Broms Brita Hansdotter (b. October 04, 1830, d. May 15, 1910)
Broms Brita Hansdotter (daughter of Broms Hans Jansson and Anna Ersdotter) was born October 04, 1830 in Vastannor (name of the farm and later on it became a name use in front of first names), and died May 15, 1910 in Skeberg. She married (1) Farj Per Ersson. She married (2) Anders Anderson on 1866 in Farj Per Ersson.
Notes for Broms Brita Hansdotter: Bröms Brita Hansdotter got a son outside wedlock in 1857 January 15. He was called Per and died in 1858 April 20. Then she got your grandfather Anders Andersson in 1861 Aug. 17. Then she got the daughter Anna in 1866 Aug 27. She also married in 1866 to Anders Andersson born in 1826 March 23 in the village of Smedsarfvet in Leksand. He died in 1867 and in 1870 she got another daughter outside wedlock, called Anna born in 1870 May 1. In 1881 she and her son Anders and daughter Anna moved to a village close by called Ytterakerö and there she married Färj Per Ersson born in 1815 Nov 7. He was a widower and together they all moved to a village in the woods called Skeberg. Färj Per died in 1889 July 3 and his wife who stayed in Skeberg died in 1910 May 15.
What happened to her daughter Anna born in I87O, May 1. She got a daughter outside wedlock in 1889 Feb. 14. She was called Johanna Maria and when she was about ten years old she was taken to a home for orphans and children who the parents couldn't take care of. Anna married Ollas Anders Olsson born in 1856 Nov 3. Many of his brothers had left for America. I do not know if he did so but evidently he left his family and they did not know at church where he was. They got the following children: Anders born in 1891 July 6 (he moved to ~3smo in Stockholm in 1911 Nov 15) a boy without any name born in 1894 January 2 and dead January 12 Karl born in 1895 Sept 23 and died in 1895 Sept 30
The husband disappeared from the family in 1901 and the wife and son moved to the village of Västannor (they lived in the Ingels farm number s. 17). There the wife gave birth to a son Victor in 1904 January 26 and twins Axel and Teodor born in 1907 Aug 14 and both died 1907 Oct 4.
In 1912 Dec 12 the woman also disappeared from Leksand. Did they possibly go to America? What do you know Ct it?
If your mothers first cousin Anders or his sister Johanna Maria had any children you might have second cousins living in Sweden. I might be ale to find it for you if you would like, to.
Then finally number 5 which is Bröms Kerstin Ersdotter born in 1835 May 26. She had a son Per born in 1865 January 17 before she married Ollas Per Persson born in 1833 Sept 16. They lived in the village of Torrberg in Leksand. Their children were: Anna born in 1868 Feb. 10 and Erik born in 1876 January 14
Well as you see there are many pieces of information to get from our church archive. I hope you will find it as interesting to read as I found it nice to work some hours to get it for you.
I will ask the tourist office to send you some material from this area so that you will easily find the places where your ancestors lived. Welcome to enjoy this area, which is more wonderful now when people has not these difficulties to struggle against - starving, crop failure and so on.
We could maybe also find the boat they left on. Imagine what a hard time t leave and to be on the ocean for so many weeks with small children.
I would also like 'to welcome you to take part in a Swedish American Heritage Seminar in Leksand June 18-26 this summer. 111 send you a brochure.
I am busy working with A TV film about emigration from Leksand to America one hundred year ago. Hope you will have a chance to see it in America too.
I 'have been many times in Minnesota (also in Elk River) to do emigration history research and I will return to the Middle West in June, 1988. I will give some lectures on traditions transplanted to America at a conference of Cambridge, MN in June. Later on after the seminar I will return to Minnesota, as a tour director and hope to be able to stay for some weeks to d research.
Please don't send any mother for the information. Instead I would appreciate very much if you wrote back to me telling me what happened to the Bodin family in America. 'Where did they settle? Marriages? Children? Dates of deaths and so on. Thank you in advance. I do look forward to your information (maybe also that you have some photos we might be able to copy?)
I am busy working on establishing an archive concerning emigrants from the province of Dalarna and so far we have traced about 40.000. So your information will be of very good use for us. Imagine that we get about 1000 letters a year from people who would like to find their roots in our area! Isn't that something!
With many regards from Leksand - your old country! Please write again!
MArgaretha Hedblom Director of "DAlarnas Släkt-, hembygds- och emigrationsforskarförening (Our genealogical association)
Address: Hantverkaregatan 1 793 00 Leksand Sweden
More About Broms Brita Hansdotter and Anders Anderson: Marriage 1: 1866, Farj Per Ersson. Marriage 2: 1866, Anders Anderson.
Children of Broms Brita Hansdotter and Anders Anderson are:
Pers Bodin, b. January 15, 1857, out of wedlock, d. April 20, 1858.
+Anders Andersson Bodin, b. August 17, 1861, Vastannor, Leksand, Kopparberg Lan, Sweden, d. 1902, Enderlin, North Dakota.
Broms Brita Hansdotter (b. October 04, 1830, d. May 15, 1910)
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