Stina Persdotter

   Another name for Stina was Christina Margaret Persdotter Hanson.⁸⁸⁵⁹

  Research Notes:

Brief Summary

Stina Persdotter was born in Östmark parish in Värmland, Sweden on 18 May 1855. In 1864, along with her father (Per Halstensson), her stepmother and siblings, she emigrated to America. By 1866, the family was living at Stockholm Twp in Wright Co, MN (south of the town of Cokato). Stina was married around 1874 to John Peterson Hedman (Jon Persson) who was born in 1851 Östmark parish. Around 1882, John Peterson Hedman, Stina and children left MN for North Dakota and lived in Benson Co in Oberon Twp (this area borders Sheyenne Twp, Eddy Co, ND where some other members of Stina's family had moved). From the US land records information, John and Stina had close to ¾ section of land - a cash entry and timber culture homestead and a pre-emption homestead across the Sheyenne River, and in Benson Co.

Stina and John Peterson Hedman had emigrated to Canada in 1902 and homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the south-east part of the province [around Kennedy, SK about 40 kms south of Whitewood]. Then around 1907-08, Stina, John and family moved to an area east of Enderby in BC. The community that they moved to was known at the time as Deep Creek, and it appears that they were ranching, with some crops. However, in Jul 1916 John Peterson Hedman died at the age 69. From what I have been able to research, Stina and her son Peter (he was not married) left BC in the fall of 1916. It is likely first went to area south of Mazenod, SK where Stina's daughter Lena (Carolina) was homesteading with her husband Daniel Warner. In the winter of 1916-1917 or in the spring of 1917, Stina and her son Peter had moved again to Sheyenne, North Dakota where her and her husband had also homesteaded for a few years earlier. However, I have not found Stina in the 1920 US Census or the 1921 Canada Census. BUT in the 1926 Census for Canadian Prairie Provinces, she is recorded with her unmarried sons (Peter and August), living in the Connaught Municipality, north of Tisdale, SK.

Stina died on 16 Mar 1931 according the ancestry FTs. She is likely buried at the Tisdale Cemetery (on the western side of the current town of Tisdale, SK) where some other family memebers are buried. However, she is not indexed on findagrave; nor are sons Peter and August.

written by Rueben D Grue, 20 Jun 2020
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Sharons Tree, [Sharon Knapp]; last access 9 Jul 2023
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/82652950/person/30464132589/facts
- this links to John W Hedman - BUT the middle initial is Wrong - it should be "P" Peterson
- she posts a family photo that she labels as John Hedman family about 1893
- makes the following statement:
Applied for a homestead. This was the same block of land formerly homesteaded by their son William.


Ancestry.com FTs: Brodin Ostlund FT; link,
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7531887/person/25775028693/facts

and Benson FT (Brodin .. includes John P Hedman family photo taken abt 1893).
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10742063/person/25794797149/facts
- But very little useful or new information

Actually, the Jones FT on ancestry has some information on Stina and her husband John Peterson Hedman.
Jones Family Tree [bagladytoo]; last accessed, 4 Oct 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14961688/person/190157839/facts

Note: these FamilyTrees records dates etc. BUT it is very hard to find collaborating evidence or source information since often census data is not specific or even accurate (although the Jones FT has some evidence that can be collaborated).

For an unknown reason, Brodin ..FT records that Stina (Christina) was married to John P Hedman and they had one son named John William Hedman b 1874 in Wionna Co, MN (and died 3 Feb 1944 at Tisdale, SK, Canada). This FT then says she was also married to "unknown" and the rest of the children are recorded. The likely explanation is that the spelling of the family surname in the 1900 US census was "Headman" and maybe the FT was thinking this is a different person.

One major problem with these Family Trees is that both record that Christina and John P Hedman are recorded at least 3 different places in the 1900 US Census (Grant Co, South Dakota, but this has wife Christina b Nov 1861 in Sweden and emigrating in 1870; and another record for McPherson Co in Kansas and againg with wife Christina b June 1849 with immigration in 1870).
The third 1900 US Census is likely correct. This is for Oberon Twp, Benson Co, ND [this location borders the NW sections of Sheyenne Twp, Eddy Co); see below.


