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1	Thomas F. and Rachel C. Hamm appear on the 1900 Hill Co. census with child, Annie B., and other siblings	Family: F10986
2	At the time of the 1900 census, Mons Erick and Johanna were living at 704 East 12th Street in Austin, Texas. Then they moved to Dallas and are found with their son August Cervin's family in 1910 and 1920.	Family: F3221
3	Before Anna Christina and Anders Gottfrid emigrated to Austin Texas they had four children. Only one of them were still alive when they left Sweden. Anders Gottfrid was a farmer at Ryssby in Barkeryd and Brånna in Nässjö parish.	Family: F5053
4	Burial Notes Pensacola Cemetery This cemetery is located about 3 miles west of Carthage, MS. Turn north off of Hwy 16 onto old Hwy 16 and it is about 1/2 mile on NW side of road in a pasture belonging to Sam W. Waggoner. "This is fenced with heavy wire, but badly overgrown with honey suckles and brush. This cemetery is referred to by some as the WALLACE cemetery; but there was a church near here known as PENSACOLA Baptist Church until in the 1880s, when the Baptist Church in Carthage was organized." ________________________________________________________________________ Smith, Francis M. Wife of Adam Smith 11/20/1825 ?(broken)	Family: F7406
5	C. G. AHLBERG, Hutto, served the Crown in Sweden, as a soldier, before he emigrated in 1889 with Texas as his destination. His home was in Balaryd, Småland, and his father, Carl Holm, was a farmer in Torstorp for over fifty years. Born in 1862, he married Hanna Gustafson, from Jersnäs, in 1885. She was born in 1863 and with one child she set out on the journey to America. Mr. Ahlberg has been a farmer in this country, partly a tenant farmer around Circleville and Georgetown, and partly as a farm-owner in Hutto for several years. Their children are: Dan, Oscar, Ruth, Gustaf and Celess. The two eldest sons are married and Ruth is a nurse. They are members of the Swedish Methodist Church.	Family: F71
6	Christina was identified as the 2nd wife of C. A. Anderson in the 1910 census.	Family: F916
7	CORRECTION to SIT page 664: Hildegard was the daughter of Clara Olson and John Lundgren. (Update submitted by Brant Lundgren, Beverly Burkman and Greta Corbitt.)	Family: F5974
8	East Sweden, Texas: View Larger Map	Family: F5475
9	Eric and Anna Stenstrom lived at 2724 Morrisson Street, Houston, Texas, USA, beginning around 1930.	Family: F4152
10	Etta M. Byers-Nelson-Mosier/Mosher was born in , Bastrop, Texas, 13 Sep 1877 or so. and marriage took place around the 17th of Sep 1894 in Travis Co., Texas; Hubert Nelson was first born Apr 1896 and Urean was born sometime between 2 Jun 1895-1898 depending on which record one looks at in Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas. There are two birth certificates listed for him there. Etta M. Nelson-Moshier/Mosher was an accomplished dressmaker/seamstress and made vaudevillian costumes for troops coming through Houston, Harris, Texas.	Family: F6076
11	From Swedes in Texas, Page 1078. CARL YOUNGREN, a tenant farmer on the farm of the widow, C. Almquist, in Manda , Travis County, came to that community from Sweden in 1895. He had his first home in this country with his maternal uncle, Mr. John Anderson, but for eight years he worked for different farmers in the area. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado, where he was a gardener, and also a year in Austin, Texas. Mr. Youngren is from the district of Kronoberg and was born at the Moheda station in 1878. The son of a shoemaker, C. A. Youngren, the son learned the same trade. At the age of seventeen he left this profession and country, and set out for the land in the west. Still he returned home in 1907 to visit friends at home and relatives, but he returned to Texas in the same year. In 1909 he married Miss Julia Almquist, daughter of the Carl Almquist family in Manda. She was born in Gregg, Travis County, in 1888. Her father is dead, and the mother is living in Austin. The couple’s two children are: Emery, 1910, and Estella, 1912. Mr. Youngren has two brothers on Chicago, both are shoemakers, and five brothers and sisters in Sweden. He and his wife belong to the Methodist congregation in Manda and take an active part in its activities. He is a conscientious, intelligent and competent farmer.	Family: F56
12	From Swedes in Texas, page 1164. J. A. YOUNG, Swedonia, Fisher County, Texas, is one of the two settlers, who with their families remained in this once so promising Swedish community, when all the others left and scattered in different directions. In the company of August Johnson, Salomon Johnson, John Swenson and Henry Gustafson, Young came to Fisher County in 1884 to try the life of a settler. He had already bought a piece of school-land there for $2.00 per acre; and with the others and a family, who later moved in, they laid the foundation for the Swedish community of Swedonia, and the Swedish Methodist church congregation which was formed shortly thereafter. Even though the climate is the best and the land is fertile, this part of the state is surely not suitable for growing cotton , and when our Swedes were not successful, like those in central Texas, from where they came, most of them gave up and left. But those who stayed and devoted themselves to raising livestock along with a mixture of farming had better luck. Mr.Young was one of them. He now owns about 800 acres and a comfortable home, and his wife sits in peace and quiet with grown-up sons and daughters around her. The proverb is true: “Persistence wins!” Mr Young was born in Katrineholm in Södermanland, in 1860. By the age of 20, he immigrated to America, and first came to San Antonio, Texas. He went to the southern parts because in Sweden he read a little brochure which told about the great advantages that Texas offered. After a couple of years there, he moved to Austin where he had a position as caretaker at the University of Texas, and he also worked the land and became familiar with farming. In 1885, Mr.Young married Albertina Wilhelmina Carlson, who had arrived in Austin, Texas a couple of years before from the same place in Sweden as himself. Her year of birth was 1858. Their marriage has been blessed with seven children. The oldest daughter, Laura 1886, is married to T. E. Johnson, and resides in Fisher; Richard,1888, Lillie 1890, Fred 1891, Gertie 1893, Ernest 1896, and Esther 1901. Mrs. Young passed away in 1917. The Young family has always had a big interest and have taken an active part in the church. Mr. Young has been local preacher in the Methodist Church for many years and has held many positions of trust. Since the Swedish church activities ceased the family has joined the American Church and now belongs to the Nazarene Society.	Family: F111
