Karin Margareta (Corinne) JONSSON, (Johnson)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2006-MN-036637

Notes:

Became an American citizen in 1942 or 1943 at the age of 31.

Worked as a domestic in Duluth at the age of 15.

At the time of the 1930 census, it looks like she was a servant in the John and Hannah Anderson family living at 517 and 1/2 West Fourth Street in Duluth. She is shown as "Carrie T" Johnson, age 18, born in Sweden and both parents born in Sweden.

In the 1940 census, she and Gene and Phil live in Minneapolis at 1016 24th Avenue SE. Gene was a sign writer for an ice cream factory. He had four years of high school, she had an eighth-grade education.

Shown as Corrine Margaret on her children’s birth certificates.

As published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on December 31, 2006:

Mousseau, Corrine M.

Mousseau, Corrine M. age 95, of Mpls. Born May 17, 1911 in Brunflo, Sweden and immigrated to the U.S. in 1917. She died at home on Dec. 27, 2006. Preceded in death by husband, Eugene; parents, Jonas & Marta Johnson; brothers, Rudolph and Carl Johnson; and niece, Peggy Lamb. Survived by son, Phil (Sandy) Mousseau; daughter, Bonnie (Wade) Gibbons; grandchildren, Jeannie (Dennis) Krull, Michelle (Keith) Wander, John (Naomi) Mousseau, Andrew (Kristin) Gibbons and Daniel (Addie) Gibbons; 12 great-grandchildren; sister, Ann Ellingboe; and various nieces and nephews. Service 1 PM Tuesday, with visitation one hour prior at Morris Nilsen Chapel, 6527 Portland Ave S., Richfield. Interment Ft. Snelling.

Birth:
Åkre No. 1

Died:
as Corrine M Mousseau

Buried:
Section W, Site 2527

Karin married Eugene Wallace MOUSSEAU on 23 Nov 1935 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Eugene (son of Marshall D MOUSSEAU and Emma P GAUVREAU) was born on 7 May 1913 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 6 Mar 1982 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 10 Mar 1982 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
as Eugene W Mousseau and Corrine M Johnson

1. Bonnie Marie MOUSSEAU was born on 27 Jun 1947 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 31 Aug 2020 in Dakota County, Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Stone cutter, farmer
• Confirmation: Aug 1887, Kläppe Marby, Jämtlands län, Sweden

Notes:

Jonas Petter was confirmed in 1887 according to Kläppe Marby parish records (August 23 or 26 according to the Hösen of Frappnäs 87-94 Household Exam). He was still living at home (Hösen, Marby Annex) at the time of the 1890 Swedish census.

From the Brunflo parish records, as translated ineptly by DRC:

January 21, 1900 previously mentioned Jonas Petter moved from Oviken to Östersund for work, what kind of work we don’t know

{This is consistent with what is shown in the 1900 Swedish census in which Jonas is shown as one of two bachelor farmhands living on the farm owned by Olof Huldberg at Gård N:o 53 in Östersund Jämtlands län.}

May 10 to December 3, 1908, Märta Greta worked in Östersund where they met

October 13, 1908 the newlyweds moved to Berge No. 1 in Brunflo at a farm owned by A. Genberg in Östersund

1909 Jonas Petter and Märta Greta moved to No. 1 Åkre where their first children were born

1914 According to information, they then lived in No. 2 Åkre for there Anna was born

After that they moved to Viken, but what year can not be determined, because that move was not reported. The emigration certificate was printed from Åkre to North America on July 11, 1917.

Jonas (46) and Marta (36) emigrated to the US from Sweden in August, 1917, with Rudolph (7), Karin (6), and Anna (3). According to EmiHamn, the family emigrated on August 18th, bound for Amery, WI. They crossed the Atlantic north of the German submarine zone during the World War. They arrived at Amery on September 25, 1917, via Ellis Island and Chicago.

