Olof Persson

   Another name for Olof was Ole Peterson.

  Research Notes:

1. Skåne Sweden to Minnesota .... Moody families ..... by Kay Breding Netz, © 1990
[I have recorded a link to the FamilySearch scan in my document, "Appendix", number 32.]
- image 102, under Erik Moody: known in the US as Ole Peterson [but this is not verified]




2. Östmark (S) AI:23 (1866-1870) Page 754, Rundsjötorp Rådom
Olof Persson, b 24 May 1842 [Gammaltäppan]; married 26 Dec 1865
wife, Karin Bengtsdotter, b 1838, Millmarkshed or maybe just Millmark
dau Marit Olofsdotter, b 11 Feb 1866

- family moves to North America, 26 Apr 1867 [B:2, image 51, no 17]
NOTE: Olof's nephew, Per Jönsson b 29 Sep 1858,
- Per Nilsson is the son of Maria/Maja Persdotter, b 1829, and a sister to Olof



3. Värmlanningar i Nord Amerika .... image 213.... 26 Apr 1867
Olof, wife Karin Bengtsdotter and daughter Marit Olofsdotter - last address, Buffalo, MN
- next line is Per Jonsson (Moody) b 29 Sep 1858 .... Buffalo; Föräldr. o. sysk. utv. 2 May 1870
[parents and siblings]

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- next 2 lines later is Anders Ersson b 20 May 1858 ... a drang - his parents 4 Apr 1869
and Helga Ersdotter b 18 Mar 1843 .. syst. t. ovanst=above - see above - must be her parents, 4 Apr 1869

???
Olof / Ole Peterson; 1880 US Census, Buffalo, MN BUT: not the same person, 25 May 2022
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4241849-00401?pId=48145444
- see below


4. American Swedish Lutheran Church records, Zion Lutheran Church, Buffalo, MN;

image 138
Olof Persson, b 24 May 1842, Östmark; arrived 1867; left 6 Jan 1883 ... but to where ???
wife, Karin Bengtsdotter, b 13 Mar or Aug 1838, Östmark

image 105
Olof Persson, b 24 May 1842, Östmark; married 26 Dec 1865; arrived 1867, from Rundsjötorp
wife, Karin Bengtsdotter, b 13 Mar 1838, Östmark
dau, Marit, b 11 Feb 1866, Östmark
s., Per Jonsson, b 29 Sept 1858, Östmark [this should be Per Jonson Moody, and thus, a nephew, not a son]


----- findagrave: 172856943; Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
Marit Person; b 11 Feb 1866; died 12 Apr 1871; grave marker has some additional writing but .... ???
[linked by Moody FT]


5. Ole Peterson; 1880 US Census, Rockford twp, Wright Co. MN ???? maybe or maybe not

1800 US Census. Rockford Twp, Wright Co, MN; ED 071; page 4
Ole Peterson age 38 b in Swe, farmer
wife Keate or Kate, age 42 b in Swe ?? [should be Karin - I suppose she may have been known as Kate???]
Mary Johnson, age 15 [b abt 1865] b in Swe
then Bank [?] Erickson, father in law age 69 b in Swe ???

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emigration - 1867: Leaving for North America, 26 Apr 1867, Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden. ^9344,9345 Leaving Östmark parish. Olof's nephew, Per Jonsson b 1858 [son of Jon Jonsson and Marie/Maja Persdotter, Olof's sister)

Olof married Karin Bengtsdotter on 26 Dec 1865 in Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden.⁹³⁴⁴ (Karin Bengtsdotter was born in 1838 in Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden ⁹³⁴⁴.)