Margareta ANDERSDOTTER

Notes:

Info from Eric G Bostrom’s Bostrom, Frank Family Tree. He calls Margareta “Lasses Margareta Andersdotter.”

Birth:
Stumsnäs

Family/Spouse: Erik ERIKSSON. Erik was born on 19 Nov 1752 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 15 Jan 1824 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info from Eric G Bostrom’s Bostrom, Frank Family Tree.

Birth:
Stumsnäs; other sources say 8 July

Died:
Vikarby

Brita married Eric JONSSON in 1812. Eric (son of Jon MATSSON and Anna Andersdotter) was born in Feb 1787 in Vikarbyn, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 20 Apr 1845 in Vikarbyn, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Cherstin.

Info from the vappula Family Tree.

Birth:
Stumsnäs 4

Died:
Stumsnäs

Kerstin married Eric ANDERSSON in 1802. Eric was born on 6 Jan 1779 in Vikarbyn, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 16 Sep 1866 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Aug 1819, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls him “Mårs Erick Erickson,” born on or in Mårs in Rättvik.

Presumably, he is the Erik Eriksson listed above, and on the same page as, Daniel and Brita in the 1878-1887 Household Examination. His wife is shown as Brita Hansdotter and they have a daughter, Anna, b. 1851, living with them.

In the 1868-1877 Household Examination he and his family are listed at 274/2, Wikarbyn No. 46.

The 1878-1887 Household Examination (Rättvik, 276/2, Wikarbyn) says that Erik left for North Amerika on 21 Apr 1886, out-migration record number 24. Presumably Erik left with his wife. The last entry in the household examination is in the 1886 column.

In the Out-Migration book in the Rättvik church records, he and his wife are entry 24 for the year 1886. The are shown as leaving Wikarbyn for Minnesota in N. Amerika on 21 Apr 1886. Leaving with them are his son Hans Ersson, b. 10 Mar 1849 and Hans’s wife Kerstin Olsdotter, b. 8 Jun 1850.

The Minnesota state census of 1895 appears to have him and his wife living in Wyanett in Isanti County.

A different Erik Erickson died in Iowa 1912. His probated will in Franklin County refers to his sons Carl and Emil as his heirs.

Eric married Brita Hansdotter BEYER on 26 Dec 1841 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Brita (daughter of Hans DANIELSSON and Brita ERICSDOTTER) was born on 14 Dec 1818 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 3 Aug 1906 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seems to have died as an infant. Listed but not included in the yearly tallies in the 1826-1836 Wikarbyn household examination.

Notes:

Seems to have died as an infant. Listed but not included in the yearly tallies in the 1826-1836 Wikarbyn household examination.

Notes:

The Bostrom, Frank Family Tree calls him “Lasses Erik Ersson.”

Birth:
Stumsnäs

Family/Spouse: Kerstin ERIKSDOTTER. Kerstin was born on 6 Jan 1819 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 16 Apr 1904 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bostrom, Frank Family Tree

Birth:
Stumsnäs 4

Died:
Stumsnäs

Family/Spouse: Per JONSSON. Per was born on 24 Apr 1826 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 9 Aug 1912 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Vigselbok for Rättvik, 1867, clearly shows that, on March 25, 1867, Mårs Erik Ersson of Wikarbyn, b. 1843, married something (looks like Snit) Brita Andersdatter of Sätra, born 1846. It was the first marriage for each.

In the 1880 U.S. census, he was Erick Erickson, age 36, a farm laborer living with his family in Spring Vale Twp, Isanti County. The rest of the household is Betsy, 33, Betsy, 9, Annie, 3, and Erick, 6 months. The next family on the census form is Daniel H Findall, 57, his wife Betsy, 58, and children Erick and Betsy.

In the 1885 Minnesota census, he was S.E. Erickson, age 41, living with his family in Springvale Twp, Isanti County, Minnesota. The rest of the household was Mrs. Bessy Erickson, 38, Betsy Erickson, 14, Anna Erickson, 8, Erick Erickson, 5, Mary Erickson, 3, and Clara Erickson, 0. The two youngest had been born in Minnesota, the rest were born in Sweden.

