| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation54. Maria Charlotta Danielsdotter NILSON was born on 3 September 1846 in Stora Gärdet, Hössna, Älvsborg län, Sweden.26 She was buried in August 1921 in Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, Eden Park, Cranston, RI. She died on 17 August 1921 at the age of 74 in Cranston, Providence Co., RI.27 Household Examination 1870-76, p. 173, indicates a marriage date of January 29, 1871, slightly different than what marriage record shows. After John Johnson died, Maria went to live with Amy Kells (her youngest daughter) in Eden Park. She died at age 74. She listed Thyra Johnson as kin. The 1930 Census lists a Thyra Johnson, 50, living with her husband, John, 50, and son Raymond A., 24, at 112 Jenkins Street in Providence. John was a machinist and Raymond a clerk. Thyra is also listed as kin of Lillian M. Johnson, died 10 March 1925 at age 7 mos., Lillie E. Johnson, died 20 October 1929, age 29, Margaret Johnson, died 13 May 1927, age 2 mos., and Martha Johnson, died 8 February 1926, age 80 years. A Thyra Johnson is listed in Providence city directories from 1938 to 1947. Her death certificate says she died at RI Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage and pneumonia at 8:54 a.m., two days after being admitted. William P. Murphy was her physician. Reference: Edlund: Born 1846-09-03 in Stora Gärdet, Hössna (P). Maria Charlotta Danielsdotter NILSON and Johannes JOHANSSON were married on 24 March 1871 in Hössna, Älvsborg län (Väster Götaland), Sweden.28 Johannes JOHANSSON, son of Johannes JONASSON and Annika JOHANSDOTTER, was born on 9 April 1837 in Gammaltorp, Hällstad, Älvsborg län, Sweden.29 Emigrated to US: from Hössna, Sweden on 15 March 1891 . He died on 19 April 1911 at the age of 74 in State Institution, Howard, Cranston, RI. Resided at: Wellington Avenue, Cranston, R.I. . He was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery, Providence, RI. Note that his father died when he was 9 years old. His mother, his two sisters, and he had to sell their 1/4 ownership and move from their farm, Gammalstorp, in 1850. They moved to Blidsberg parish, east of Hällstad, Väster Götaland, Sweden. The Gammalstorp property had been in the family for several generations, and a part of it continued to be in the family through Johannes' uncles and a cousin. On October 24, 1871, the newly married Johan Johansson moved with his wife to Krokstorp, where he was a quarter (1/4) owner (per Hössna Husförhörslängd AI:11, p. 30). Son Edwin's notes say that Johan was a farmer and also hauled lumber for a saw mill to a railroad station for extra income. He and his wife raised their family at Krokstorp until leaving to emigrate to America. Another 1/4 was owned by Anders Johansson and half owned by Johan Andersson. The Anderssons went to America from Krokstorp in 1882. The Ulricehamn Tidning for 20 February 1891 carried the announcement of the auction of the Johansson's possessions at Krokstorp: "Fungörelse: Genom offentlig auktion, som på stället forrättas Tingaden den 10 näste Mars k. . c.m. läter J. Johansson i Krokstorp, Hössna Socken, för af resa till Amerika försälja helt sitt lös örebo, bes täende of koppar, järn, och träsaker, husgeräd och möbler, åk er bruckes och könedskap, säng, ok linnekläder spanne, mål och potata, kreater af 1 häst, 3 Kors, 3 kvigor samt höns, hö, och halmfades som fär från stället affäres, m.m. Vederhäftige undepaie erhälle 3 mändue, bredit andre tetala vid anfondrar still backen den 18 Fd 5 andersen." Anna- Lena Hultman's great grandparents, the Petterssons from Småland, were the successful bidders on the farm. The Index of Hössna Emigrants 1890-99 lists Johan Johansson, his wife Maria Charlotta Danielsdotter, and children Elin Matilda, Emma Alfrida, Karl Victor, Maria Wilhelmina, Klas Albert, and Hanna Elvira, emigrating from Krokstorp (farm or croft), Hössna, on March 15, 1891. Johanna Maria Johansdotter (Johan's sister) is listed as leaving the next day (March 16, 1891). A nephew of