Lindberg, Olsson and Nilsson from Sweden

Barbara Lindberg Buchanan, was born on March 11, 1922, and died April 10, 2013. She was my husband Bruce’s mother. Her parents were Roy Frithjof Lindberg and Madelyn Dorothy Green. Roy’s parents were: Karl Johannes (Carl Johan) Lindberg and Emma Christine Olsson. Carl and Emma were born in Sweden, came to the U.S., met and married in Worcester, Massachusetts. They lived in the Worcester area the rest of their lives. They had four children, the first two girls (Elsa Emilia and Edith Elvira) died at five months and ten months, respectively. They then had two sons, Arthur Harold (1895-1977) and Roy Frithjof (1898-1985). Both Arthur and Roy married and had children. Arthur and Esther Barlow had a daughter. Roy and Madelyn had a daughter, Barbara, and a son, Roy F., Jr (1928-1986).                              Karl and Emma Olsson Lindberg       We were told that Emma Olsson Lindberg, Barbara’s grandmother, came to America to visit an aunt but have not been able to confirm this story. Emma was born to Margareta Nilsson and probably Olof Johannes Olsson. I say ‘probably’ because she was born two or six years (there are two different marriage dates for them) before they married. But some family members say Olof is her father. She did go by the Olsson name despite being brought up by grandparents, Per Nilsson and Lucia Andersdotter, Margareta’s parents. It appears that since she was illegitimate, she was the outcast as a child. This may have contributed to her coming to the United States, alone, at the age of 16.       Emma had two brothers and a sister (or half-siblings): Per Joseph (1884-1977), Albert Johannes (1891-1972), and Ester Maria (1889-1973). They remained in Sweden. Emma did go back to visit one time with her son, Arthur, who was about four years old. She felt she wasn’t treated very nicely and never went back. In later years, when Barbara and her husband, Stanley Buchanan, went to Sweden and visited with descendants of Emma’s and Karl’s families, family members commented that Emma’s mother, Margareta, talked kindly and often of her.      Bruce had his DNA (autosomal) done through FamilyTreeDNA.com a couple of years ago and recently we contacted a woman from Sweden (named Nilsson) whose husband is a match. We have been in touch and are trying to figure out exactly where the connection is. So, I have opened up the Lindberg/Olsson/Nilsson binder again and am going through the information that has been gathered through the years – mostly by Barbara, before and after her trip to Sweden. Arthur’s daughter visited Sweden a couple of times and I have letters with her comments. The relative in Sweden they connected with during their visits, was a man named Per-Olof Thomasson. He is the grandson of Emma’s sister, Ester. Another cousin, Ingeborg Maria Margareta Olsson, married to Bengt Lindby, was also helpful. Ingeborg was the daughter of Emma’s brother, Albert. I have pictures of some of these people and of the old gravestones at the local church cemetery. They were excited to meet relatives from the United States, invited them into their homes and answered their many questions. Barbara corresponded with them for several years after her visit.      Karl Lindberg, from the Varmland area of Sweden, had two sisters. Sabina was a ‘deaf-mute’ and stayed in Sweden. His sister, Gerda, (1883-1961) however, arrived in Massachusetts before 1909, possibly as early as 1892. She met and married another Swede, John E. (or A.) Anderson. Their first son, John E. Anderson, was born in March of 1910. They lived in Worcester and had five children: John E., Agnes C.L., Ruth M., Karl H. and George E.      It is interesting that, when asked one time, Arthur didn’t remember anything about this aunt and sister to his father Karl, or her children (his first cousins). Bruce doesn’t remember ever hearing about other family in that area. So, of course, I started researching. I found the above mentioned children. I have tried following them to the current generation. I have some possibilities and may try and get in touch to see if they had any knowledge of relatives (Barbara’s family) in the Worcester area. It would be interesting to know what research if any they had done in Sweden and if they know more about the family of their mother, Gerda, than we do. Karl and Gerda’s parents were Olaf Lindberg and Anna Danielson. Karl, Sabina and Gerda were all born in the Varmland area, but we don’t know any more about the parents or their families.

Peter and Salley Hazelton - Part III

     The information on the last five children of Peter and Sarah "Salley" (Pierce) Hazelton is short. They either died young and/or unmarried or (thankfully) didn't have as many children.