13	From Swedes in Texas, Page 298: FRANS ROBERT ZAKRISON is from Värmland, where he was born in Väse parish, in 1850. He immigrated to America in 1879 and first settled in Brooklyn, New York. He came to Austin, Texas, two years later in 1881. Zakrison learned the trade of a baker as a young man and has been in this trade since he was sixteen years old almost exclusively. His parents were the furniture-maker. Per Emanuel Zakrison from Västergötland, and his mother, Ingeborg, from Hammaron, Värmland. Zakrison married Emma Kristina Kihlberg from Filipstad, where she was born in 1851. Mrs. Zakrison came to Brooklyn, New York, in 1880, where her husband had arrived the previous year. The family has lived and had their business in Austin except for a few years when they lived as farmers in Decker, Travis County. They are both healthy and active and are running their store on East Sixth Street, a place Swedish bakerycustomers like to visit. The children of the family are: Jennie, Annie, Gustaf, and Lillie. Zakrison is a member of the order of “Woodmen of the World.”	Family: F41
14	From Swedes in Texas, page 370. C. G. YOUNGQUIST, born in 1866 in Barkeryd, the region of Jönköping, Småland, he has been a farmer in Williamson County for over thirty years. He came there from Sweden in 1886. He had to work his way up, like so many other immigrants. He is a well-to-do farmer in the Brushy community. Since 1906, the family belongs to the Lutheran Church in Palm Valley and carry their load in the community. He has been married twice. First to Sofia Anderson from Västergötland, who died without any children. In his second marriage, his wife was Minnie Mattson, from Onsala, Halland. They have been married since 1911 and have two children: Roy and Elmer. He also has a stepdaughter, Pearl. Mrs. Youngquist is the daughter of Andrew G. Mattson in Brushy, and the sister of Louis Mattson.	Family: F76
15	From Swedes in Texas, page 442. JOHN YOUNGQUIST. He was from Småland, but born in 1867 in Berga parish in the region of Kronoberg, where his parents, Andreas Hagg, a soldier, and his wife, Christina, were living. John immigrated to the United States and came to Edensburg, now called Maimö, in Saunders County, Nebraska, in 1887. He was a farmhand until he left the windy Nebraska in 1889 and went to Texas. A couple of years later, he married Emelia Sofia Olson. She was born in Finja parish, Skåne and came with her parents to Swedeburg, Nebraska in 1878 and then she moved with them when they went to Texas in 1888. In this marriage the Youngquists have four children: Harry, born in 1896, Julius, 1897, Johnnie, 1899, and Martha, 1902. They are faithful members of the Lutheran Church in New Sweden. Youngquist was elected by the congregation to collect its part of the $500,000 fund which the laymen of the Augustana-Synod have taken on to collect for the Mutual Relief Treasury. The family now lives on the beautiful property, which Youngquist bought in 1895. It is located six miles northeast of New Sweden, bordering his brother in-law, John Nelson’s, farm. Part of the land was cleared when he bought it, but there were hardly any houses. Everything is now very attractive. There are well-kept fields, shaded gardens, a modern farmhouse, and good farm buildings. There is a good water system, and all these things make it one of the most inviting in the community.	Family: F80
16	From Swedes in Texas, page 469. C. O. YOUNGBLOM, farmer and landowner in Brushy, came to this country when he was twenty years old. He took up farming and has made that his profession. Youngblom is from Svartarpsbo, but grew up in Högstorp, where his father, Johan Blom, was a farmer. Young Youngblom left his home in Småland in 1884 and travelled to America with Round Rock as his destination. The first home was at Ludvig Johnson’s, where he found rest after the long journey. His first job was working for Enoch Johnson, close to Georgetown, for monthly wages. After two or three years, he started on his own as a tenant farmer on the Dimmitt estate close to Georgetown. Here and in nearby Hutto, Youngblom farmed until 1900, the year of the large harvest in Texas when he bought some land. He later sold it when he bought the farm he now lives on. This farm of 220 acres is well situated with a nice, modern home and other buildings. He also owns some land half a mile from this farm. Our Swedish immigrants were fortunate to be able through thrift and skill in this part of the country to soon own their own home and be well to do. In 1888, he married Christina Johnson from the Lekeryd parish, Småland, where she was born in 1858. Her parents, who later came to this country and died in Brushy, were J. T. Svenson. a carpenter, and his wife, Maria Katarina. She came to this country in 1882 and has four siblings here. In the Youngblom home, six children have grown up. The two oldest sons are married. Three children died when young. The single children which are still at home are: George, born in 1895, Rosie, 1897, Naomi, 1898, and Elna, 1900. Mr. Youngblom is chairman in the Free Church to which the family belongs. He is a hard worker with a sincere interest in the welfare of his church. From the beginning of the Free Church, he has been a strong supporter.	Family: F104
17	From Swedes in Texas, page 470. PHILIP NATANAEL YOUNGBLOM is the second son of the couple C. O. and Christina Youngblom. He mairied Alice Anderson in 1914. She is from Brushy and her father, Claes H. Anderson, is a farmer in the community. In this home she was born in 1895. They have one daughter, Ora Mae Hortence, who was born in 1916. Mr. Youngblom was born in the Georgetown area in 1892, and besides the usual public school education, he also attended Trinity College in Round Rock. He has been a farmer since he grew up, leasing one of his father’s farms close to the parents’ home. Both he and his wife are members of the Free Church.	Family: F107
18	From Swedes in Texas, page 635. P. H. YOUNGQUIST, a farmer living in Decker, came to that community from Sweden in 1889. He has lived there and in Kimbro since then, except for three and a half years when he lived in California. He was raised in Byarum, Småland, where he was born in 1865. Youngquist married Amanda Gustafson, born in Adelof, Småland in 1871. She came to Iowa in 1886 in the company of her parents, and to Texas four years later. Then-children are: Alfred, Hannah, Willie, Dora, Mabel, Evelyn and Irving. The family belongs to the Free Church in Decker, where Mr. Youngquist has served as Sunday-school leader.	Family: F82
