Martha Halverson
Martha Carolina Halvorsen
named for her two grandmothers:
Märta Charlotta Rönnberg
Carolina (Fundin) Österström
quote: The Höckert family used to spend summers with the Osterströms at their estate.
combine her words from both versions of family histories
then, elaborate from each quote as a larger, stand-alone story: use her quotes as headers to narrative that provides context and fill in gaps with researched material and locational history
Baron Hampus Vilhelm Mörner was governor and sheriff of Västernorrland
from 1821 to 1841, moving from the area in 1842.
Daniel Rönnberg died 1843 – about the time that his son was going to Uppsala University.
Grandmother met my grandfather when he was a soldier in the king’s army. I know very little about grandmother’s family. I know she had a brother, Abraham Ronnberg, who taught piano, pipe organ and voilin, at the University of Vasa, the largest college in Sweden. There were six boys and one girl in grandma’s family.”
In 1857, Anders Daniel Rönnberg, 2nd wife and Breta Margathea moved to Wiksjö, about 5 miles N ofö Sundsvall … where Erik Höckert family was living.
EPP had to have heard of the job as harbor policemen in the expanding ports of Stockholm. The family took a boat from Sundsvall to Stockholm, where EPP started the job on the bustling Stadsgården wharves of Södermalm. The family moved in to an adjacent dwelling at Ersta Backe 8.
It was here that another daughter, Viola Elisabeth, was born 24 Dec 1861.
May 8, 1885
The reason Marta Charlotta and daughter Christina Lotten, are recorded departing from separate offices is that they had to register departure in the parish in which they lived, or were last registered
Rotemansarkivet, häfte 13110, s. 1
-Harnosand, northern family coast origins
mother’s folks were people of the High Coast, the western fjords of Bothian Sea
The first inhabitants of the peninsula were the Norwegians, on the western coast of Norway, the Danes in today’s western and southern Sweden and south-eastern Norway, the Svear on today’s eastern coast of Sweden, and the Geats in West Gothland and East Gothland, which are provinces in Sweden. They all spoke dialects of Old Norse, an Indo-European language. The descendants of these people are still dominant populations in the peninsula, despite political changes. https://thevikingherald.com/article/what-is-the-scandinavian-peninsula/23
Scandinavia likely stems from the two germanic words Skaðin and Awjō, meaning “Dangerous Island”. The region is first mentioned in writing ~325 BCE as Scandiae by Pytheas, and later by the Romans as Codinavia and Scatinavia, all thought to refer to the Scandinavian peninsula (Sweden and Norway). https://nordicperspective.com/history/why-is-it-called-scandinavia
start with Eric’s family
University of Uppsala -Eric Petrus Höckert, Anders Daniel Rönnberg
this leads to Rudbergs:
Märta Ronnberg, Rudberg family history
… these who would have such a great influence on Martha Halverson
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Louis von Höckert … Duke
daughter Louisa married Peter Pehrson (the Duke’s coachman)
Erick Petrus Pehrson (EPP) was the oldest of their (Louisa and Peter) six children
EPP met his wife while in military service?
EPP’s son Oskar m. Lina, an actress … their daughters Karen, Sigrid and Viola.
Sigrid became a movie actress
‘my mother was sent to Berlin and Paris to study music and singing’
‘her name was Erika Christina Charlotta but they called her Lotten (or Lottie)
Bernadotte did not come to Sweden until 1818.
For Marie Louisa von Hockert to be of the age to have a son born in 1827, she had to be born when her father was still living on the continent. … or, she was his Swedish stepdaughter:
Kristina Mansdotter m. to Erick Pehrsson from 1817. (She died in 1827)
… could she have m. Louis von Hockert later?
maybe …
Kristina Katerina Höckert (1791-1869) eloped with her stepfather’s coachman (Per Johansson) in 1820. Her mother had been widowed in 1817
(when her husband Erik Perhsson died) and she then married to ______ , an officer of Count Bernadotte’s entourage.
