Elias B Anderson

  Research Notes:

Summary: Elias Anderson was a 1st cousin to my grandmother, Anna Margareta Naslund [married Jonas Lofgren]. Elia's mother was Sara Cajsa Naslund [1860-1935]. She was a sister to my grandma's father, Johan Nikolaus Naslund [1963-1948].

Elias had first left Vilhelmina parish in Västerbotten, Sweden in 1912. He bought land in Roseau Co, MN. He had also joined the US Army during World War 1. In 1916, Elias married Betty Bergquist at Thief River Falls, MN.

In 1919, Elias and Betty return to the Vilhelmina area in Sweden. In March of 1920, their daughter Norma was born in Sweden. In June 1920, Elias, Betty and Norma left Vilhelmina parish in Sweden and came to the Kingman, Alberta area in Jul 1920 where Elias purchased land from the CPR.

Elias and Betty had a son, Hampton who was born in 1930. Hampton eventually took over the farm.

Elias died in 1977; Betty died in 1955. Both are buried at Wilhelmina Lutheran Church Cemetery in rural east Hay Lakes.

written by Rueben D Grue, 20 May 2024.
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See mother's research page for Vilhelmina parish records


1. US WW I draft card; ancestry, Roseau Co, but the second page says Leonard, Clearwater Co - place of registration; June 1st, 1917 (likely but year is not recorded ??)
- says he is working for farmer Leonard Carlson at Leonard, MN; his home address as Hinner, MN
[ no place name as Hinner, MN ????]

2. Marriage ... Information is from the Kingman history book, page 208,
26 Feb 1918, Thief River Falls, MN to Betty Bergquist ... But, Elias was still in Army until 18 Nov 1918]
.. MOMS ... Pennington Co, Marriage cert 2-142 ...

3. 1921 Canada Census:

- emigrated 1920
- daughter Norma, age 1 born in Sweden?

4. Sweden Church Records

Birth: Vilhelmina (AC) C:5 (1885-1894) / Page 141 (AID: v140013.b145.s141,)
Elias, b 17 Dec 1889, bap 27 Dec 1889

Vilhelmina (AC) AIa:10b (1886-1895) / Page 512 (AID: v139998.b38.s512, )

Congregation Record, Vilhelmina, 1896-1919; Anders Valfrid Eliasson and Sara Näslund:

son, Elias born 17 Dec 1889 (military service, 1910) to North America, 30 Dec 1915; moving in/out vol B:3 1895-1915, page 85 line 91 [but this also said he was "non-existent" /// maybe wrong - see below] ;

Vilhelmina (AC) AIIa:9 (1919-1929) Page 1649 (AID: v214787.b610.s1649), Tresund [?]
Elias Andersson b 11 Dec 1889; married 6 Jun 1920 in North America?; the record isn't clear - there is the a place name - Thief River Falls, MN
wife, Betty Lovisa [Johansdotter] Bergquist b 7 Mar 1893
Norma Margreta, b 20 Mar 1920

.. confusing records ... but .... in the previous vol [AIIa:3 (1896-1919) Page 816, Nästansjö] there is a note in different ink, possibly a different person "Till N Amerika"
Elias
likely: Elias had left Vilhelmina parish sometime in 1912, but for some reason he was not recorded in the Vilhelmina moving out records for 1912.
However, he is recorded on a "ship manifest" - the SS Empress arriving at the Port of Quebec on 8 Nov 1912 on Ancestry's St Albans collection:
- he is recorded on line 22 and he is recorded with a number of other people on the same ship and these are going to either Roseau [this is Elias' designation] or Lenard, MN .... see my text notes doc, in Naslund FT .... Elias Andersson ..... most of that group is recorded on different dates in Sep 1912


5. Kingman, AB history book ... Harvest of Memories, p 208, 209, and very top of 210
[don't confuse with Elis Andreas Anderson]

- notes Elias went to Roseau in 1912 and purchased land there in 1914.
- arrived at Kingman, Jul 1920 - bought CPR land NE¼ Sec 7, twp 49, Range 20 [purchase about 1920] - this north of dad's but not sure exactly
- in 1934, Elias purchased SW, Sec 9, twp 49, range 20... also from the CPR. In 1939 he built a new house on this quarter and the in 1940, barn; in 1949 Elias purchased more land ... the farm was eventually taken over by Hampton who added acreage to the farm.


Vilhelmina moving out: Vilhelmina (AC) B:4 (1916-1940) Image 260 / Page 20, no 56, with date recorded: 19 Jun 1920
- the only person name is Norma Margreta Andersson, barn; Elias and wife are NOT recorded, which seems to be strange???


6. see Kingman History book, page 208 (1981) - this book notes Elias Andersson born 17 Dec 1889, emigrated to US in 1912 and purchased land at Roseau Minnesota but sold it, worked in lumber camps, joined the US Army, married Betty Bergquist 26 Feb 1918 at Thief River Falls, MN; Betty was born 17 Mar 1893; he was discharged from US Army on 18 Nov 1918 and he and his wife returned to Sweden (for a visit or to live?); came with wife and daughter Norma to east Hay Lakes in Jul 1920 and purchased CPR land; 22 May 1930, Norman Roy Hampton was born; his son Guy Anderson, born 14 Feb 1956.

- emigration in Jul 1920

- Norma, daugther of Hampton, married James McCracken; now (1981) lives in Oyen Alberta
He was a doctor for many years in Oyen, AB. He died in 2011 - see his obit (as of 21 Feb 2020 in my "z-folder"; 4 children he was predecased by his wife Norma (Anderson);
Then a google search: Norma McCracken - she died 1996 at age 76 in Calgary
[ link, http://albertagenealogy-research.ca/Data/Papers/1995-1999C/CalgaryDeathsPage541.html ]

-- Jane Lofgren's data - "The family of Anna M Naslund" ; Norma married to James Agnes McCracken with children; Guy Hampton married with son Leif married


7.
Swedish Lutheran Church records: Wilhelmina Lutheran Church, Hay Lakes; image 47

Elias Anderson*, b 17 Dec 1889, Vilhelmina Swe; in America in 1912; to this place, 1920; married 26 Feb 1918
wife, Betty Lovisa born Bergquist b 27 Jul 1893, Swe; ... died 1955, result of car accident
dau Norma Margareta, b 20 Mar 1920, Swed
son Norman Ray Hampton, b 22 May 1930, Hay Lakes

- no middle name recorded
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554815-00611?usePUB=true&pId=62462366


image 58:
Norman Ray Hampton, b 22 May 1930, Hay Lakes
wife Mary (Sarawanski)
son Guy Hampton, b 14 Feb 1956 ⁶¹⁹³

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Migration, 1912, Sep 1912, Vilhelmina, Västerbotten Län, Sweden. See research notes, point 4. First went to Roseau MN in 1912 and purchased land. He had joined the US Army. Elias later returned to Sweden and was married. Then in Jul 1920, Elias and wife Betty and daughter Norma came to the east Hay Lakes area.

2. Residence, 1921, 1921, Kingman, Alberta, Canada. ⁶¹⁹⁴ From: The 1921 Canada Census. Kingman, Corn Hill Municipality, Alberta; Sec 12, Twp 49, Range 21, W of the 4th

Elias married Betty Bergquist on 26 Feb 1918 in Thief River Falls, Pennington County, Minnesota, United States.⁶¹⁹¹ (Betty Bergquist was born on 17 Mar 1893 in Vilhelmina, Västerbotten Län, Sweden,⁶¹⁹⁵ died on 22 Jul 1955 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Wilhelmina Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada.)