19	From Swedes in Texas, page 695. C.E.YOUNGQUIST. In 1890 C.E. Youngquist, as a 20-year old young man, went from Sweden to New Sweden, Texas. He came to his brother, John Youngquist, and stayed in New Sweden as a farmer for eighteen years. He married Tilda Olson, daughter of the late Johannes Olson and his wife, Johanna, who then lived in New Sweden. They have four children: Ebba, born in 1903, Ethel 1905, Bertil 1912, and May 1917. C. E. Youngquist was born in Kvänarp, Berga parish, Småland, in l870. Mrs. Youngquist was born in 1876, in Finja parish, Skåne. At the age of one and a half, in 1878, she and her parents came to Swedeburg, Nebraska, and the Johannes Olson family moved from there to New Sweden, Texas, in 1888. Around 1908 the family moved to Ericsdale, Jones County, Texas where Youngquist bought a property of 167 acres. At that time you could buy land for $15.00 per acre. This hospitable and friendly family now lives in a nice home, they belong to the Lutheran Church in Ericsdale and take an active part in the community and the church.	Family: F69
20	From Swedes in Texas, page 696. FRANK YOUNGQUIST. He was born in Berga parish, Småland, 1876 where his father, Anders Hägg, was a soldier. Frank grew up in the country and worked on the farm as a young man. He emigrated in 1894 and came to America and Elgin, Texas. He first worked as a farm-hand for farmers in Manda and Lund. For a short time he had his own store in Elgin. For a few years he leased land near Littig, Texas. He bought land near Manda but sold it after three years and bought land in Lund. He sold that property in 1916, and moved to Stamford, Jones County, Texas. In 1900 he married Edith Almquist. She was born in 1882 in Jamestown, N. Y., and she came with her parents, the C. O. Almquists, to New Sweden, Texas in 1883. They have the following children: Elmer 1901, Leonord 1903, Ella 1904, Ruby 1906, Herbert 1908, Louis 1910, Paul 1912, Mabel 1914 and Roland 1917. While the Youngquist family lived in New Sweden, they belonged to the Lutheran congregation there. When they moved to Lund they joined the congregation there, and they are now members of the congregation in Ericsdale. We predict that this solid and industrious family will have a bright future on the wide farm-fields in Jones County.	Family: F68
21	From Swedes in Texas, page 847. AXEL FRITHIOF YOUNGQUIST has lived with his family near Melvin since 1909. He was born in 1868 in Byarum parish, the district of Jönköping, Sweden. His father was Sven Gustaf Peterson. A brother, Henning Youngquist, and a sister, Mrs. Claus Johnson, live in Travis County. Alex was a polisher in Forserum but had a desire for something else and another country. Like so many other young men he set out for this country and came to Manor, Texas, in 1890. His mother arrived four years later to live with her children but she died in 1904. After a short time in Texas he was driven by a desire for adventure and he went further west, all the way to California. He tried panning for gold and worked hard in the logging camps. One time he stole a ride and broke his leg. After a string of adventures he returned to the peaceful Texas, and to a quieter occupation. He came in contact with Christian people, was converted, and started to work for his faith. He joined the Free Church and he still belongs to that church. In 1900 he married Christina Anderson, daughter of the Nels Anderson family in Decker. She was born in Saxtorp parish, the district of Malmöhus, in 1874, and she came to Texas at the age of 11. The young family has leased land in different places in Travis County, until they moved to Melvin, where they own a beautiful farm of 150 acres near town. They have five children: A daughter, Ebba 1905, and the sons, Elof 1903, Walter 1911, Albert 1914, and Daniel 1917.	Family: F52
22	From Swedes in Texas, page 940. JOHN W. YOUNGBERG is counted among El Campo’s oldest Swedes and has lived in the community since its earliest years. He and his family emigrated in 1883, settled in Iowa as a farmer, and moved from there to El Campo in 1894. He was born in Nona Ljunga parish, Småland in 1833 where his father, Johannes Swenson, was a farmer. In Sweden he married Carolina Anderson in 1860. She was from Wallsjo parish, Småland, and was born in 1834. The couple’s two children are the daughter, Anna, 1860, now Mrs. Lundquist, and living in Garwood, Texas, and the son, August Sereen, 1865. When the family left Sweden, Mr. Sereen was about eighteen years old; his sister had left the previous year. From Iowa, he came with the second excursion from the northern states to this new land-area for settlement. He bought land in 1892 and they cleared, cultivated and built on the land when they arrived a couple of years later. Father and son have always stuck together, both in the early pioneer days and later. They have been successful and own a beautiful property just south of town which the son is now running. The family belongs to the Swedish Methodist congregation.	Family: F109
23	HerbalGram The Journal of the American Botanical Council Issue: 34 Page: 67 Cyrus Longworth Lundell 1907-1993. HerbalGram. 1995;34:67 American Botanical Council In 1928, as a 21-year-old sophomore at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Cyrus Lundell accepted an appointment as Assistant Physiologist at the Tropical Plant Research Foundation in Washington, D.C. He was to serve as a field assistant in British Honduras (now Belize), undertaking tapping experiments on the sapodilla (Achras zapota) tree, which yields chicle, for the U.S. chewing gum industry. The tapping experiments extended through two seasons. His work was a combination of conservation and economics. Raw chicle soon became one of the principal exports and in 1930, the U.S. importation of chicle had risen to 14 million pounds -- a retail value of more than $100 million. Dr. Lundell loved Mayan culture and archaeology as well as botany. In the fall of 1931, at 24, he continued his sapodilla experiments, studying and collecting the flora of southern Campeche, Mexico. Travel into the Mayan area deep in the forest was only possible by the narrow roads and trails. On the morning of December 29, Lundell and his assistant were cutting their way through wild and lonely jungles in an uncharted area of Campeche 70 miles north of the Guatemalan border. He discovered a large monolith and, for three days he and his assistant explored the site, discovering 65 stelae -- more than any ever found in any other Mayan city -- and two great pyramids. From 1931-33 Dr. Lundell discovered 16 ancient cities and explored numerous other Mayan cities. For the next 11 years he directed botanical expeditions to Guatemala, Mexico, and British Honduras for the Carnegie Institution of Washington and University of