Johan J Modig

  Research Notes:

See: Marit Bollman's "general notes" for a modified Descandant report


1. Skåne Sweden to Minnesota .... Moody families ..... by Kay Breding Netz, © 1990
[I have recorded a link to the FamilySearch scan in my docume, "Appendix", number 32; since the url is 7 lines long]
- image 103: known in US as, "John Moody", although Findagrave id 109645214 - photo of tombstone, records
Johan Modig
- this notes that John and Mary were married in Sweden - but this is likely NOT correct
- Johan/John Jansson/Jönsson Modig leaves Lekvattnet parish on 4 May 1863 [moving out, B:2, image 14 no 4]
and he is recorded as a drang and traveling "1 male"; came from Fäbacken; Marit/Mary Bollman emigrates with her parents in 1864 and it appears that they went to Stockholm where she is first recorded with her parents - see point 3.
Thus, their marriage was likely a Moores' Prairie, between 1864 and 1865 - earliest marriage records start in 1869

- image 105: 3 children who died very young: [ in brackets, date from Stockholm Lutheran church records}
Herman Selbe, 30 Jun 1874 [image 1077] died 16 Mar 1879 [... image 1117, age 3 yrs 8 mos, 16 days ]
August Victor, 1 Dec 1877 [image 1082]; died 17 Mar 1879 [... image 1117; age 1 yr 3 mos, 16 days ]
Amanda Cecelia, 28 Dec 1881 [image 1100]; died 23 May 1882 [... image 1119; age 4 mos, 25 days ]
note: the above 3 infants are recorded on findagrave - linked to their parents

[ see Jöns Jönsson Modig - page/link to findagrave, where KayBN, has linked the siblings and comments on the use of Modig / Moody surname ]

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Ancestry Family Trees


lennart eriksson Släktträd FT, Ancestry [lennart eriksson]; last accessed 11 Mar 2023
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/85009464/person/222172466494/facts
- notes that -1854) m. Annika Ersdotter [1797-1865]
- Johan Persson (b 1793) mother was Kerstin Ersdotter "Porkka" born 1775 at Fäbacken
- Kerstin Ersdotter "Porkka", b 1775; parents: Erik Andersson b 1746 and Marit Andersdotter, b 1747
- Lennart uses the name: "Jan Johan Persson Hämäläinen"

Fox Family Tree [Leah Vanderweit]; last accessed 11 Mar 2023
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/77067109/person/330177000850/facts
- some additional information on Johan Jansson Modig - 1831, d. 3 Jul 1889, Stockholm Wright Co
and married to Marit Andersdotter Bollman, b 1845 Östmark, d. 1927, Cokato
- but many of the children are wrong ???

Leah Marie Fox FT [hwy70storage]; access 11 Mar 2023
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/8504220/person/-935833961/facts
- no new information

Clark/Kliest FT [patricias27avon]; access 11 Mar 2023
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12445822/person/375275090/facts
- no knew information
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2. Lekvattnet (S) AI:3 (1861-1865) Page 35, Fäbacken, Moditorp; emigrates to MN, 15 Apr 1864 [B:2, p 20 no 4]
Pär Jansson/Jonsson b 1825 [Pär Johansson/Jonsson]
modr, Annika Ersdotter, b 1797, died 26 Mar 1865 [she had moved in 1864 to p 37 Fäbacken - Storången]

brother, Johan Jånsson/Jönsson b 1 Jan 1831; emigrates to N Amerika 4 May 1863 [to Chicago ?]
- actually, 4 Apr 1863; Lek. moving out records: B:2, p 14, no 4, Johan Jånsson/Jönsson from Fäbacken


3. Stockholm Lutheran Church Records, Wright Co, MN;
[ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554912-00100?pId=30217280 ]

image 690
John Modig
wife Marit Andersdotter [referenced from image 692, Maria/Mary Bollman, b 22 Sept 1845, Östmark parents, Anders S Bollman, b 1820 and Ingeborg Hallstensdotter b 1819, Östmark; - referenced to image 690;
[Marit's birth, Östmark CI:3, p 277, 1st side; father Anders Svensson and mother Ingeborg Hallstensdotter, Långerud]
dau, Maria b 18 Sep 1865, Moores Prairie, MN
son, Anton, b 1 Nov 1869

then, image 896
Johan Modig, b 1 Jan 1831, Östmark came to US 1863; died 3 Jul 1889
wife Marit (b Anderson), b 23 Sep 1845, Östmark; came to US in 1864; died 28 June 1927
dau, Maria b 8 Jul 1865, Moores Prairie
son Anton, b 1 Nov 1869; died 15 Nov 1934
son, Johan Wilhelm, b 19 Dec 1870; died 1936
son, Oscar Ludvig, b 29 Sep 1872 "dropped" 29 Mar 1896 [birth image 1065]
dau, Hulda Nathalia, b 4 Mar 1880; to St Paul 17 Dec 1917