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the rough and tumble, seedy … dangerous job of patroling and enforcement on the waterfront of Stadsgarden. taverns, brothels, smuggling, mugging, fights, robbery and murder
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Skogsägarna Norrskogs Forskningsstiftelse
1924 – the family moved from Litchfield to Mankato. There Ernest enrolled in an on-the-job training program at Little Giant Machinery. he received his machinist license in 1927. He worked for the City of Mankato until he retired.
Stockholm: the population was around 71,000. In the 1860s, these neighbourhoods were re-designed.
In the second half of the 19th century, Stockholm regained its economic role. New industries emerged and Stockholm was transformed into an important trade centre. During the 1850s and 1860s, gas works, sewerage, and running water were introduced. Streets were paved and the railway came to Stockholm with the central station being completed in 1871.
build a whole harbor Södermalm world for the Hockerts – separate from their later Gamla Stan life
EPP was harbor policeman at a time when Stockholm harbor was expanding in importance as a major trade center.
As a harbor policeman, Eric embraced the shipping life of cosmopolitan Stockholm. Ships and crews from many countries, the wharf life and its crimes. He learned to speak English, German, and some of other languages heard on the waterfront.
It was only at the end of the 1800s when Stockholm became a maritime centre of world importance with 108 shipping lines registered there. Stadsgårds Quay was built in 1875
The family residence during this period was in Sodermann, Stockholm [get address from phone note]
By the mid-1800s, Swedish society lacked the preparedness to deal with the challenges created by urbanization, industrialization, the wave of emigration to the United States and the advent of new communication channels such as newspapers. At the same time, the role of the church changed when the city council and rural municipalities in 1862 took over the responsibility the church, via the parish meeting, had previously had.
Stockholm years
embracing Stockholm life, Eric immersed himself in the harbor world of ships and people of many countries, culture and crime of this life. After a few years, he grew weary of life as a harbor policeman, and set up to practice law. He became a successful attorney, using his knowledge and contacts with the harbor world …
After a number of years, he grew weary of being a policeman. Finally using his university training, he became an attorney and set up a successful practice.
Gamla Stan
The streets around Stortorget Square are typical of a Hanseatic city on the Baltic Sea at the turn of the 18th and 19th
Daniel Oscar Höckert and Lotten’s life in Stockholm.
their Uncle Anders Rönnberg’s influence.
Daniel, an artist, married an older actress.
Daniel Hockert and wife visiting Osterstrom’s estate in the summer??
Charlotta studied music in Paris and Berlin, then married Carl Oscar Osterstrom, a Stockholm clothing store owner (clothed royalty) who was ten years older than her.
He was one of 9 siblings from a Smaland (south central Sweden) family who owned a large estate. (He must have been a younger son with no chance for inheritance).
Carl Oscar Osterström left home and moved to Stockholm in 1863, when he was 18 years old.
[maybe he had relatives living there?]
He got a job selling clothes at a fashionable store.
Two of his younger sisters would join him living in Stockholm.
They had portraits made at the Jensen photographic studio (famous for being woman-owned and only employing women photographers – it would grow to open studios in numerous other Swedish cities).
Carl later was able to buy the clothing store from his retiring employer.
The store became fashionable among the upper class and aristocracy.
‘the Höckert family used to spend summers with the Osterströms at their estate.’
For nine years, Carl and Charlotta lived the Stockholm high life – dining in fine restaurants, going to the opera and concerts, lived in a trendy residence and having a maid. would visit there for the summer.
[Gamla Stan was being ‘gentrified’]
[Stockholm studio photographs]
Lost Words and Lost Worlds: Modernity and the Language of Everyday Life in Late Nineteenth …
Stockholm emigrant lists
When things went bad for them in 1884, due to Carl’s gambling debts (he lost the store and, in addition, owed much money) they probably moved in with Charlotta’s parents? At this point, Eric decided he and Carl should immediately leave the country. The women would follow after selling all property, furniture and extra belongings. Eric got to finally to follow his long interest in sea travel and visiting foreign ports.