Michigan -- all this time studying the flora and researching the fall of the Mayan civilization. He and his wife also found some 450 Guatemalan plants, among which were the parents of such crop plants as squash, pinto beans, chili peppers, and cacao. In fact, Dr. Lundell thought his research on the plant life in this area he called "the food cradle of the Western world" was far more important than the discovery of 16 ancient cities. Years of research of the Mayan civilization helped guide Dr. Lundell's vision and recognize the long-term benefits of conserving our natural heritage. He ignored the all-too-familiar voice saying, "You have to pay the price." He wasn't interested in paying prices but in benefits. You don't pay the price for good health, you enjoy the benefits of good health -- you pay the price for bad health. Dr. Lundell said years ago after much research of the Mayan culture, "The fate of the Maya was the fate of their soul." You don't pay the price for a healthy environment, or a wealth of biodiversity, you enjoy the benefits of a healthy environment and a wealth of biodiversity. You pay the price for a deteriorated environment and a "Sinking Ark." Dr. Lundell was committed to saving the Texas blacklands, a natural heritage. While studying the environmental background of the Maya, he found the blackland soils of the Maya region to be similar to those of his boyhood home south of Austin, Texas, which his grandfather had brought under the plow. Through his interests in archaeology and botany, Dr. Lundell began a crusade related to his roots: saving the Texas blacklands in 1944. He began working to reverse the depletion of north Texas prairies through the establishment of the Institute of Technology and Plant Industry. Two years later the institute was chartered as the privately supported Texas Research Foundation. What began at SMU in 1944 continues today in the same spirit as the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT). A few other highlights in Dr. Lundell's long list of achievements: - Discovered and named over 2,000 plants, many of them Texas natives - Started the botanical journal Wrightia; authored or co-authored over 200 scientific and popular papers, various books, including Flora of Texas, and sponsored publication of the Manual of Vascular Plants of Texas - Trustee, Carver Foundation - Member Agricultural Board, National Academy of Science, National Research Council, Washington - Awarded Guatemala's greatest honor, the Order of Quetzal, commemorating 50 years of research in botany, agriculture, and Mayan Archaeology (1981) (Based on a memorial presentation delivered at the First Annual International Excellence in Botany Award of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, February 21, 1995.) Article copyright American Botanical Council. ~~~~~~~~ By Barney Lipscomb American Botanical Council, 6200 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 512-926-4900 \| Fax: 512-926-2345 Website: www.herbalgram.org \| Email: American Botanical Council The information on this site is intended for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for the advice of a qualified healthcare professional. The American Botanical Council does not endorse or test products, nor does it verify the content or claims made, either implicit or explicit. ABC does not accept responsibility for the consequences of the use of this information or its most up-to-date accuracy. ABC is a nonprofit, tax-exempt research and education organization under IRS section 501(c)(3). All text, images and content Copyright © 2005 American Botanical Council, unless otherwise noted.	Family: F8061
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25	Hulda was a mail order bride, according to Florence Helgren Eanes and Alick "Bud" Helgren.	Family: F6097
26	John and Edith Seth had no children. Their farm was adjacent to Carl and Leontina Johnson's farm 2 miles northeast of Round Rock.	Family: F4143
27	John F. Adolphson's occupation was recorded as a capenter in four (4) census records (1900, 1910, 1920, & 1930). In the Swedes in Texas book he is documented as an automobile mechanic.	Family: F60
28	John joined Swedish Army in 1858, changed sur name from Pantzar to Borg to increase opportunity to get paid, being that the letter "B" is early in the alphabet. Karolina was from Jarna, Sweden. John and Karolina immagrated to Texas in 1885 (25 years after their wedding) and settled in Frame Switch, Texas, which is east of Hutto.	Family: F2871
29	John Westling is identified as Andrew Anderson's father - source 1900 US Federal Census Record. The SIT book on page 379 states that Andrew Anderson's father was Anders Johanson.	Family: F785
30	Justice J.P. Yearnigan performed the ceremony, which was one of the first in Fisher County.	Family: F111
31	Lillie died in childbirth, along with the child. Date unknown.	Family: F842
32	Louis L. Johnson, an uncle, is living with the John Adolfson family in the 1930 census.	Family: F57
33	Malmbäck, Sweden: View Larger Map	Family: F5475
34	Mancy Anderson Stark Reunion 1965 (Written at the age of 67 years.) As we gather here for this 6th Annual Stark reunion, how happy we should be, to be able to meet each year and get to visit with one another. For some, it is the only time within the year that they get to be together. Those fortunate in living here around Round Rock probably see each other each week, at church, in town, or at family gatherings. Each year we think back about the past years and recall those happenings. Since this is for the descendants of John and Emma Stark, we think back about them and all of the things they did for our sake. We think of how things have changed since they had us at home with them as their 10 children, all in one big happy family. They didn?t have the conveniences we have today, but they were happy and content with life as it was in their day. They had plenty of hard labor and had to get out so young, coming from Sweden, they had to work a whole year to pay for their trip over here. Then, with the earnings of around $20.00 a month for men and about $15.00 for women they saved to buy horses and mules and, they rented land. Just think of the work the men had to do just to have enough cut wood for heating for the whole winter, besides the wood for all the cooking and baking purposes, especially, with a family the size our ours. We could name so many other memories of the past, but we also remember the happy times we had together as a family and how we appreciate the home our parents had for us. Our parents attended church regularly and set a good example for us. This causes us to think of how the people long ago, realized that they could not work alone, but needed