** under dau Maria, b 1865 - oäkta son, Carl Arthur b 2 Sep 1884; right column, "Excom, 30 May 1889 for adultery"
and son, Carl Arthur, b 2 Sep 1884 .... removed


4. US records:

1875 MN State, Wright Co, Stockholm Twp, [image 173 on Ancestry], family 53 [previous fam is Hallsten Bollman]
Johan Modig, age 43 b in Swe
Mary, age 29 b in Swe
Mary, age 9, b in MN
Anton, age 5 b in MN
John W, age 4, b in MN
Oscar L, age 2 b in MN
Herman S, age 0 b in MN
then,
Inga [Modig ??], age 16 b in Sweden

1880 US Census, Stockholm Twp, Wright Co, MN; ED 072, page 9
John Moody age 49, born in Swe
Maria Moody, age 34, b in Swe
Mary Moody, age 14 b in MN
Anton Moody, age 10 b in MN
John, age 9
Oscar L, age 7 b in MN
Hulda Moody, age 3 months [Mar] b in MN [b abt 1880]


from: Stockholm church records
3 children who died very young: [ in brackets, date from Stockholm Lutheran church records}
Herman Selbe, 30 Jun 1874 [image 1077] died 16 Mar 1879 [... image 1117, age 3 yrs 8 mos, 16 days ]
August Victor, 1 Dec 1877 [image 1082]; died 17 Mar 1879 [... image 1117; age 1 yr 3 mos, 16 days ]
Amanda Cecelia, 28 Dec 1881 [image 1100]; died 23 May 1882 [... image 1119; age 4 mos, 25 days ]



1885 MN State, Wright Co MN; page 3, 2nd side, fam 34
John Moody age 53, born in Swe
Maria Moody, age 39, b in Swe
Maria Moody, age 20 b in MN
Anton Moody, age 15 b in MN
Oscar Moody, age 13 b in MN
Hulda Moody, age 5 b in MN [b abt 1880]
Carl A .... . age 0 b in MN [is this Arthur???] [b abt 1885] - *** in fact, this is the son of Maria Moody b 1865
and see image 896 from the Stockholm Lutheran Church records
.. it is hard to make out the last name ... looks like Fredricks ??? - the first letter is "F" or "T" ???


1895 MN State, Wright Co, Stockholm Twp; page 13
Mary Moody, age 46 b in Swe
Anton Moody, age 25 b in MN; in this district 25 yrs
William Moody, age 15 [b abt 1880???] [15 years old would likely be Hulda ... John William was b in 1870 ]
Ingeborg Bollman, age 79 b in Swe [widow]
Arthur Moody, age 10 b in MN [b abt 1885]

note: above this James Bollman age 42 wife and children


1900 US Census, Stockholm Twp, Wright Co, ED 0239; sheet 1B and 2B
Anton J Moody, head, b Nov 1869 in MN; single, farmer
John W Moody, brother, b Dec 1870, MN [line 51, sheet 2B]
Mary Moody, mother, b Sep 1845, b in Sweden; mother of 8 Children, 5 living
Oscar L Moody, brother, b Sep 1872
Charles A Moody, nephew, b Sep 1884, age 15
Ingeborg Bollman, grandmother, b Jan 1816? in Sweden, age 84; widow, mother of 7 children, 6 living


1905 MN State, Wright Co, Stockholm Twp; ED 17, sheet 16 [ line 48 ] [image 81 on Ancestry collection]
Anton J Moody, age 35 b in MN
John W Moody, age 34
Arthur Moody, age 20 b in MN [b abt 1885]
Mary Moody, age 53 b in Sweden [abt 1852 ?]

note: lines 43-47; Bollmans


5. Minnesota, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1925, Will Records, Vol C, 1882-1899
image 253, Ancestry Collection

- will of John Moody - dated 25 Jun 1889 - everything to wife, Mary Moody; from Sec 19, Stockholm Twp
then image 254; matter of estate .... 4 Jan 1892

6. Land - no record of homestead, or patent

But: 1894 Plat John Moody; NW¼SW¼ of Sec 19, Twp 118; range 28W ..... 37.37 acres
then 1901 - the above under A J Moody [likely Anton J Moody' and then NE¼ ... W Moody [likely John Wilhelm]
then, 1915 - same as 1901 ⁹²⁰⁷

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emirgration, 1863: Leaving for North America, 4 Apr 1863, Lekvattnet, Värmland län, Sweden. ⁹²⁰⁸ Johan Modig leaves the farm/village of Fäbacken in Lekvattnet parish on 4 April 1863. His brother, Per Modig is recorded moving to North America on 15 April

Johan married Marit Bollman, daughter of Anders Svensson Bollman and Ingeborg Hallstensdotter. (Marit Bollman was born on 22 Sep 1845 in Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden,⁹²⁰⁹ died on 28 Jun 1927 in Stockholm Twp, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Stockholm Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wright Co, Minnestoa, United States.)