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Inga Maria “Mary” (Person) Krafve (1866-1905)
She crossed an ocean and left almost no trace — at least not at first glance. But look carefully, and Maria Person Krafve steps forward: a Swedish immigrant who built a family on two frontiers, bore seven children, and died at thirty-eight, far from
the forests of Värmland where she was born. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Matson Project
Tagged Augustana Lutheran Church, Genealogy Research, Swedish Americans, Minneapolis Minnesota, 19th Century Immigration, Hennepin County Minnesota, Swedish Lutheran, Joseph Alvar Krafve, Teamster, Maria Person Krafve, 1900 US Census, Östmark Parish, FindAGrave, Dalsland Sweden, Värmland Sweden, Family History, Latah County Idaho, Troy Idaho
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Ancestor Sketch – MK-10 – Josef Alvar Krafve (1863-1924).
Matson Project Matson-Krafve Line By Don Taylor Joseph Alvar Krafve was born on 14 March 1863 in Eriksbyn, Västra Götaland, Sweden, as the seventh child of Josef Olsson Krafve and Maja Andersdotter. He had eight siblings: Jonas, Anders, Olof Wilhelm, … Continue reading
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Tagged Wisconsin, Minnesota, Hildur Christina Krafve, Idaho, Sweden
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Remembering my mom, Sylvia Matson (née Kees).
Taylor Family TreeAmsterdam LineBy Don Taylor Today, I remember my mom, Sylvia Matson (nĂ©e Kees). She was born on January 15, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan. She used to love to say she was a “duce,” as in a 1932 Ford … Continue reading
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Tagged GED, Kees, Michigan, Fridley, Detroit, Minnesota, Taylor
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Ancestor Sketch – Christine “Stena” (Eriksdotter) Mattson.
This detailed family history traces the life of Christine Ericsdotter from her birth in Sweden in 1863, through her emigration to the United States in 1880, and her subsequent marriage and family life in Minnesota. Despite numerous variations in records of her first and last name, Christine had a full life with her husband Lars Mattson and their 13 children, highlighted by the national census data from 1885-1940. She died in 1942 and was buried in the family plot in Minnesota.
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Tagged Erikson, Mattson, Matson, Christine, Christina, Stina, Eriksdotter
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Ancestor Sketch – Lars Mattson (b. 1859)
Matson ProjectMatson/Mattson LineBy Don Taylor When Lars Mattson was born in 1859 in Järna, Dalarna, Sweden, his father, Lars, was 35 and his mother, Margareta, was 28. He married Christine Ericson on February 4, 1881. They had 13 children in … Continue reading