Obituary: Published in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 4 Apr 1931, page 20 [see file folder]
- died on pneumonia
- her husband died 15 years ago [1916]
- leaves 6 sons: William, George and Peter of Runciman; John of Perdue; Alf of North Battleford; Harold at Big River [SK], Mrs L L Jones of BC; Mrs Lena Warner of California, and Mrs Ida Johnson of North Dakota



1. US and Canada Census


1875 MN State Census, Stockholm Twp, Wright Co, MN; family 130: [ image 178 at Ancestry ]

John Hedman, age 21 b in Sweden
wife Stina age 19 [1856] b in Sweden and
son William age 0 [before 1 May 1875] in MN

note: on the same page as above, family 127 is: Per Halstensson [Stina's father] and family

NOTE: John Hedman and/or family are NOT recorded in Stockholm Twp in the 1885 MN State Census;
[reviewed pages Stockholm Twp, 3 Jun 2020; same date, no index]


1880 US Census, Stockholm twp, Wright Co [ED 72, dw 158 fam 163, line 9, page 19]
head, Christina Hedman age 25 [1855] in Sweden; not sure why John Peterson Hedman was not recorded with family - away work?
son, John W age 5 [1875] [not on church record, see below]
daughter, Ida M age 3 [1877] [actual 11 Jul 1876, birth date confirmed on image 1079 Stockholm Lutheran Church, parents J.P. Hedman and Stina]
daughter, Carolina age 1 [1879] [image 1083 church record]


1900 US Census, Benson Co, Oberon Twp, ND ED 72; sheet 14B, dw 281 fam 281, line 78 [familysearch; Twp 151, Range 62; sheet 14B
John Headman (Hedman), b June 1851 in Sweden, age 49, married 26 years [1874] emigrated in 1868
wife Christina, born May 1855 in Sweden, age 45;
mother of 11 children, 9 living; emigrated in 1864 [these dates correspond]; this record lists 6 children - so who are the other children and who died ??; see below ***

Alfred b Apr 1882, in MN
Gust, b Sep 1885, in ND [likely August]
John, b Dec 1887 in ND
Peter b Nov 1890 in ND
Harold b Feb 1893 in ND
Laura b Nov 1894 in ND

then, John Johnsson, uncle, b Jun 1835 in Sweden, age 64; single; em 1868

1906 Census of MB, AB, SK; Assiniboia East, sub -dis # 19, page 1, 1st family, line 1 ["automated genealogy" site a bit better copy)
John P Hedman, age 24 ???, b US? ; em 1902; land sec 7, twp 12, range 3, W2; horses-7, milk cows-6, other-65, hogs- 9
wife, Christina, age 22 ??? b US; em 1902
children:
son Thos [transcription ?] age 21, [b abt 1884?] - so this likely son Alfred ?? also known as Alfred Theodore but date of 1884 is not right
son Gust, age 19 [1885] [August]
son John age 17 [1889]
son Pete age 15 [1891]
son Harold, age 13 [1893]
daugther Laura, age 11

NOTE: the next family on the above page is Stina's (Christina)'s* b 1855 half-brother, John Alfred Hanson b 1869 in MN * (Stina was married to John P Hedman)

- post office: Kennedy [abt 40 kms south of Whitewood, SK] sec 7, twp 12, range 3, W2 - is on the homestead index, even though I can't find the actual homestead file pages using the file #; also the same as John William Hedman
- also note that


1911 Canada Census (BC, district 14-37 Okanagan; sub-district 1, ED 2, page 5, dw 59 fam 59, line 12) [poor reproduction copy]
[note, ancestry has sorted: District - Yale and Cariboo, with sub dis 37 Okanagan; line 12]

John Hedman, b Jun 1851 in Sweden; em 1868 (but transcribed as 1860); farmer
wife Christina, b May 1855 in Sweden; em 1866
son John, b Dec 1889 [?] in US, age 21; em 1904
son Peter b Nov 1891 in US, age 20; em 1904
then, John Johnsson, uncle, b Jun 1835 in Sweden, age 75 em 1868, but marital status is obscure - 'automated genealogy" transcribed as a W for widow but ancestry transcribes as 'm' for married [ see Jon Jonsson's b 1835 research notes ]
* there is an interesting note in the column "Insurance held at Date" [before column's for 'education ...']
Upon life, $2000; upon accident/sickness $59 [?], cost in the census year, $80


NOTE: John Alfred Hanson b 1869 in MN (half-brother to Christina - John Hedman's wife) is recorded in the Lumby - Cherryville area in the 1911 Canada Census; John Alfred Hanson's youngest son was born Oct 1908 in BC - name is transcribed as Alph (Ralph?).