God?s help. So, they saved to build a church. The first Palm Valley Church was built of logs in 1861, the second one, a frame building, was built in 1873. The present church of pressed red brick, was ready for it?s first services May 19, 1895. Most of us here still get to enjoy worshiping each week in this church for which we are so proud that our parents and ancestors helped build for us. ++++++++++ SOME HISTORY OF JOHN AND EMMA STARK By: Mancy Mathilda Stark Anderson - 1962 Reunion (At age 64 years.) John Stark's mother?s name was Hedda Johannesdotter. His father's name was Henry Teofile Stark, who was born in 1837 and died in 1907 at the age of 70. He and Hedda had two daughters, Tena and Amanda and three sons, Oscar, Herman and John. John was the oldest of the five children and he was born September 29, 1862 in Almesåkra parish, Sweden. His father lost his wife and their mother both in the same year 1870 in Sweden. He and his children came to America in 1874, when John was 12 years old. Then, in 1875 Henry married for a second time - this time to Petronella Peterson and in this marriage had three daughters, Hedda. Hulda and Elizabeth Stark. Petronella was born in Gnosjö, Sweden in 1841 and died in Round Rock, Texas in 1922 at the age of 71. She always attended church every Sunday morning, and she had a certain place by the post, that held up the balcony, where she sat each Sunday. She walked all the way to the church. Her parents were Mikael and Maria Kristina Peterson, Gnosjö, Sweden. John Stark worked for the Nelson?s. Then, December 3, 1889, he married Emma Sofia Anderson and to this union ten children were born. There were six girls and four boys, which all live except John Phillip, who wa born October 1, 1908, and died on April 15, 1921 at the age of 13 years, 5 months and 16 days. When Phillip was born, after coming from picking cotton Dad had pulled up the biggest cotton stalk he could find with lots of cotton bolls on and put it by the bed. He said, ?This is going to be a cotton picker.? But, Phillip was not quite so fortunate. After having a serious throat operation when he was very small, he never was able to talk. He was very good hearted. He had pneumonia twice and he died of scarlet fever. In 1895 John and Emma bought 150 acres of farm land in the Caldwell Heights Community. They lived in a three room house, pumped and pulled water and carried every drop. There were no screens on the windows or doors. In 1906 they built a two story house with four rooms and a hall upstairs, large rooms, two porches downstairs with linoleum and rugs on the floors. We were all so glad to have this roomy home. Dad broke and plowed the place where Mary and Clarence Peterson live and received the crop for doing this. He then bought the place where Oscar Stark lives and after that he bought the Merrill place where Gus Stark now lives. Later, he bought land closer to town which is now the Stark Addition of Round Rock. They had a Model T. Ford, which one of his daughters had to drive to take him to town. Every year around July 4th, we were about through with most of the work on the fram, so we would take a day off and go to the creek to have a good time. One year Dad bought a barrel of fish for this special day off. This occasion was after we all were married so there was quite a bunch to feed, but there was plenty of food and everyone had a good time. At Christmas, Dad would buy $20.00 or more of fireworks and roman candles. No one could shoot more than the Stark's! On January 6, they always celebrated ?Little Christmas? by inviting the neighbors over that night. We formed a ring around the Christmas tree and danced around and around. Then we all got fruit cake, nuts, oranges, apples and candy. This was really a treat since we hardly ever got things like this. Then, we played and sang and said our speeches we had memorized and the next day the tree was taken out and Christmas was over. At Easter, Mother cooked all the eggs we wanted to eat and each one tried to see how many he could eat. If I?m not mistaken, our brother Gust could eat the most Easter eggs. We had a big nest but it did not take long before we had all flown out of the nest and left Mother and Dad by themselves. Going back to Mother?s history, she was Emma Maria Sofia Anderson, born February 27, 1867 in Nörra Sandsjö, Småland, Sweden. She was the daughter of Frank John and Mathilda Anderson. She came to America in 1886 with her two brothers, August and Adolph Anderson. She was only eleven years old, and they sent for their parents and the rest of the family in the year 1890. Her mother was born June 2, 1839 and died in 1907 at the age of 68. Her father was born June 18, 1835 and died 1928 at the age of 93 years. Mother was in fair health until she fell after Christmas and broke her hip. She was in bed about six weeks or more. In February on the 22nd, 1947 she passed away at the age of 79 years, 11 months, and 22 days. Our father, John Stark passed away June 1, 1949 at the age of 86 years, 8 months and 2 days. ++++++++++++++++++	Family: F4104
35	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F11029
36	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F11030
37	Marriage License # 149187, Vol 23, Page 502	Family: F8556
38	Minister: M. E. Chappell of Hemphill Presbyterian Church	Family: F4705
39	Note submitted by LeRoy Carl Anderson: The Claus and Hilma Anderson family moved from Texas to Wisconsin about 1921.	Family: F1788
40	Per Dale Patrick Johnson: Comments: My Swedish Texas ancestory is Christina Charlotta Forsander from Jonkoping, Sweden. Her family still has family buried in the Jonkoping cemetery. Her family had lived in Jonkoping for many years when in 1868 she met Hans Peter Jorgensen from Helsinger, Danmark, who had immigrated to Sweden. Hasn Peter immigrated to Texas in 1868 to Calvert, Texas. At that time, Calvert was the railhead for the line coming north from Houston. Cotton was bailed in Calvert and sent away by rail line. Christina Charlotta Forsander joined Hans Peter Jorgansen in January, 1870 and the record exists of their marriage in Waco, as well as a notice in the Calvert newspaper There is a recipe for orange frosted donuts in the Calvert women's league cookbook of 1900. Hans Peter (who changed his name in 1875 to "Johnson") wrote in an autobiographical letter from 1910 that he "built over 40% of the houses and business buildings in Calvert". His initials are carved in the thresh hold of one of the brick buildings on the west side of Main Street.	Family: F47
41	Read more on Bishop, Texas: http://www.swedesintexas.com/readingroom/colonies/rrc31.htm	Family: F6639