The Ellis Island records show:

Bergensfjord, "sailing from Christiana," arrived at Ellis Island on September 22, 1917. Among the passengers were:

Jonsson, Jonas Petter 45y
Jonsson, Marta Greta 36y
Jonsson, Jon Rudolf 7y
Jonsson, Karin Margareta 6y
Jonsson, Anna Teresia 2y

and further down the page, just as Rudolph remembered:

Ordell, Gustaf Vilhelm 25y

All 6 were listed as "Sweden-Scand." for ethnicity and "Brunflo, Sweden" as place of residence.

Here's the URL for a page on the Bergensfjord: http://www.museumsnett.no/mka/ssa/ber-fjor.htm

The Jonssons (“Johnsons”) were renting a farm in Apple River township east of Balsam Lake at the time (March 31) of the 1920 Census. They had a boarder: a 36 year old Norwegian man named Nils Hildrum. They couldn’t have lived at the Apple River Twp farm for very long if Lizzie Swanson had to have lived nearby to be the midwife for the birth of Carl. (See next paragraph.)

The Johnsons were renting a farm in Balsam Lake township at the time of the census in 1930. The household consisted of John P Johnson, 58, Martha, 49, Rudolph J, 20, Anna T, 15, and Carl R, 9. They did not have a radio. Karin is not listed so was not living at home. Their neighbors were the Axel Greens on one side and the Lester Fullers on the other. Oscar and Lizzie Swanson lived next to the Fullers.

In the 1940 census, he was still John P Johnson. He and Martha, Rudolph, and Carl, lived in Balsam Lake Twp, “on south town line road near east end.” It was the same house that they lived in in 1935. John P is still a citizen of Sweden. A few entries down the form is the entry for Shirley Engels (#640) and his wife and daughter. John P and Martha had fifth grade educations, Rudolph and Carl were high school graduates.

Jonas died from cancer, either prostate or bladder.

Jonas’s pallbearers: Carl, Rudolph, Ed, Gene, Robert Valgren from St. Paul, and Simon Valgren from Amery.

Birth:
Kläppe

Died:
12:20 AM with daughter Karin at his bedside

Jonas married Märta Greta JÖNSSON on 31 Oct 1908 in Brunflo, Jämtlands län, Sweden. Märta (daughter of Jöns DANIELSSON and Margareta NILSDOTTER) was born on 24 Sep 1880 in Lockne, Jämtlands län, Sweden; died on 2 Oct 1956 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Milltown Cemetery, Polk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-024232

Notes:

The 1890 Swedish Census shows Märta’s parish of birth as “Lockne Jemtl. l.”

In August or early September of 1948 Märta and Jonas and Rudolph moved into Milltown.

In the 1950 census, she, as Martha G., and her son, as John R., live in Milltown, Wisconsin. Neither has an occupation.

She sold her house in Milltown in 1952.

Lived with her daughters in Minneapolis the last few years of her life. She lived with Ed and Ann in the summer of 1954.

Death Certificate:

 JOHNSON, MARTHA G. CertID# 1956-MN-024232   
 Date of Birth:  09/24/1880
 Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
 Mother Maiden Name: UNKNOWN
 Date of Death: 10/02/1956
 County of Death: HENNEPIN
 

Birth:
Tramsta

Notes:

Married:
he was of Berge, she was of Vamsta

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Horse trading (“Hemmansegare”, or freeholder - owning farmer, according to the 1890 Swedish Census)

Notes:

He is called Jonas Pehrson in Jonas Petter’s birth record.

The 65-78 household exam for their stay at Meikelsson in Marby seems to show that their marriage date was September 3, 1866.

The 1890 Swedish Census record lists “Marby Annex” as Jonas’s parish of birth. It also shows (in the Arkion version) that at the time of that census the family resided in Hösen, in the parish of Marby Annex, in the county of Jämtlands.