Maria Charlotta's, Johan Albin Davidson, apparently went with them. The first Swede to settle in the Pontiac part of Warwick (and the neighboring parts of Cranston called Eden Park and Auburn, as well as close-by Providence) was Andrew P. Magnuson from Hössna, who arrived in 1852 with his wife, daughter, and two young people. There were jobs in the local mills owned by B. B. and R. Knight and mill housing nearby, and a steady stream of Swedes, many from Hössna, to fill the community. The Swedes built houses along King Street and Reed Street, trading at C. A. Johnson's grocery store. The family arrived on the SS Pavonia in the port of Boston on April 6, 1891. The Boston Passenger list has him, Maria, and their children arriving in Boston April 6, 1891 on the SS Pavonia out of Liverpool, giving his age as 54 (which fits with info found by Swedish genealogist and Swedish church records that he was born in 1837). Arrival also is consistent with leaving Krokstorp on March 15, 1891. Children listed were Hanna, Klas (Claes), Marta (Wilhelmina), Karl (Carl), Elin, and Emma (Amy). Consistent with other records, Edwin Sahlen came over separately (see notes for Edwin Sahlen). The name was changed from Johan Johansson to John Johnson in the United States. Children were all known by name Johnson. They initially lived at 204 Dudley Street in Providence. They joined Gloria Dei Church in Providence in 1905. Here's what I know re: the Johnsons (from Nancy Kilstrom - January 2000): " John Johnson -- Nana and my mom said he was a lumberman in Sweden. He was injured in a tree fall accident and lost his arm or the use thereof. Emigrated with the family after that to find other work. Described as having mental/behavioral problems as he aged. Nana never really wanted to talk about him. (Could be he suffered head trauma too in the accident) He is not buried with Maria in the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery (at least his name is not on the stone) which seems odd. Mom and Lillian did not know why and couldn't remember the year of death. In 1977 Vital Statistics in RI couldn't find him without dates. I searched for his grave in several of the cemeteries; however, looking for a John Johnson in a Swedish cemetery is rather overwhelming! How do you know he died @ March 1911? (not sure, think I picked it up from RI Cemetery records, but I'm not sure that's right.) Did Amy have that written somewhere? Parents names unknown since I never had a death certificate." The 1910 Census lists John, 76, living at 153 1/2 Wellington Avenue in Cranston with wife Maria, 65, daughter Amy, 21, and sister Johanna, 72. He was a laborer in a machine shop. John and Johanna came to the US in 1890, according to the Census record. They both were born in Sweden and spoke Swedish. Next door were son Carl Victor Johnson, wife Sandra, and son Herbert. Death record from Kent Co., Town of Warwick, 1908-1921, Vol. 3, page 28, item 2, gives date of death of a John Johnson as March 8, 1910 in Pontiac, cause of death cancer hepatis (?), age 84 years 2 mos. 6 days, born in Sweden, buried in Pontiac, Physician: Soderations, Undertaker: Alfred Juhlin. (from Nancy Kilstrom - FHL Microfilm 2,030,751). This could be another John Johnson, in that he apparently was alive for the 1910 Census and also for Amy and Arthur's wedding in 1910. Also, the date of birth would have been January 2nd, 1826, rather than 1837 as in Swedish records. It's worth being sensitive to and rechecking through other records when possible. Marcia Corry sent a death certificate for John Johnson, wife Charlotta Maria, died at the hospital at the State Institution at Howard, Cranston, RI, 26 April 1911, of senile dementia and arteriosclerosis. George E. Simpson was his doctor, and Alfred Juhlin the undertaker. He was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery. This appears to be the "right" John Johnson. Maria Charlotta Danielsdotter NILSON and Johannes JOHANSSON had the following children:
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