42	RECOLLECTIONS OF JEAN QUIST SELLSTROM'S FARFAR & FARMOR (Father's father and Father's mother) IN AUSTIN, TEXAS: Peter Magnus John Quist and his wife, Karolina Vilhelmina Gustafson Quist. LOVE'S GREATEST GIFT - REMEMBRANCE. Peter Magnus Johan (John) Quist was born in Skepperstad, Småland, Sweden, on August 22, 1863. He was 21 years old when he came to America, November 21, 1884 on the ship (DIANNA). After arriving in Austin, he worked for the Jesse L. Driskill family, as their own coachman and, he also drove the guests of their Driskill Hotel. According to the Austin City Directory 1887-88 he lived at the J. L. Driskill residence (but, probably over their stable). He had also worked as a carpenter, and for a time worked on the finishing work in the new Texas State Capitol building - which was finished in 1888. (When the Capitol was remodeled not too many years ago - someone told Jack, my brother, that he saw a cabinet at the Capitol that had been made by John Quist with his name written in chalk on the back of it.) Kristina Sofia Quist, born 5/13/ 1849 in Småland - who was the oldest sister of John Quist also came to Texas in 1885 and lived and worked in Austin. She died in the terrible influenza epidemic of 1918 - on Dec. 15. and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery - Austin. In the 1990's - I had a granite stone made for her un-marked grave; written in Swedish. It read (Söv i Ro) (meaning (Sleep in Peace). Jim placed it on her grave, or, at least a spot that we just picked out as being the correct site,the cemetery had her PLOT but, not the space due to so many who died from influensa that year. Kristina Sofia and John were the only members of their family who immigrated to Texas - as far as we know. On November 5, 1890, John Quist married a girl from Småland named Karolina Vilhelmina Gustafson - in the old Gethsemane Lutheran Church located behind the Texas Capitol building. Their marriage was performed by Pastor Gustav Berglund, (on a very rainy day) my grandmother told me. The Quist family had 4 sons born to the union: Arthur, (1891-1988), Harry,(1893-1967), Charles (Collie) (1895-1978), and, Fred, (1902-1981) . Their only daughter, Lillian, died as an infant and buried at Palm Valley Lutheran Cemetery, in Round Rock,Texas In 1893-1894 John Quist was a driver of a fire-wagon for the AUSTIN HOOK & LADDER CO. No. 1, at 114 W. 8th. Street, where he earned a salary of $600.00 per year. He and his wife and 1 son, Arthur, lived upstairs in the firehouse, Harry, another son was born to them in 1893 while they lived there. One day, Harry, their baby son crawled into the stall with one of the fire horses. The horse reached down, got a mouthful of clothing and lifted the child to safety. These horses were well trained, and each day they had to be exercised to keep them in shape. When my grandfather rang the fire bell the horses would rush to stand under the suspended harness which hung from the rafters. Then, he pulled a rope which released the harness which dropped onto their backs. Rapidly harnessing the team to the hook and ladder wagon, he took the (ribbons) - as he called the reins, in his hands, and then he would race the horses Southward - down Guadalupe Street to West 2nd Street where they always stopped in front of Schneider's Saloon. While grandfather went inside the saloon - the horses would stand patiently and wait for their small bucket of beer, which they received as a reward! I can see why the horses really seemed to look forward to this daily routine. After their exercise they would return to the fire house on West 8th Street. About 1895 John Quist left the fire department and was given (Snip), one of the horses he had driven at the Fire Department to use on their farm north of Austin ( where NORTH CROSS MALL is located today!) Later, he went into specialized carpentry work and built the wooden racks and bins that held the printer's type for the TEXAS POSTEN - a Swedish newspaper printed in Austin for many years. He also helped build schools in several other Texas cities, and, was a talented furniture maker, during the First World War he worked refitting ships in the ship yards of Houston for his part in the War effort. My father - Fred, his youngest son - tried to learn to work as a carpenter with his father on a school building in Fayetteville, Texas. However, he was left-handed and that did not suit his father very well - who disapproved of his working style! Nevertheless, my father was an extremely talented man and could work with any sort of medium. He accomplished and created many great and special things. throughout his years while using his wonderful artistic talents. John and Lena lived for a time near Waller Creek in East Austin - just behind the old Palm Elementary School on East lst. St. at U S 81 (later: I-35), when their sons were young. Aunt Sofia, John's older sister, also lived in that area and worked at different jobs as a maid in fine hotels, and, later selling tickets at a movie theatre. My father, Fred, would catch fish down on the Colorado River, and sell them to his aunt. She loved to eat fresh fish, but she did not like Chocolate cake, I heard. In 1938 for the celebration of the 100 year anniversary of Swedes in Texas - my grandfather John Quist's picture - posing at the kitchen table with his coffee pot -was in the Austin American Statesman newspaper - telling about the big celebration of the Texas Swedish Pioneer Association meeting which was to be held that month, in Gregory Gym on the University of Texas campus. I have been serving as the Vice-President of the that same organization for a few years... I have a great interest in preserving and honoring our Swedish heritage. Also, I am extremely interested in Swedish folkdress and have even made an authentic folkdress from the Småland Östra Härad region from which my Grandfather came. Also, I have attempted to make (copies) of some of the Swedish folkdress styles from other home districts of our relatives, using materials from here in America. They are interesting to make and fun to wear. On 26 January 1939 John Quist at the age of 75, became a Naturalized American Citizen. His petition No. 858. by Maxey Hart, Clerk of the U. S. District Court in Austin. On the 3rd of February 1943 - (Lena) Quist, his wife, also became a Naturalized citizen of America - with Petition number 1182 also issued by Maxey Hart of Austin. I can remember wondering if I would have to become a citizen when I heard them talk about it process. I have heard the story of John Quist being called to the Travis County Court House as a possible juror in a murder trial. When the Defense attorney questioned him, and asked if he had formed any early opinion about the case. Grandfather answered the attorney in his strong Swedish accent by saying: (Vad are you vaitin) for...hang da son-of-a bitch!) Need-less to say, he was NOT chosen to serve on that panel of jurors! Another, strange - but true story at the same time a (funny) story of John Quist, was told about someone in a saloon (most likely it was at Schnieder's) betting him a $5.00 gold piece and a small flask of whiskey - that he would NOT swallow a tiny live frog! Well, he did!! He quickly swallowed the little frog - drank the small flask of whiskey - AND, he won the $5.00 gold piece! As a young child, I remember the very first word of Swedish that I learned from my grandfather! It was (DUMBOM) - which means, (fool) or, dummy! He also taught us to (say) our fingers in Swedish: (Tumme tut, slicka put, långaman, hjärtan hand, lilla veka vingar)! Also, he taught us a Swedish soldier?s marching cadence - (Vänster, Höger, Vänster, Höger - Ett, Två, Ett, Två). Which means, ( Left, right, left, right, one, two, one two.)