In the 1900 census, Jonas’s occupation is described as Lägenhetsinnehavare. At that time, all the children are gone and it’s just him and Karin. They are shown as residing in Kläppe, in the parish of Marby Jämtlands län, in the county of Jämtland.

From the Kläppe Marby parish records, ineptly translated by DRC:

1875 the family moved to Trappnäs in Hallen

November 11, 1883 moved back to Marby; Märta was married October 7, 1885 in (to?) Frösön, Jonas Petter was confirmed in 1887

November 13, 1891 Jonas Persson with wife Carin and Anna Catrina and Jonas Petter moved to Sölfbacken in Ovikens Socken {Could not find them in Sölfbacken at that time in the Household Exam. The 87-94 Household Exam for Hösen of Frappnäs says that the family of four, less Märta, moved to Oviken on November 9, 1891.}

1894 moved to Västnor in Oviken

August 20, 1894 Anna Catrina moved to North America

November 20, 1898 Jonas Persson and wife Carin moved to Kläppe, No. 2, Marby; their son Jonas Petter did not move with them and remained in Oviken until 1900 when he moved to Östersund

[Rudolph recounts that Jonas Persson died from cancer. He had earlier gone to a Stockholm specialist but to no avail.]

October 16, 1909 there was an auction after widow Carin Jonsdotter's death which yielded a sum of 737:25

Birth:
21 Feb in the 1885-1894 Household Exam (Sölfbaken)

Jonas married Karin JONSDOTTER in 1865. Karin (daughter of Jonas JONSSON and Marit ERIKSDOTTER) was born on 6 Mar 1836 in Kläppe Marby, Jämtlands län, Sweden; died on 24 May 1909 in Kläppe Marby, Jämtlands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Carin.

Other records say Karin Jonsson, born 2 Mar 1836. The household exam definitely shows the 6th as her birthdate.

Seems to have left her parents’ household on August 11, 1866. At that point they appear elsewhere in the Marby household exam: at a farm named Meikelsson. They leave that location, and move to Kläppe, before Jonas Petter is born because he is not listed although Anna Catharina is. In 1875, they move again, apparently to a different farm in or near Kläppe.

The 1890 Swedish Census records show the name as Karin Jonsdotter, born in 1836. In 1890, Jonas and Anna are still listed as single and living at home. The census record does not mention Marta who, according to other records, had married and, presumably, moved away from home.

Anna Jönsson Ellingboe's cousin Olof Jönsson found the records for the 1909 auction mentioned in the notes under Jonas Persson. At the time of Carin's death, Carin's daughter Märta had already died so that her share of the inheritance was to be distributed to her four children.

In February of 1982, Rudolph Johnson wrote to Mary Carlson as follows:

"The only information I got is the auction papers on the household goods of our father's mother. They are in a wallet in a trunk upstairs. She died in May 1909. Her daughter Martha died in February the same year. Her daughter Anna had gone to America. Her son our father was at the sale and bought quite a lot of stuff. Martha's daughter Karin also was at the sale and bought some stuff. After funeral expenses were deducted, 1/3 of the proceeds was given to pa, 1/3 was sent to Anna in America and 1/3 was given in equal amounts to each of Martha's four living children. Her oldest son had died from internal bleeding. He had lifted too hard in a piano they were moving up a stairway and busted an artery next to the heart.

"Our father's father had died earlier from cancer. He went to Stockholm to see a specialist but nothing could be done to save him. He bought and sold horses. Pa used to help his grandpa put up wood for the winter at their home in Oviken. His grandpa was his mother's father, Mr. Persson.

[Rudolph is apparently confused on this point. Persson was his father's father.]

"Dates of births and deaths I think are written in the old bibles that have been handed down from our grandparents. I think our parents were married in the fall in 1908 I'm not sure."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Married farm laborer (“Odelstorpare” in the 1890 Swedish Census)

Notes:

The 1890 Swedish Census shows Jöns’s parish of birth as “Lockne Jemtl. l.”