He is referred to as S.E. Erickson. An article in the Princeton Union says that he was thrown from a load of straw and killed when the hind wheel of the wagon rolled over the top part of his head and crushed his skull.

Another article in the Princeton Union says that Eric Erickson was “strawing” the road near Spectacle Lake in Spring Vale. He fell off the wagon “and in falling came in contact with the horses. The frightened team ran away and the wheels passed over the unfortunate man’s head killing him almost instantly.”

Birth:
at Snis?

Eric married Britta ANDERSDOTTER on 25 Mar 1867 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Britta was born on 16 Sep 1846 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 18 Sep 1900 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An account in the Minneapolis Tribune, 17 Dec 1907, p. 5, tells of a “Birta Danielson” who had an unhappy marriage to Erick Danielson. She left him and “applied to her relatives for advice, but received no reply.” She was rescued and taken in by a man named Swan Anderson. Birta became ill and revised her will to give all of her estate to Swan Anderson. (She had apparently received a sizable settlement from Erick Danielson.)

Her will pointedly referred to “Hans and Anna Erickson of Sweden and Daniel Erickson of this country” as being relatives who “didn’t take any particular interest in me.”

A “Betsy” and Erick Danielson of the right ages lived in St. Francis, Anoka County, in the 1900 census. They had no children.

Birth:
Date is unclear in the 1868-1877 Household Examination.

Brita married Erik DANIELSSON in Dec 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Mar 1849, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

He and Kerstin left Wikarbyn for Minnesota in N. Amerika with his parents on 21 Apr 1886. The out-migration record, in which he is listed as Elias Hans Eriksson (perhaps implying he lived at or was born at the Elias residence) says that he and his wife were entry 347/2 in the household examination.

They are, indeed, at 347/2 for Wikarbyn 132 in the 1878-1887 Rättvik Household Examination. No children are listed.

In the 1895 Minnesota census, a Hans Erickson (indexed as Hana), age in his forties, lives in Minneapolis. He is a laborer and has been in the state for 8 years. Living with him is Hulda Segerstrom, age 51.

Hans married Kerstin OLSDOTTER on 25 Mar 1873. Kerstin was born on 8 Jun 1850 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed with her parents in the 1878-1887 Household Examination (Rättvik, 276/2, Wikarbyn). In the “Flyttad” column at the end of her entry is the note N:30 Ulestbjørka 1883.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-000189
• Occupation: Mason, Farmer
• Baptism: 18 Aug 1854, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls Daniel “Mårs Daniel Erickson,” born on or in Mårs in Rättvik.

The marriage record for Daniel and Brita in Rättvik church book shows that Daniel was born in Wikarbyn 46 and Britta was born in Oja 5. In Bess’s birth record, Daniel’s birth place is Vikarbyn.

The parish record for Rättvik, Kopparberg, Sweden, shows that Daniel and Brita emigrated to the U.S. with one child, Brita. Daniel Erickson is shown as having been born August 11, 1854, his wife Brita Jonsdatter is shown as having been born March 25, 1857, and their daughter Brita is shown as having been born September 12, 1877. An accompanying parenthetical comment that is hard to read suggests that the family actually left the parish in 1883. This is further suggested by the fact that their entry in the parish’s 1884 emigration log does not have a date. The family’s residence is given as Wikarbyn 55. Their folio number in the förhörsboken is 276/2.

In the 1878-1887 Household Examination (at 276 in Vol. 2), the family’s entry contains the note that the family left for Minnesota in N. Amerika. The note seems to indicate that although the household examination says 1884, the out-migration record says 1883. Nevertheless, the last entry for Daniel in the household examination is in 1880. Column 1881 is empty and the column for 1882 says, simply, “i Amerika.” Brita, on the other hand, has full entries for 1881 and 1882. This suggests that Daniel may have emigrated up to two years before Brita and Bess. The 1900 U.S. census shows 1882 as the arrival date for Erik and Betsey.