Thus, the family (and likely John P Hedman) came to BC around 1907 (1906-1908)

daughter Laura Hedman, born in 1895 but transcribed as 1904 but her age is given as 16, thus she would have been born 1895; as a domestic; 1911 Canada Census (BC, district 14-39 Okanagan; sub-district 1, ED 4, page 10 Spallumcheen - Armstrong

son Harold Hedman, b Feb 1893 age 18 b US; column for immigration to Canada - 1907, but the family actually emigrated in 1902 from the US, is this refering to when he came to BC ? ; 1911 Canada Census (BC, district 14-39 Okanagan; sub-district 1, ED 4, page 4, Spallumcheen - Armstrong, but in the residence column, Armstrong



2. John Peterson Hedman died 8 Jul 1916 and buried at Hullcar Cemetery; id 121599646
BC death registration 1916-09-207380; GSU Mfilm Number:1927140; Event Date: 1916-07-08 (July 8)
- his name is recorded as John Headman; no image on the website - would have to use the microfilm at Kelowna Public Library, downtown
NOTE: Christina is not recorded as death in BC


AND from The Enderby Press and Walker Weekly, 13 Jul 1916, page 1, col 2
Deep Creek Resident Dead
"Mr. John P. Hedman, for the past 9 years a resident of Deep Creek, died at his home Saturday, after a lingering illness, aged 69 years. Interment took place at the Hulcar cemetery on Monday, the last obsequies being attended by nearly every resident of the district. Deceased leaves a widow and nine sons and daugthers to mourn his loss. In his nine years' residence in Deep Creek locality the deceased won the esteem of a large circle of friends, and his departure will be mourned by many."

Then, Card of Thanks
"We take this means of thanking our many friends and neighbors for all the many kindnesses shown us, and the departed, in our recent great bereavement. Mrs. J. P. Hedman, and Children.

On column 1, Enderby and District News
"Alf. Hedman of Kennedy, Sas., and his sister, Mrs. D. C. Warner of Mazenod, Sas, came in on Saturday to attend the funeral of their father, Mr. J. P. Hedman, Deep Creek."


https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers/xenderby/items/1.0179040#p0z-4r0f:%22Deep%20Creek%22
BC Historical Newspapers, University of British Columbia, Open Collections,
[searched "Deep Creek", 1916; 'advanced search']


3. Wiki Family Tree; managed by Joanne Davis, 21 Feb 2018
- records that Christina / Stina emigrated from Sweden via Liverpool and arrived in New York July 31
- 1865 residence as Moores Prairie, Wright Co, MN
- son, William born in Minnesota City, Winona Co, MN; and in 1875 lived in Cambridge, Isanti Co, Minnesota
- son, Chester Roy Hedman died 23 Nov 1949 in a hunting accident; 3 Nov 1932 married to Eve May Wallington [married in Flin Flon, ?]; daughter Joy


4. Ancestry.com, US Evangelical Church Records: Stockholm Lutheran Church (see my document);
image 810

Jon Persson Hedman, b 1 Jan 1851, Östmark, Värmland; arrived in US 1868; received at church, 4 Jan 1874; left
Christina Hanson b 16 May 1854 [ *** Actual birth is 18 May 1855 with her baptism on 20 May 1855 (see vol CI:3, p 363 first side]
children: [all born in Moores Prairie, Stockholm Twp, Wright Co, MN
John William, b 21 Dec 1874, bap 25 Dec 1874 [for birth/bap - see image 1071, left side]
Ida Nathalia, b 11 Jul 1876, bap 24 Jul [see image 1079, left side]
Karolina/Caroline, b 6 Oct 1878, bap 27 Oct [see image 1083, left side]
Alfrid, b 3 Jul 1880, bap 26 Jul [see image 1099, left side, top 1/4 of page]; he likely died between 1880 and 1882 since there is another son named Alfred born in Apr 1882 [see 1900 US Census) but this Alfred b 1882 is not recorded on the baptism pages - thus the family likely moved to ND after Alfred b 1882 was born; the above Alfrid b 1880 is not recorded in the death church records
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554913-00049?pId=30523391