3)  Aaron Carter Hazelton - Aaron was named after his uncle, Captain Aaron Carter, married to his father's sister, Eliza.  Aaron was born in New York on 14 May 1823 and died of pneumonia in Dixon, Solano, California on 10 March 1906.  A description of him says he was "5'6" complexion fair; eyes gray; hair gray."  This would probably have been an average height for that time.  Aaron never married.  He left a small amount of money to a woman by the name of Harriet 'Hattie' (Miller) Olmstead. She was the daughter of James and Eliza Miller. Hattie was born in 1869 in CA. Aaron was a lodger in the Miller home in 1870 and lists his occupation at that time as a miller. He owned a Mill for 15 years.  By the 1900 census, he called himself a "capitalist."  He helped to establish the Antioch Bank in California. In his final will, not only did he leave money to Hattie, but to three nieces: Mary Ella (Hazelton) Childs, Frances A. (Hazelton) Burke  and Ida (Thompson) Kidney. His estate was valued at $29,000 at the time. In today's money, it would be approximately $700,000.  (Thank  you to 'cousin' Shirley Bogart Harper for all her research on this family).

4) Peter Clark "Clark" Hazelton was born on 14 June 1825 and probably died after 1850 in Marshall, Calhoun County, MI. There is a Clark Hazelton listed on the 1850 US Federal Census with a John Kimble family in Marshall. He was listed as a laborer. It is hard to believe that this person is not our Clark  although others indicate he died in 1845. There is no other information on him. If  he died in the Marshall area, one assumes he is in the same cemetery as his father - Oakridge Cemetery. There are no markers for either the them and their actual burial site is unknown.

5) Mary Ann Hazelton - another mystery is where Mary Ann died, where she is buried and how  she died.  She was born in NY on 30 March 1827. She is listed in the 1850 census with her mother and siblings. That is the last record we have for her. Some of the notes I have state she died in White River, MI around 1857. There are two White Rivers in Michigan:

- White River (Lower Michigan), in Muskegon and Oceana Counties (probably White River Township in White Hall, Muskegon Co.) and

- White River (Upper Michigan), in Huron County. 

 6) Brooks Bowman Hazelton - born 10 May 1829, died in Michigan on 10 December 1899. This is my great-great-grandfather.

       The last child of Peter and Salley:

7) Jeannette A. Hazelton was born on 10 May 1834. She married as his second wife, William Landon Thompson, in 1853.  They had two children: Ida Thompson, born in October 1856, in Edgar, Edgar County, Illinois,  married James D. Kidney in 1881. James died in 1912.  They had no children. Ida died in 1916 in Detroit.  A son, Kit (some say a middle name of Carson) Thompson was born in 1857 also in Edgar. There is no further information on him. There was a note that says he "went west and was married, had a daughter but that the daughter died before Kit did." William had been married before and had two daughters. We don't know how Jeannette and William met, but Jeannette and the children did end up in the Battle Creek area by 1870, without William.

     This ends my update of Peter and Salley and their children. Now to tackle Salley's parentage.

Hazeltons - Part II

   This is the second installment of updating the children of Peter and Sarah "Salley" (Pierce) Hazelton, my 3x great-grandparents.
    Their first child, Nancy Jane "Jane" Hazelton, and her daughter and descendants was outlined in a previous blog post. Now to continue ....
    Their second child, Pierce Richardson, as with the others, was born in New York. He was born on 22 February 1821. He is still with his mother and sisters on the 1850 US Federal Census in Homer, Calhoun County, MI. By 1860, he was married to Obedience Harer (29 September 1859) and in California. They had 8 children and 46 grandchildren - to be best of my calculations.

Pierce Richardson Hazelton (1821 - 1878)

+  Obedience Harer (1831 - 1908) 

2  Mary Ann Hazelton (1860 - 1932)   

          + Samuel Reese Conley (1848 - 1902)

            3  Elida Grace Conley (1880 -1928)

               + Ed B. Collins (1869 - 1945)                  

            3  Georgia Pearl Conley (1882 - 1976)

               + Henry Franklin Couch (1873 - 1959)   

            3  Blanche Thea Conley (1884 - 1973)

               + Clifford G. Coy (1862 - 1954)

                3  Ethlyn Reesie Conley (1886 - 1887)  

               3    Ruby Maude Conley (1886 - 1917)

              + Jacob Gotlob Schweikart (1875 - 1951) 

             3   Richard Harrison Conley (1889 - 1971) 

              + Ethel Eunice Knowles 

              3   Ross Hazelton Conley (1891 - 1962)  

+ Doscar Daniels ( - 1966)

             3   Nellie Muriel Conley (1894 - 1976)   

                   + Erastus Leroy Beloat (1894 - 1987)

               3   Ellis Dale Conley (1897 - 1976) 

                   + Ethel J. Nichols

            3  Lawrence Henry Conley (1899 - 1976)  

                  +  Myrtle Mary Holmes  (1901 - 1921)  