! So, I did learn some Swedish words other than (Dumbom) as a child!!! I rather think he would know all about the Army marching cadence - as he came to Texas to escape the Army. after he had a disagreement with one of his Army officers and got a big slash across his thigh from the officer's sword!! After all the years of teaching myself Swedish - I have truely learned a number of words I am proud to say- and enjoy singing the Swedish birthday song at tour VASA meetings each month. John Quist died of a heart attack at his home in Austin, at 1802 W. 34th. Street, on November 6, 1941 -the day after he and (Lena's) 51st wedding anniversary. A very large man ( over 250 pounds) in his older years - they had to have a special- large sized casket made for him. Grandfather really enjoyed Lena?s good cooking. She was well known for baking her excellent Swedish bread - she always made a small round loaf for my father - Fred; she would make (skorpa) (toast) from rolls which all of us just loved. The pickled herring she prepared was the best in the world! My brother, Jack, and I would never wait the required number of days for the newly prepared herring to ?cure? - we would eat it well before the proper time!!! Grandmother baked cookies that she called ?tea cakes? which were white sugar cookies - and we always enjoyed them - they were rather thick, not rolled so very thin - but, very good! After all these many years I think I can still ?taste? them! She was an accomplished crochet artist..she made everything you can think of with a crochet needle and thread. All the relatives received her hand-crocheted doilies, and, pot holders; and , for the great grand-children she made handmade bootees for them to wear. Most of the family have kept some of these special items that she had made with love. In the wintertime the milk and other foods that should be kept cooled,was kept out on the back porch in a screened-in box which hung on the North wall near the door. They did not need to buy ice to keep their food fresh. I recall visiting my grandmother?s brother in Round Rock in the late 1930?s and seeing where they kept their milk, cream, butter and perishable foods down in their water cistern in a bucket! Grandmother Quist, whose name was Karolina Vilhelmina Gustafson, was born in Järsnäs, Småland, Sweden on February 26, 1868. She and her family moved on 6-16-1884 to Barkeryd, Småland, Sweden and lived on the torp called ?Rosenberg? near Kynholmen. In 1994 on a visit to Småland with my daughter, Elizabeth, and my grand-daughter Rebecca (who was the ?1993 Texas Lucia?) and I - visited the old abandoned torp where Grandmother lived before coming to Texas. The house where she lived no longer was standing - however, their food storage cellar was still there - dug into the side of a hill. The rock foundation outline of their barn was visible. I could certainly imagine her there and see her in my mind?s eye how she must have looked as she went away from the farm walking through the forest - on her way to begin her long journey to America! Her older brother, Anders Johan Gustafson (1860-1939), who immigrated to Texas in 1881 lived in Round Rock, with his wife, Johanna (1852-1939). He had sent his sister money for a ticket on a ship - so that on November 17, 1885, she left Sweden for America, and, Georgetown, Texas. Another brother, Carl August Anderson,(1864-1940) had immigrated to Texas in 1882. Their youngest brother, Oscar Edvard Anderson (1872-1926) - was required (by law) to stay in Sweden and look after their father who was still living. We have been blessed to meet and to visit some of his children and grandchildren in 1968 and since that time - both in Sweden and in Texas. Lena had a rather ?rough? Atlantic crossing on board the ship and at one point the passengers were asked to throw overboard some of their belongings to help keep the ship afloat!! She did save some of the things her father had carved from wood for her - and, hopefully - some of her clothing - I am sure she did not have much in the way of luggage! The main reasons she did not want her sons to learn Swedish was - as she said: ?You live in America - so, you must speak English.? Also, she was - told by some ?mischievous? Swedish farm workers in Georgetown where she first worked (while struggling to learn the English language), that the American word for ?cows? was ?son-of-a-bitch?! After learning more English she was appalled that she had been told such a despicable thing by those impish farm hands! Of course, she and her husband spoke Swedish at home and at least two of their older sons also heard and learned the language. In fact, their oldest son, Arthur, remembered Swedish when I spoke it to him in the last years of his very long life. My father was the youngest son and he was always out fishing or hunting...and, was not at home so much. He was only familar with the ?bad words? in Swedish which must be easy to learn! Lena Gustafson worked at the Texas State Deaf & Dumb Institute and was saving her money to return to Sweden when she met and married, John Quist. She was never able to return to her beloved Sweden - she died at the age of almost 91 years on February 24, 1959 - just two days before her birthday. She always tried to console herself about not returning to Sweden, by saying: ? Sweden had probably changed so much she would not recognize anything there.? I always promised that I would make the trip back to Sweden for her! So, in 1968 in what would have been her 100th year, our family of five, made our first trip to Sweden, just to honor her memory! She would have recognized all the places, I believe, as it had not changed all that much since she left for Texas. I knew so little Swedish when we went there - so, I proceeded to teach