Anna Jonsdotter

Notes:

JoanErickson82

Birth:
Västbjörka

Family/Spouse: Björk Anders Mattsson. Anders was born on 11 Jul 1741 in Vikarbyn, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 12 May 1816 in Vikarbyn, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Björk Jon Andersson by knowledgeable sources such as JoanErickson82.

Jon married Kerstin ANDERSDOTTER about 1810 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Kerstin was born about 1781 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 30 Jun 1855 in Mora, Kopparbergs län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mats Andersson

Died:
Väterberg

Family/Spouse: Helsing Göran Göransson. Göran was born on 10 Apr 1770 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 30 Dec 1839 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Betsy’s death certificate, for which Al Carlson was the informant, gave her father’s name as Johan Johnson.

Betsy’s birth record shows her father as “Björk Jon Jonsson.”

In the 1847-1857 Rättvik Household Examination, he and his family were listed with his wife’s family at 228/1 Öja 5 Ingeborgs. The note for him in the Ankom column seems to say that he came to Öja from Wikarbyn 12 or 92 in 1849.

In the 1858-1867 Rättvik Household Examination, he and his family are listed at 213/1 for #5 Björk, Öja.

Birth:
the date is unclear but Greg Loftness agrees; Vikarbyn

Died:
per Greg Loftness

Jon married Brita ERIKSDOTTER on 30 Jan 1842. Brita (daughter of Erik ERSSON and Brita ANDERSDOTTER) was born on 24 Sep 1819 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 18 Oct 1893 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Vikarbyn 21

Family/Spouse: Lind Ander Erickson LINDKUIST. Ander was born on 23 Sep 1840 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mats Andersson

Birth:
Västberg

Died:
Västberg

Family/Spouse: Jelk Erik Olsson. Erik was born on 10 Apr 1815 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 26 Jul 1877 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Feb 1851, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Björk Jon Jonsson according to knowledgeable sources. That was what he was called in the birth record of his son Jon. At the time of their son’s birth, Jon and Kirstin had been married for 5 weeks. However, in Brita’s birth record, the indication is that the pair married in November of 1874.

Family/Spouse: Kirstin Olsdatter. Kirstin was born on 15 Sep 1848 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Brita Hansdotter. Brita was born on 23 Dec 1851 in Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 14 Dec 1929 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-018320
• Baptism: 25 Mar 1857, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls her “Björk Brita Betsey Jonsson,” born on or in Björk in Rättvik.

Brita Jonsdotter in Bess’s birth record.

An unmarried Brita Jonsdotter gave birth to a son, Carl, on April 1, 1874, in Rättvik. No father’s name shown.

In EmiHamn, she is probably the Brita Ericsson, b. ca 1858, leaving “Gagnef Dalarna Län” for “Anoka” on 18 Nov 1881. If true, that is in conflict with a later record showing the whole family leaving in 1884.

At the time of the 1910 census, Betsie is still living on the farm in Bethel. The farm is mortgaged. Betsie, 54, is now a widow living with her sons William, 15, and John, 10, and daughter Mamie, 8. Betsie is shown as having had 6 children, 5 still living. Betsie is shown as having emigrated in 1878.

In the 1914 plat map of Bethel Township, she may be the “B.E.” shown as owning a ten acre farm in Section 31. Specifically, it is the eastern 10-acre quarter of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 31. It’s about half a mile southwest of Minard Lake.

In the 1919 Minneapolis city directory, as Betsy Erickson, she lives at 3146 Bloomington Avenue. She is the widow of Daniel.

In the 1920 and 1921 Minneapolis city directories, as Betsy Erickson, widow of Daniel, she lives at 1822 S 5th.

At the time of the 1920 census, Betsy Erickson was living at 1822 5th Street in Minneapolis with her son John and three boarders: her daughter May, May’s husband Stephen, and a man named Oscar Dahl. Shown as having immigrated in 1882 or 1883. {Listed as Beaty Erickson in the 1920 Census index in Ancestry.com.}

From the city directories, it appears that Daniel moved his family to a farm in St. Francis in Anoka County in about 1898. Betsey, now widowed, returned to Minneapolis in 1917 and lived at several addresses, with John and Mayme, until her death in 1921. In 1917, she and her children were at Flat 3, 904 21st Avenue South. In 1918, they lived at 3840 29th Avenue South. In 1919, they lived at 3146 Bloomington Avenue. And by 1920, they were at 1822 South 5th Street where she lived until her death. Her death is mentioned in the 1922 city directory in which it lists the death of a Bettse Erickson on May 31, 1921, at age 64.

Referred to in the death notice in the Minneapolis newspaper as Bettse Erickson, 64, 1822 5th St. S. That was also her address in her death certificate. Al Carlson was the informant for her death certificate.

She died of intestinal cancer. She had had an exploratory operation shortly before her death.

Birth:
Öja 5

Baptism:
No date was given but this is the date of the baptism of the previous entry in the birth register.

Died:
St. Mary’s Hospital

Buried:
Lot 2, Blk 11, Sec 2, as “Betse”

Brita married Daniel ERICKSON on 28 Nov 1875 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Daniel (son of Eric ERICSSON and Brita Hansdotter BEYER) was born on 17 Aug 1854 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 13 Feb 1910 in St. Francis, Anoka County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Feb 1910 in Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Vikarbyn; Maria Moëll Elvelin says he was born in Älvkarleby in Uppsala

Died:
Västerbjörka

Family/Spouse: Anna Jonsdotter. Anna was born on 10 Sep 1875 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 7 Sep 1962 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mats Andersson

Birth:
Westberg 8

Family/Spouse: Nygårds Anders Andersson. Anders was born on 22 Mar 1856 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 12 Feb 1940 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]