US Evangelical Lutheran Church
Grandfield Lutheran Church, Sheyenne, ND
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60722/images/41742_314179-00006?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=153843902

image 7; numbers 67-75
John P Hedman, b 1 Jan 1851
Stina, b 16 Mar 1855
John Wilhelm Hedman, b 21 Dec 1874 [b in MN]
Ida Mathilda, b 11 Sep 1876 [b in MN]
Caroline, b 5 Oct 1878 [b in MN]
Alfred Theodor, b 2 Apr 1882 [b in MN]
August, b 19 Sep 1885 [b in ND]
John b 3 Dec 1887, bap 24 Jun 1888* [b in ND]
Peter, b 25 Nov 1889, bap 11 May 1890* [b in ND]
* this may mean that the family joined around 1888 when they came to the area, but if August was born in ND, then the family came cloese to 1855
*** on the left column "stricken off Dec 10, 1900" - this is likely about the time that they left for Saskatchewan





5. US Land Records - Homestead and Track Books

John Peterson Hedman; homestead: Benson County, ND; Lots 6 & 7, Sec 34 and Lots 6-8, Sec 35; Twp 151N, R 66; 5 Meridian patent issued 7 Jan 1898
track books: Vol 73, image 145; 160.10 acres; payment 16 Mar 1893 (receipt 4731) final 2 Aug 1897 (receipt 1978)
[ link, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WS-8ZFW?i=144&wc=M7WQ-YWG%3A356164401%2C356179001&cc=2074276 ]


BUT: image 74, cash entry sale: E½of NW¼, SW¼of NE¼, and SE¼of NW¼ of Section 3, 150N and Range 66, Eddy Co with patent issued 5 Oct 1889, E½of NW¼, SW¼of NE¼,157.72 acres - this was a "Sale - cash Entry", John P Hedman
AND then: on a timber culture homestead: 158.89 on Section 1 of 150 N and Range 66, Eddy Co; issued on 29 Jun 1894. NOTE: BLP GLO records SE¼of NW¼ of Section 3, only

Note that the Sheyenne River splits the two parcels of land: Eddy Co on the south side of the river and Benson Co on the north side and that some of the Benson Co land was or reverted at some point back to an Indian Reservation
AND note that this is only about 2-3 kms to the north-east of the current town of Sheyenne

SO, John P Hedman
First purchases patent in 1889 in Eddy Co [one of these quarters was a pre-emption]
then, a timber culture housestead in Eddy Co, patent in 1894
then a homestead land north of the river, patent in 1898, in Benson Co
-- according to the book "Our Heritage .... Sheyenne ND ...", page 222 [image 225] Hedman's land north of the river in Benson Co was not surveyed since it was taken back from the initial Indian Reservation - ended with squarters rights and then, homestead patent
then, in 1901, homestead in Kennedy, SK - homestead, NE NW sec 22, Twp 12, Range 4, W2 [NE file 526690; this was probably cancelled and taken over by his son, William Hedman; NW file100799A]
then in about 1908, purchases land east of Enderby BC in an area known as Deep Creek and/or Hullcar ⁸⁸⁵⁹

Stina married John Peterson Hedman, son of Per Jönsson and Marit Jonsdotter, about 1874 in North Dakota, United States.⁸⁸⁶⁵ (John Peterson Hedman was born on 1 Jun 1851 in Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden,⁸⁸⁶⁷ died on 8 Jul 1916 in Deep Creek, British Columbia, Canada ⁸⁸⁶⁸ and was buried in Hullcar Cemetery, Enderby, British Columbia, Canada.)