Jöns and Margareta lived first in Tramsta, Lockne and moved to Vamsta, Brunflo in November of 1882. They first appeared in the Wamsta (No. 3) Household Examination in 1883.

The 1890 Swedish Census shows them living in Brunflo at that time:
Homeparish: Brunflo Moder
Residence: Wamsta

They were still there in 1900.

Jöns married Margareta NILSDOTTER on 26 Oct 1879 in Tramsta Lockne, Jämtlands län, Sweden. Margareta (daughter of Nils KARLSSON and Märta PERSDOTTER) was born on 6 Jul 1845 in Bleka, Lockne, Östersund, Jämtlands län, Sweden; was christened on 13 Jul 1845 in Bleka, Lockne, Östersund, Jämtlands län, Sweden; died on 27 Dec 1936 in Vamsta, Brunflo, Jämtlands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Jul 1845, Lockne, Jämtlands län, Sweden

Notes:

The 1890 Swedish Census shows Margreta’s parish of birth as “Lockne Jemtl. l.”

Notes:

Married:
LG says Sunday, 29 October. However, 26 Oct was a Sunday.

Notes:

Not in the Lit birth records for this date. He was of Mo at the time of his marriage to Anna Carlsdotter.

He may be the Par who was born to Jonas Ersson Haggiastorgard and Berit Parsdttr on 20 May 1817 in Häggenås, Jämtland.

Per married Anna CARLSDOTTER on 6 Jan 1842 in Lit, Jämtlands län, Sweden. Anna (daughter of Carl CARLSSON and Rachel) was born on 26 Apr 1818 in Mo Lit, Jämtlands län, Sweden; was christened on 27 Apr 1818 in Lit, Jämtlands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage record says that she was 23 years old.

Notes:

Birth:
Aug 3rd shown on Household Exam 65-78

Died:
per Household Exam -94

Jonas married Marit ERIKSDOTTER on 14 Jun 1835. Marit (daughter of Erik ANDERSSON and Anna OLOFSDOTTER) was born on 11 Dec 1815 in Kläppe Marby, Jämtlands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown in the 65-78 Marby Household Exam as having been born in Hallen.

Shown in the 1890 Swedish census as Märet Ersdotter, a widow, living by herself in Kläppe, Marby Annex, Jämtlands. Apparently still alive as of 1892 per the Household Exam.

Notes:

Most data on Daniel and Märta and the birth dates of their children from the Haga parish records.

Lars shows birth month as October, not January. (January is correct according to the Bodsjö parish birth record.)

Daniel and Märta lived at Haga No. 5 for the whole period of 1847-1854 according to the Lockne Household Examination.

Daniel married Märta JÖNSDOTTER on 4 Apr 1836 in Haga, Lockne, Jämtlands län, Sweden. Märta (daughter of Jöns Nilsson HAGLUND and Barbro LARSDOTTER) was born on 10 Nov 1810 in Haga, Lockne, Jämtlands län, Sweden; was christened on 11 Nov 1810 in Lockne, Jämtlands län, Sweden; died on 28 Jun 1881 in Haga, Lockne, Jämtlands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May be the sister of the Jons Jonsson (Wag) b. 27 Aug 1819 in Lockne to Jöns Wag and Karin Johnsdotter.

Nils married Märta PERSDOTTER in 1844. Märta (daughter of Per KNUTSSON and Ingeborg NILSDOTTER) was born on 18 Sep 1805 in Hållborgen, Jämtlands län, Sweden; died on 5 Jan 1877 in Lockne, Jämtlands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Sep 1805, Revsund, Jämtlands län, Sweden

Notes:

Shown as 40 years old in Margareta’s birth record.

Birth:
The date shown here is from the church record of her birth. The date shown for her birth in the 1847-1855 Household Examination is July 1805. The actual day in July is unclear. It appears to be a 4.

Notes:

Married:
Not in Lockne apparently. Perhaps in Revsund. That parish’s marriage record is not clear.