John Carlsson Grahn

   Other names for John were Johan Karlsson Grahn and Johannes Grahn.

  Research Notes:

Johan Carlsson Grahn born 4 Feb 1849, Burjholm parish

Lycksele (AC) AI:11 (1856-1866) Page 165 Holmträskbrännan
Johan Carlsson Grahn, b 1849; drang; came from Fredrika parish in 1866 [??]

Lycksele (AC) AI:12a (1867-1876) Page 211, Holmträskbrännan
Johan Carlsson Grahn, b 1849; drang; came from Fredrika parish on 11 Dec 1867

Lycksele (AC) AI:13a2 (1877-1889) Page 248, Kroksjön
Johan Carlsson Grahn, b 1849; drang; but it looks like he married in 1881
AND then on page 255, Kroksjön; he is recorded again and is married (moved fr Myrträst 1884) (AID, v189964.b63.s255)

Johan Carlsson Grahn, b 1849 married on 24 Jun 1881 to Vendla Karolina Sikstrom b 1 Oct 1864, Bjurholm
[ Lycksele marriages, Lycksele (AC) EI:2 (1877-1894) Page 10, no 19 ]
- NOTE: Johan and wife are also recorded on page 260, Myrträst and the 2 oldest children are also recorded-so their birth at Myrträst
(also Johan's sister, Karolina is also recorded on this page as a pige; also likely her brother and family)

page 255
Johan Carlsson Grahn, b 1849 , wife, Vendla Karolina Sikstrom b 1 Oct 1864
children:
Johan Hilmer, b 29 Jan 1882
Ester Karolina, b 23 Feb 1884
Emmy Johanna, b 18 Mar 1886
Augusta b 3 Aug 1888


Lycksele (AC) AI:14b (1890-1899) Page 328, Kroksjö
Johan Carlsson Grahn, b 1849 , wife, Vendla Karolina Sikstrom b 1 Oct 1864
children:
Johan Hilmer, b 29 Jan 1882
Ester Karolina, b 23 Feb 1884
Emmy Johanna, b 18 Mar 1886
Augusta b 3 Aug 1888
Vilhelm, b 10 May 1891
Tor Engelbrek, b 15 Oct 1892
Oscar Valdemar, b 1 Apr 1895
Bror Otto, b 26 Jun 1899

Lycksele (AC) AII:1c (1900-1920) Page 555, Kroksjö
- most of the family move to Canada 3 Mar 1902
Except:
Ester Karolina, b 1884 moves to page 1356
Augusta, b 1888 moves to page 639, Myrträst; recorded as a pige; and she moves to Canada, 16 May 1903



Also at the top of the page 255, AI:13a2
Erik August Grahn, b 13 Nov 1844, but he moves to page 261, Myrträst
and he is married; then in 1885 he moves to page 241, Malmed
Lycksele (AC) AI:14b (1890-1899) Page 367
- Erik August and wife (no children recorded) move to Åsele parish 4 Dec 1896

ALSO of page 261, AI: 13a2, Myrträst, is Carl Olof Grahn b 12 Apr 1848 and he is married
next vol, AI:14b, 376; Carl Olof and wife and a daughter from her first marriage
next vol, AII:1c, page 642, Myrträst; Carl Olof family moves to p 984 in 1915


ALSO: on this page 248 is: AI:13a2,
Efraim Karlsson Grahn, 10 Mar 1853 and he is married , 5 Nov 1882 to:
Anna Kristina Holmgren b 27 Jan 1858, Åsele parish
son, John Alfred, b 13 Aug 1883, Lycksele
son, Karl August, b 11 Oct 1885, Lycksele
in the next vol, Lycksele (AC) AI:14b (1890-1899) Page 333
page 333, Kroksjö; wife, died 30 Dec 1895
added children:
Alex Amandas, b 26 Mar 1888 [ his name is crossed off and reference in 1899 ? to page 352, Lilliberg - recorded as a foster-son ??? , but the boys birth record notes his parents as Efraim and Anna Kristin; unless this reference is referring to Efriam;'s sister, Karolina and her husband - thus Alex would be her foster son ????? ]
Jonas Fridolf, b 9 May 1891
Erik, b 26 Apr 1894

** Efraim and family are also noted in volume: AI:13a2

Lycksele (AC) AII:1c (1900-1920) Page 564, Kroksjö
Efraim and wife; (new book, 657)
- many of the family move to Åsele parish


Karolina Grahn, b 1856 on page 250 (AI:13a2)
AI 14b, page 375 and in 1895 she moves to page 352 to Lilliberg and she is married

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NOTE: on my database, look for Maria (below) and then go back a couple of generations to get to Samuel Samuelsson (b 1710) and then a daughter Sophia Samuelson (b 1745), married to Häkan Häkansson Öhrman b 1713 [his second marriage]:


Maria Jonsdotter b abt 1779; she had one son born outside of marriage - Karl Johan b 25 Mar 1811, born at Granträsk, Lycksele parish;

she then married Olof Olofsson (see, geni.com FT, https://www.geni.com/people/Jonas-Philipsson/6000000003537514048?through=6000000003417361927; but this tree does not note Karl Johan

- further descendants of Karl Johan lead to John Grahn (Johan Grahn) who had homesteaded in the Hay Lakes area (see Hay Lakes history book, p 890. And from this, a son Hilmer Grahn with descendants to James Grahn married to Barb Grue. Another son of the above Johan Grahn was Thor Grahn and his children - Lloyd Grahn married to Lillian Naslund, and Hazel Grahn married to Harold Naslund
-- see some notes under Hazel Grahn's research page notes.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, 1849-1902, 1849-1902, Lycksele, Västerbotten Län, Sweden. While living in Sweden, John Carlsson Grahn lived most of his adult life in Lycksele parish. Of course he was born in Bjuholm parish, and he moved with his parents to Lycksele and after a a year to neighboring Fredrika parish (Långebäcken). Around 1868, he moved Lycksele parish where he was working as a farm hand at Holmträskbrännan and Kroksjö. In 1881 he was married and living at Kroksjö. For a few years they lived at the farm Myträst where the 2 older children were born (John Hilmer and Esther Karolina). Around 1885 or 1886, the family moved back to Kroksjö where the other children were all born.

In Mar 1902, most of the family left for Canada.

2. Emigration, Mar 1902: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The Lycksele parish records record the family leaving Lycksele for Canada on 2 Mar 1902.

The family arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick on 31 Mar 1902. They were on board the ship, "Lake Superior" that sailed from Liverpool, England. The family likely had traveled to Throndheim, Norway and then likely to Liverpool. On the Canadian Passenger lists, it is noted that the family was traveling to Wetaskwin. It lists, John Grahn and his wife, son John age 19, Emma age 18, William age 8 [?], Tor Engelbrekt age 6, Oscar age 4, Bror Otto age 1.

Note: on the Canadain Passenger lists, above the John and Vendla Grahn family, is listed the family of Karl J. A. Karlsson. Karl was a brother to Vendla. They were also known as in the Carl Sikstrom family in Sweden and in Canada.

It is likely the family traveled by a CPR train across Canada arriving Calgary, and from there traveled to the homestead.

John married Vendla Karolina Sikström on 24 Jun 1881 in Bjurholm, Västerbotten län, Sweden.⁸⁸⁰⁷ (Vendla Karolina Sikström was born on 1 Oct 1864 in Bjurholm, Västerbotten län, Sweden, died on 17 Jul 1938 in Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Christian Church Cemetery, Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada.)