Christoffer Nilsson Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

1. Ancestry.com FT; Primary Tree FT ; owner Rochelle Geurts; also a few photos
link, https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/112922097/person/150108943154/facts
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/112922097/person/150108943154/facts

this FT, posts a brief obit from the St Cloul Times, 19 Oct 1931
- funeral services for Christoffer Bonstrom, died at age 78
- a pioneer of this community and was active in the community


Kevern FT on ancestry; https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/170642255/person/392215179406/facts
- has additional information on daugther, Clara Maria
- the above FT links to a collection Ancestry.com. Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
Christoffer Bonstrom, died 14 Oct 1931 at Wright Co, MN (cert # 016876)


2. Swedish Lutheran Church records, Zion Lutheran Church, Buffalo, MN
https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554911-00046?pId=30217927

mage 47; Christoffer (Kristofer) Bönström family ............. and image 69 ... daughter Clara Maria, married - image 82

Kristoffer Bonstrom, b 29 Apr 1853 at Östmark
married: 30 May 1886 at Rockford Twp, Wright Co: ** Kristina Larsdotter, b 10 Jan 1846 at Östmark; arrived in 1866 she - was first married to Abraham Ilstrup (cap I, then letter L) b abt 1829 but not sure of the date but likely bet 1879 and 1885
but using Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery - Abraham Ilstrup b 1831, died 1884 [findagrave, id 91276557; there are a number and a
couple from the names of children on image 47; no link to his wife; Also Kristopher or Christofer Bonstrom is not at this cemetery]

Kristina Larsdotter's children from first marriage
Arthur Ilstrup, b 14 Jan 1869
Edvin Ilstrup, b 3 Dec 1871, d. 1890
Amos Ilstrup, b 2 Oct 1873
Robert Ilstrup, b 2 Nov 1875 [ he is married in 1908; his family noted on image 73]
Norman Ilstrup, b 13 Jul 1879

then children of Kristofter Bonstrom and Kristina
Clara Maria, b 22 Apr 1822 at Buffalo, MN

Then, image 69
Kristofter Bonstrom, d. 14 Oct 1931 and Kristina Larsdotter - died 9 Feb 1920
daughter, Klara Maria, b 22 Apr 1889; married to Gilbert Walden; reference to page 60, image 82 **
on top of image 69, he is recorded as Bernhard Gilbert Walden and the son Julia Walden b in Norway
her children: Amus, Robert and Norman Ilstrup

** image 82
Bernhard Gilbert Walden, b 11 Sp 1879 at Buffalo
wife Clara Maria (Bonstrom) b 22 Apr 1889
daughter, Marian Avanna Walden, b 22 Mar 1920 at Buffalo
son Ancel Berhard Walden, b 28 Sep 1923 at Buffalo


3. Modified Chronological list:
Kristoffer Bonstrom, b 1853, Östmark; died 1931 at Rockford Twp, Wright Co, MN
married 1886 at Rockford Twp, Wright Co, MN
Kristina Larsdotter, b 10 Jan 1846, Sweden; died 9 Feb 1920, Rockford Twp, Wright Co, MN
Children:
Clara Maria Bonstrom, b 1889 Rockford Twp; died 1951 at Wright Co
married: Gilbert Bernard Walden, b 1889 at Rockford Twp; died 1951at Wright Co
Children: Marain Avanna Walden, 1920-2005, Wright Co, MN; Ancil Benhard Walden, Wright Co, MN

4. US Census records; also see Christoffer's mothers page

1900 US Census, Rockford Twp, Wright Co, MN; ED 236; sheet 10 B; dw/fam 186 - line 74
Christoffer Bonstrom b Sep 1853 [?] in Sweden, age 46; em 1867; farm
wife, Christine, b Jan 1846 in Sweden, age 54; [no yr of immgration]; mother of 9 children, 6 living
dau Clara Maria b Apr 1889 in MN; age 11
then
Robert Ilstrup, step-son, b Nov 1874 in MN; age 25
Norman Ilstrup, step-son b Jul 1879 in MN; age 20

1930 US Census, Rockford Twp, Wright Co, MN; ED 28; sheet 5A; dw 100/fam 105
Gilbert Walden, age 50 b in MN; farm
wife Clara M age 40
dau Marian A age 10
son, Ancil b age 6
then Christ Bonstrom, father in law, age 76 b in Sweden; widow
also, Ernest E Erickson, age 27 b in MN; lodger

1940 US Census Rockford Twp, Wright Co; ED 86-29; sheet 1A
household 6, line 30
Christine Bonstrom, age 82 b in Sweden, widow; same house in Apr 1935 **
then, Robert E Bonstrom, age 59 b in MN; single

then, starting with line 32
Gilbert B Walden, age 60 b in MN; farm; same house in Apr 1935
wife Clara M, age 50 b in MN
dau Marian A age 20 b in MN
son Ancil B, age 16 b in MN

** I first thought this Christine was the mother of Clara Maria, but that was not correct; this Christine was the wife of Gustav N Bonstrom - Zion Lutheran Church records, note that Clara Maria's mother died in 1920 as the two Ancestry FTs record

* Clara Maria Bonstrom / Walden: findagrave id 149322673; links to her husband and her 2 children: note that Kevern FT links to MN death index, 1907-2017, for both children - these indicate that neither married and there is no evidence that either had children

married to Christoffer Bonstrom
Kevern FT has Kristina Larson b 10 May 1846 in Sweden - but I can't find the birth; died 9 Feb 1920 at Marysville, Rockford
Primary FT has Karen Larson b 10 Feb 1846 in Sweden and died 9 Feb 1920 at Rockford * this birth is in Östmark birth records but actual is 19 Feb 1846, but using the index search on Archivdigital, Karin Larsdotter on that date is married to Nils Nilsson up to the 1899 time frame and living at Millmark
Ilstrup FT has Christina Marie Bonstrom b abt 1846 Sweden, and death at Rockford Twp ⁹²⁵⁹

Christoffer married Kristina Larsdotter in 1886 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States.⁹²⁵⁷ (Kristina Larsdotter was born on 10 Jan 1845 in Östmark, Värmland, Sweden,⁹²⁵⁸ died on 9 Feb 1920 in Rockford Twp, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States ⁹²⁵⁸ and was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Buffalo, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States.)