:5(1826-1832)p. 305.3. Sodra Vi marriage records C:5(1828-1851) p. 379.4. Lonneberga household recordsAI: 10 (1843-1850) p. 202.5. Vena birth records CI:4 (1815-1836)p. 17.6. Lonneberga household recordsAI:10 (1843-1850) p. 199.Parts ofKalmar county, from Atlas of the divisions of Sweden. See link on p. 30.Swedish American Genealogist 2012:2 19

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