Gertrud Svensdotter

  Research Notes:

Nancy Anderson-Swanson FT [nancy anderson]; access 20 Mar 2022
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/151054826/person/102051216565/facts





Östmark (S) AI:22 (1866-1870) Page 158, Östmark-Gurusätra [see father's page for earlier records]
piga Getrud Svensdotter, b 12 May 1846; moves to North America, 9 Apr 1869 [B:2, image 58 no 22]

note: on the same day, no 21, 9 Apr 1869 is Sven Olsson b 6 Mar 1844 [they marry in MN ???]
- see AI:23, page 723 - Wästanå - Kläggstrand

Värmlänningar i Nordamerika, image 220
- 19 Apr 1869: Gertrud Svensdotter, b 12 May 1846; g. Olsson ; from Östmark-Gurusätter to Moores Prairie
- 19 Apr 1869, Sven Olsson, b 6 Mar 1844, from Västanå Kläggstranden to Moores Prairie

findagrave id, 110124162; Gertrude Olson, link to husband and 3 children, Cokato Cemetery

note: ancestry - family photo:
Johnson FT [Tammy Johnson] last access 31 Oct 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/60113092/person/140201933431/facts

Nancy Anderson-Swanson FT; [Nancy Anderson]; access 11 Mar 2022
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/151054826/person/102051216565/fact
- additional info on son Olof and son John Ludvig ....


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US records


1. Stockholm Lutheran Church records;
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554913-00055?pId=30523502

image 816
Sven Svensson Bollman, b 20 Sep 1797, Östmark, received 2 June 1876; arrived in US in 1868
Sven Olsson, b 6 Mar 1844 in Östmark
his wife, Gertrud Svensdotter b 12 May 1846, Östmark
son Olof b 25 Nov 1869, Moores Prairie
dau Maria Kathrina, b 19 Jul 1872
dau Jenny b 18 May 1873
dau Carolina Elisabeth b 20 Nov 1875; died 25 Dec 1875
dau Anna Elvina, b 13 Nov 1876; died 10 Jan 1877

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2. ** 1870 US Census - I have viewed page by page, Collingwood and Litchfield Twp in Meeker Co and Stockholm Tpw in Wright Co, but Swan/Sven Olson and wife Gertrude are NOT Recorded, nor is Sven Svenson, Gertrude's father [20 Feb 2022]


1875 MN State Census, Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co, MN; fam 83 [line 10]; image 8 on familysearch collection
Swan Olson, age 31 b in Swe
wife Jenny ???, age 29 b in Swe
Swan Swanson, age 78 b in Swe ** [Sven's wife, Kattarina is not recorded]
Ole age 5 b in MN
Mary, age 4 b in MN
Jenny, age 2 b in MN

1880 US Census, Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co, MNl; ED 058; dw/fam, 146/155, pages 15 and 16
Swan Olson, age 36 b in Swe, farmer
wife, Gjertrud, age 34 b in Swe
son, Olof age 10 b in MN
dau, Mary C Olson, age 8, born in MN
dau, Jenny, age 7, born in MN
son, John L, age 4 months (b Feb 1880), in MN

1885 MN State Census, Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co, MN; fam 208 [iamge 36 , continued to image 37]
Swan Olson, age 41 b in Swe
Jennie, age 39 b in Swe [all children born in MN]
Ole, age 15, b in MN
Mary, age 13 b in MN [likely born Maria Kathrina, b 19 Jul 1872]
Jennie, age 12
John L age 4
Hanna age 2
Lydia age 4 months

1895 MN State, Litchfield Village, Meeker Co; family 258 [image 19 on familysearch] ; likely ????
Mrs Olson, age 50 b in Swe ; note Swan/Sven Olson died 1892

1900 US Census, Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co, MN;; Ed 0101; sheet 1A; dw/fam 6
Gertrud Olson, age 54, b May 1846 b in Swe; widow; mother of 10 children, 5 living; em 1869 [?]
son, Ludwig, age 20, b Feb 1880 in MN
dau, Lydia T, age 15, b Jan 1885 in MN

1910 US Census, Collinwood Twp, Meeker Co, MN, ED 0083; sheet 5B; dw/fam 85/86
Gertrud Olson, age 63, b in Swe; widow; em 1869 [?]
dau, Lydia T, age 25, b in MN; married; mother of 1 child, 1 living
grand son, Clinton Horner, age 1 yr 3 mos b in MN


3. Land

I'm not sure if Sven or Swan Olson had obtained a homestead in Meeker Co. The US Bureau of Land Management [BLO GLO records website], records a patent issued to Swan Olson on Sec 10, N½of SE¼, Twp 120N, Range 32W. This is in Collinwood Twp and only a few kms west of the boundary between Collinwood Twp and Stockholm Twp in Wright Co.

However, when I reviewed the US Track Books (Familysearch, Vol 93 image 30), the date of entry or in the US the date of the receipt for the payment of the $10 fee was 30 Dec 1868 and the final payment was on 1 June 1874. Patent was issued on 1 Sep 1874.
- The difficulty of course is that the Sweden Church records show that Sven (Swan) Olson left Östmark parish is Sweden was on 9 April 1869. I think there are only 3 possible explanations for this discreptancy:
1. the US track books made a mistake with date of the receipt for the $10 payment; or
2. Sven Olsson had gone from Sweden the year before to search for land, then came back to Östmark in 1869 and then left Östmark again in the spring of 1869; or
3. the initial $10 payment was made by proxy - someone else had traveled to Meeker Co, Minnesota and made the $10 payment on his behalf.

I doubt that the payment could have been done mail. I may never know the answer to the discreptancty.
[28 Mar 2022]

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Emrigation, 1869: Leaving for North America, 9 Apr 1869, Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden. ^9475,9476 Gertrud Svensdotter leaves for North America. She is recorded living at Östmark Gurusätter and traveling alone. In the Household records she is recorded as a servant [pige].

However, Sven Olsson (b 1844) also is recorded as leaving on the same day - he is from Västana Kläggstranded and is recorded is recorded as traveling alone. In the household records he is recorded as the son of Olof Persson.

I have not found a marriage record for Gertrud, but it is likely they married at or before arriving at Moores Prairie (Stockholm Twp), Wright Co, MN

Gertrud married Sven Olson about 1869 in Minnesota, United States. (Sven Olson was born on 6 Mar 1844 in Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden, died on 9 Jul 1892 in Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Cokato Cemetery, Cokato, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States.)