                 + Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Adams  (1906 - 1973) 

        2  Sarah Jane Hazelton (1860 - 1936)   

            + William McDonald (1842 - 1912)   

              3   Myrta Ina McDonald (1884 - 1961)   

                 + Junius Brewster (1879 - 1953)

              3   Willa Beta McDonald (1889 - 1981) 

                  + Claude Whitson Row (1901 - 1940) 

       2  Enos Carter Hazelton (1861 - 1928)   

           + Julia Martha (Mattie) Stewart (1870 - 1957) 

              3   Lewis Brooks Hazelton (1890 - 1918) 

           3   Ida Ruth Hazelton (1893 - 1959)  

                + James Randall Carter (1891 - 1991)

              3   Pearl Hazelton (1895 - 1986)

                + Lyman Abbott Curtis (1893 - 1965)

              3   Una Rose Hazelton (1897 - 1988) 

                 + Charles Aiken Bogart (1894 - 1981) 

           3   Benjamin Franklin Hazelton (1900 - 1924)  

              3  George Pierce Hazelton (1905 - 1982)

+Margaret Mae Hall (1910 - 1989)

         + Iowa Drusilla (Drusy) Butler (1910 - 1995) 

              3   Willa (Will) Carter Hazelton (1907 - 1981) 

                 + Alta Duke (1910 - 2005)

               + Edith Mary Galloway (1910 - )

                3  Mattie Leola Hazelton (1909 - 1972)

                    + Marion Cowles  (1905 - 1927)

                    + Emmet Earl Furrey (1907 - 1986) 

           2   Ida Jeanette Hazelton (1864 - 1946) 

               +  William Burch (1860 - 1902) 

                 3  William Hazelton (Haze) Burch (1884 - 1925) 

                    + Dora Christina Murr (1893 - 1966) 

              3  Jewell Beda Burch (1885 - 1919)

            + Samuel Graham (1871 - )

                  3   Claude Clarence Burch (1887 - 1953)

                  3   Talmidge Dewitt (Tot) Burch (1891 - ) 

                  3   George Vivan Burch (1896 - 1926)

                  3   Laurel Sarah (Dolly) Burch (1897 - 1921) 

                  3  James Carter Burch (1901 - 1964) 

           2   Laura Somelia Hazelton (1866 - 1934)

               +  John Cullen Gilleland (1858 - 1937) 

                  3  John Ray Gilleland (1887 - 1948) 

                     + Margaret Gerardine Anderson (1893 - 1976) 

                  3   Ida Rita Gilleland (1888 - 1957) 

                      + Homer L. Faulkner (1885 - )

              3   Earl Gilleland (1890 - 1900)

              3   Francis Marion (Frank) Gilleland (1898 - 1948)

                       + Louisa E. Brewer (1905 - 19480

                   3   Charles Hazelton Gilleland (1901 - 1963) 

            2   George Pierce Hazelton (1870 - 1899) 

            2   Charles Evan Hazelton (1871 - 1942) 

                +  Meta Louise Bolzou (1887 - 1960)

                     3   Lois Meta Hazelton (1907 - 1988)

                       + Charles Frederick Parker (1902 - 1974) 

                     3   Georgia Rita Hazelton (1908 - 1996) 

                       + William Harvey Miller (1907 - 1987) 

                       3   Charles Morris Hazelton (1910 - 1965)

                        + Reva Lavera Soper (1913 - 1977)

                     3   Grace Leah Hazelton (1913 - 1945) 

                        + Frank Arnold Olin (1910 - 1967) 

                    3   Irene Mae Hazelton (1915 - 2000)

                       + Claude Bernard Burnside (1910 - 1996) 

                    3   Eunice Pearl Hazelton (1918 - 2000)

               + James Newton Miller  

           3  Brookie Almira Hazelton  (1919 - 2002)

                + Alexander John Whyte  (1912 - 1988)

           3  Arthur Grant Hazelton   (1923 - 1985)

                 + Marie Corinne Fisher   (1926 - 1994)

           3  Earl Calvin Hazelton   (1924 - 1986)

                + Katherine Elizabeth Sharrit  (1929 - 1992)

           3  Faith Caroline Hazelton  (1926 - 1992)

                + Robert Lewis Graham   (1925 - 1985)

           3   Elma Louise Hazelton  (1927 -  )

           3   Robert Lewis Hazelton  (1929 -   ) 

  2  Grant Hazelton  (1872 - 1873)

(I know the spacing is not perfect, but it is the best I can do - mostly you need to watch the number of the generation).

More to come .....