EmiHamn has a Daniel Eriksson, b. ca 1855, leaving Grangärde, Dalarna Län, bound for New York, on 16 Jul 1880.

The 1881 Minneapolis city directory includes a Daniel Erickson, laborer, living at 29 20th Ave S.

The 1882 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, stone mason, with his business (and perhaps his residence) at 1825 3½ Avenue S.

The 1884 Minneapolis city directory has Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 2009 22nd Ave S and a Daniel Erickson, mason, residing at 2009 Franklin Ave S.

In the 1885 state census, he is probably the “D Erickson” living in Minneapolis (no age given but born in Sweden) with “K Erickson”, age 28, born in Sweden, and “Betsy” Erickson, age 7, born in Sweden. The household includes a 28 year-old male, B. J. Johnson. The census-taker was not Swedish.

The 1885-86 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 237 14th Avenue S.

The 1887 Minneapolis city directory records a D. Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 821 28th Ave. S.

The 1888 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer for B Aronson, living at 821 28th Avenue S.

The 1890 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, “mason” living at 2700 East Franklin Avenue.

The 1892-93 directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, at 2700 Franklin Avenue.

The 1894-1895 and 1895-1896 directories record Daniel, bricklayer, at 1923 Washington Avenue S.

In the 1897 Minneapolis city directory, he is Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, living at the rear of 1416 S 3rd.

Daniel was a bricklayer who worked on the construction of the courthouse in Minneapolis. Construction of the Minneapolis City Hall/Municipal Building began in 1888 and continued through 1906.

All of the Erickson family records were destroyed in a fire.

In the 1895 Minnesota state census, the family is still in Minneapolis, apparently at 1923 Washington Avenue. The household is Daniel, 40, Betsy, 38, Erick, 8, and Daniel W., 6 months. The family had been in Minneapolis for 13 years. Daniel was a brick mason and had been employed for only 4 months the previous year.

In the 1900 census, Daniel and family were living on a farm they owned in the town of St. Francis, Anoka County. The family is listed as Daniel, 45 (born Aug 1854), Betsy, 43 (born March 1857), Erick, 13 (born October 1886), William, 5 (born December 1894), and John, 1 (born May 1899). Betsy had had four children, all still living. Daniel and Betsy had emigrated from Sweden in 1882. Daniel and Betsy had been married 24 years. Betsy is shown as being unable to read or write or to speak English. Daniel was able to do all three.

In the 1905 state census, Daniel and family were living in St. Francis, Anoka County, with a postal address of RFD #3. The family before him on the census form was the Charley and Augusta Youngquist family. One of the families listed not too many lines down was Wiese. Daniel’s family consisted of Daniel, 51, a bricklayer, Bitta, 48, Eric, 18, William, 10, and John, 6. They had been in the present enumeration district for 6 years.

He died from pleuro pneumonia (which he’d had for 7 days) complicated by heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver. Cora said Daniel was a drinker. Judy said he was not. Cora also said that Daniel’s death was precipitated by a fall down his stairs.

Birth:
Wikadyn #36 according to the birth record. An erroneous August 11th or August 14th date appears in some sources, probably because a seven can look like a one or a four.

Buried:
Lot 2, Blk 11, Sec 2

Daniel married Brita (Betsy) JONSDOTTER (JOHNSON) on 28 Nov 1875 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Brita (daughter of Jon JONSSON and Brita ERIKSDOTTER) was born on 25 Mar 1857 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 31 May 1921 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 2 Jun 1921 in Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bostrom, Frank Family Tree

Died:
Falu Kristine

Family/Spouse: Kerstin DANIELSDOTTER. Kerstin was born on 3 Jul 1862 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 21 Dec 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Bostrom, Frank Family Tree calls him Jones Erik Persson.

Birth:
Stumsnäs

Erik married Kerstin JONSDOTTER on 9 Nov 1879 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Kerstin was born on 23 Aug 1858 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 7 Mar 1914 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]