Anna Emila Nilsdotter

  Research Notes:

NOTE: I have not independently researched all birth/death dates on each of the children.
Nancy Anderson-Swanson FT on Ancestry seems to be quite complete, and much information has been obtained.
In some cases I reviewed a census record, birth, death record but did not make many notes/comments.
At times I viewed OBITs in the Minneapolis newspapers (The Minnesota Star/Star Tribune), but did not make notes.
Within the square brackets, [ ] I used one * to indicate birth/death record, ** to indicate census, and *** to indicate an OBIT. There are a few occasions where the FTs are confusing and so I did a bit more checking but indicating in square brackets, "see below".

Unless stated, burials were at Dassel Commmunity Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker Co, MN

NOTE: Children of Anna Emila (and her siblings) would most likely be the same generation as my father,
Oliver T Grue, b 1915. Anna Emila and her siblings would be the same generation as my grandmother,
Avey Rangborg Skaret, b 1890.


Ancestry Family Trees (FTs)

AVT FT [mitchellnjt] ; access 14 Apr 2022
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/58588037/person/292056714432/facts

Nancy Anderson-Swanson FT access 14 Apr 2022
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/151054826/person/102004088139/facts
- appears to be fairly complete


Modified Descendant

Anna Emilia Svensson/Swanson, b 16 Sep 1883, Östamark, Värmland, Sweden; died 31 Oct 1950, McLeod Co, MN
Married: 31 Mar 1905, Meeker Co, MN
John Alfred Bjork, 5 Sep 1873 Älvsborg län Sweden; died 22 Dec 1949, McLeod Co, MN

Children:

[1] Francis Alfred Bjork, b 31 Dec 1905, Meeker Co, died 18 Jul 1979, Meeker Co, MN. 3 Children [1 son]
married: 30 May 1930, McLeod Co, MN.
Susan Gertrude McCormick, 5 Dec 1904, Meeker Co, MN; died 17 Sep 1981, McLeod Co, MN
[**]

[2] Hilleve/Sylvia M Bjork, b 21 Jul 1908, McLeod Co, MN; died 9 Mar 1996, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co. No Children
married: 19 Jan 1946, Hennepin Co, MN
Wallace Milton Claude Vogel, 27 Feb 1911, Goodhue Co, MN; died 17 Sep 1988, Minneapolis
[***, re Wallace; burial Fort Snelling]

[3] Russell Edgar Alvin Bjork, b 19 Dec 1910, Meeker Co, MN; died 9 Aug 1969, Hennepin Co. 2 Children
married: 9 Sep 1939, Meeker Co, MN
Dorothy Margaret Larson, b 25 Jul 1915, Meeker Co, MN; died 4 Apr 2011, McLeod Co, MN

[4] Clifford John Bjork, b 23 Mar 1913, Meeker Co, MN; died 3 Jun 1988, Meeker Co.
married: 18 Jun 1938, Meeker Co, MN
Ardis Maxine Skalberg, b 12 Oct 1915, Cherokee Co, Iowa; died 12 Feb 2008, Meeker Co
[see below; **, and ***]

[5] Clinton Nels Ernest Bjork, b 13 Jan 1916, Meeker Co, MN; died 15 May 1949, Meeker. No children

[6] Roland/Rollen Elden Berton Bjork, b 18 Jun 1919, Meeker Co, MN; died 21 Jun 1998, Kandiyohi Co, MN. No Children

[7] Eldora Geneva Lorraine Bjork, b 15 May 1922, Meeker Co, MN; died 13 Sep 2007, Wright Co. MN. 2 daughters
married: 15 Apr 1944, Meeker Co, MN
August Emil Anderson, b 19 Aug 1913, Skåne, Sweden; died 1 Oct 1990, Wright Co MN
[buried at Stockholm Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wright Co]

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Anna Emelia Bjork: MNHS death index, died 3 Oct 1950; McLeod Co cert 008776
Johan Bjork: MNHS death index, died 22 Nov 1949; McLeod Co cert 008773

Anna Emelia - findagrave id 58583553; Dassel Community Cemetery

Note: Both Anna and her husband died in McLeod Co. It is not clear if they had lived in McLeod Co.
I have seen many files where a person died at Hutchinson - this seems to be the center for what might
be called a "regional hospital" and so it's possible they died in the hospital in Hutchinson, McLeod Co.

re: Clifford
- buried at Dassel Community Cemetery, findagrave id 58575933
- links to his wife Ardis, and on her post is a posted obit Ardis
- born in Iowa; parents Jonas C and Hannah Skalberg
- married Clifford Bjork in 1938
- survived by her daughter, Cheryl (Jerry) Lundeen of Cokato ... grandchildren
- preceded in death by her husband Clifford, her parents, and siblings.

?? daughter Cheryl - neither of the Andestry FTs have a child recorded
- there is no indication that she was previously married - in 1930 US Census she is age 14 and is recorded
with her parents in Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co, and in 1940 US Census [FTs do not show a link]
she is recorded as wife of Clifford Bjork but no children are recorded.
- neither MNHS birth records, MN Birth / Christening Collections on Ancestry have a record of a birth of
a child to Clifford Bjork and wife Ardis. Thus Cheryl was born out of State or not correctly index
re, Bjork surname. Another possibility is that Cheryl was adopted by Clifford and Ardis. Possibly the
1950 US Census will record her --- 17 Apr 2022

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Emigration, 1903: Leaving for North America, 1 May 1903, Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden. ⁹⁵⁷⁵ Leaves for North America and travels with her mother, Kjerstin Arvidsdotter (b 1841). They likely went to Carolina "Asp" in Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co. Anna Emilia eventually marries John Bjork and they also lived in Collinwood Twp.

Anna married John Alfred Bjork on 13 Mar 1905 in Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States. (John Alfred Bjork was born on 5 Sep 1873 in Älvsborg län, Sweden, died on 22 Dec 1949 in McLeod Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Dassel Community Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States.)