myself the Swedish language since that time. Of course, I believe she would have been very proud of me learning the language well enough to help in translating that big book of 1210 pages, which is a ?treasure of historical information? named: SWEDES IN TEXAS IN WORD AND PICTURE 1838 - 1918. Maybe she was here in spirit watching over me and helping me - so that I have been able to do these things! At 1801 West 35th Street - their home Grandfather built in the 1930?s - the garden was always filled with beautiful flowers and she had a good vegetable garden and beautiful fruit trees. I still remember the ?cold frame box? where she kept her flowers next to the house during the winter - beneath glass window panes that protected them. She always grew ?grass onions? in a big tub - under a peach tree, which we snipped finely and sprinkled over the good, buttered, homemade white bread at coffee time. They did not have much money (hardly anyone did in those days of the 1930's and 40's) but, in her kitchen china cabinet in a special sugar bowl - she always kept some pennies or small change - and, each time we visited her - she gave each grandchild a few cents. We loved it, and, we thought it was an enormous amount! On Sunday afternoons when we visited her after Grandfather?s death, she was always sitting reading her Swedish Bible when we came. She was not always able to attend services at Gethsemane Lutheran Church - where she married John Quist, but, she always read her Bible. We often asked her to tell us about Sweden when we visited, and, she told us about life in Sweden and how she skated on the ice covered ponds with just her wooden shoes - no steel blades needed! She related to us the customs of Christmas gift giving called:(Julklapp) and, running after the person who had knocked on the door - leaving a gift there, and, then running away! Then, bringing that person back for coffee and cookies. When she told us these things it always seemed like a wonderful place which was extra special! Now, after my six trips over there to Sweden - where we have many relatives and dear friends to visit, I can see, and, also know at last - exactly what she meant. I only hope that I will live long enough and have health good enough to return to that wonderful old country - SWEDEN!.	Family: F4092
43	Ref 1900 US Federal census for (Manda) JP 1, Travis County, Texas. Ref 1910 US Federal census for JP 2, Travis County, Texas. Ref 1920 US Federal census for Austin Ward 3, Travis County, Texas. SIT ref page 199. The widow, MARIA ABRAHAMSON, resident of Austin at 1112 W. 10th Street, came here from Sweden in 1890 with her husband and some of their children. She was born in Öggestorp, Småland, in 1846, where her father, Stefanus Anderson, was a farmer. Her husband, Per Otto Abrahamson, whom she married in 1872, was from Ödestugu in the same region, He was born in 1849. His father, Abraham Person, was also a farmer. The Abrahamsons lived in Sweden for many years, before they decided to leave their home and seek their fortune on the other side of the Atlantic. This was advantageous, especially for the children, who came here when they were young enough to benefit from the education and other opportunities in this country. The family first came to Manor, Texas, where they probably had acquaintances and soon found more friends. They soon tried to make a living in the area, and for the first four years, they leased some land from Mr. August Lind in Kimbro, and then for a while by Rice’s Crossing in Lund. In 1900, he bought some land in Lund for $13.00 per acre. Now they had to clear, plant and build, because the land was a wilderness covered only with mesquite. But he who endures come out a winner, and soon the family had a beautiful and valuable home. When the property was sold twelve years later, it brought in $140.00 per acre. Mr. Abrahamson died in Lund in 1900. In 1913, the family moved to Austin and gave up farming. Eight of the family’s nine children are still living. One son is dead, Hilma, born in 1878, has had a good position with the I & G. N. Railroad; Samuel, born in 1882, is a gifted musician, and for nine years he has been employed as such with one of the country’s regiments; Carl, born in 1885, is a machinist at a big slaughterhouse in Oklahoma City; Ellen, 1888; Alex, 1890 is with the Austin Fire Department; and Annie, 1894. Five of the children are married. Their son, Samuel, graduated from the “Washington Conservatory of Music.” The family belongs to the Swedish Lutheran Church.	Family: F3
44	Ref 1930 census: A nephew Clarence Carlson was living with the Henry Johnson family. He was born abt 1906 in Texas. Although the text above does not mention a son, this Carlson side nephew could be the one in the photo.	Family: F4341
45	Ref 1930 Census: Gustaf and Ida Burklund with daughter Elvira were residing on Austin's Swede Hill - 1001 East 13th. Street.	Family: F6008
46	Ref 1930 Census: Widow Ida C. Anderson was residing on Austin's Swede Hill - 804 East 14th. Street.	Family: F871
47	Ref 1930 Census: Widow Minnie Palmquist with son Arthur were residing on Austin's Swede Hill - 1000 East 13th. Street.	Family: F539
48	Ref: 1920 US Federal Census - Carl Ludvig Eklund is identified as an uncle to John A. Eklund (F6147, SIT 808).	Family: F6148
49	Ref: SIT book page 852 AXEL EDWARD ADOLPHSON from Norra Solberga, Småland, was born in 1874. His father was a carriage maker by profession and lived in Eskhult. The son learned the same profession, which was an advantage to him in this country, and this profession he has been in all this time. In 1889, he immigrated to America and first came to Round Rock, Texas. Here it is true he started farming, but soon took up his old profession. After having worked in several places in Texas, Anderson settled in Fort Worth, where he has held a good position with the “Keller Carriage Works” for the last twelve years. In 1911, Mr. Adolphson married Miss Annie Martinson, daughter of the Oscar Martinson family in Fort Worth. She was born in 1884 in the city of Fort Worth, has graduated from high-school, and has been the organist in the Swedish Methodist Church for eleven years. Both she and her husband are members of that congregation where they have been very active through the years in the Sunday-school, youth organization, choir and much more. The couple’s three children are: Annie Marie 1912, Ruth Elizabeth 1915, and Ebba Axeline 1917. Mr. Adolphson owns a nice modern home in the city and is financially well off. In 1899 he went back to Sweden to visit his parents but returned in the Fall of the same year.	Family: F50
50	Ref: 1910 and 1920 census records: The John Palmer family lived at 2002 Sabine Street.	Family: F5060