Eric used his old passport in the name of Eric Petrus Perhsson, while Carl obtained his ship captaIn cousin’s passport, in the name of Mathias Halvorsen.
How did Breda Rönnberg meet Mathias Halvorsen?
Did she come often to visit her family living in Stockholm?
Would Mathias have freely given his passport to Carl Österström?
Why did she choose Stockholm when deciding to move back to Sweden?
At that time, there was an overnight train to Gothenburg, where the could board one the emigrant ships … or, did they depart by ship from Stockholm?
They bought passage on a ship bound for New York City, making port at Castle Garden on the southwest tip of the Battery, Lower Manhattan.
They waited in New York City for the women to come over.
-immigration
-the farm: 1885-1896
-Halvorsons in Dassel
-Hockerts in Dassel
-Martha Halvorson on her own
Carl Mathias (now) Halvorson’s gambling/bankruptcy troubles:
1884, 1893, 1902 = once every 9 years (once a decade) it would reach a crisis point in
1875 (nine years before) Carl and Lotten were married … maybe for the same reason – he needed her dowry?
Minnesota death certificates online
find Martha’s and Carl’s birth certificates … Osterström
trace Carl Oscar Osterström … Malilla, Småland
… and Mathias Halvorson
Erica Christina Charlotta born in Sundsvall, moved to Stockholm at 5 years old – 1860
according to what she wrote in her bible family records … but, moved there in 1856??
Erik Petrus Perhson died July 21, 1887, acording to same source … but written by Martha … but, maybe she was just confirming what her mother had already written
photograph of Martha Halverson from Gust. Akerlund studio, Cokato.
photograph of Martin Mattson from Sundquist studio, Dassel.
could photo of Karl Osterström actually be Daniel Oscar Höckert?
tie Martha Halverson bible presentation date to confimation photo
Sundsvall
At the late 1800s Sundsvall became the most important town for trade in the region of Norrland. Sundsvall became the centre of the country’s foremost timber industry district. With the growth of the timber industry in the 1850s-1860s, it became a real boomtown, with a further rapid increase in population. The harbour proved to be of great importance. Sundsvall became the centre of Sweden’s largest timber production areas. The population increased tenfold between 1800 and 1900. A lot of poor people migrated to the town looking for work, but the town also became home to some of Sweden’s wealthiest people at that time, having made their fortunes in the sawmill industry. The town became segregated. Working class suburbs, which were mainly unplanned and unregulated, grew up on the outskirts.
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Grandma’s story … edition 2
“This is the story of my side of the family – as told to me by my grandmother. She was born in the city of Hernosand, Sweden, in 1830. She was a tiny, little lady – weighed about 95 pounds – had black hair and black eyes. Her name was Martha Charlotta Ronnberg. Her father had been a soldier and had been badly hurt in battle, so he was a cripple the rest of his life, living on a small pension. Her mother helped support the family by dressmaking for the rich and making wigs and hair-goods, which was a profitable trade in those days. My grandmother learned the wig-making trade at the age of ten; and from that time on, helped her mother support the younger children. She never forgot her skill with hair; even as an old, old lady she made “switches’ – (as they were called) for the women in our town. Grandmother met my grandfather when he was a soldier in the king’s army. I know very little about grandmother’s family. I know she had a brother, Abraham Ronnberg, who taught piano, pipe organ and voilin, at the University of Vasa, the largest college in Sweden. There were six boys and one girl in grandma’s family.”
“Grandfather often talked about his family, but I was too young then, to appreciate his stories. His name was Erik Petrus Höckert and he was born in Norland-province, Sweden in 1827. His grandfather had come to Sweden with general Bernadotte (a soldier in the French army, who later was crowned king of Sweden). Louis von Höckert was made a duke by the king, and lived on a large estate. His daughter Louisa married her father’s coachman, Peter Person, which made von Höckert very angry, and he would never speak to her again. He did, however, give her a large farm, as he didn’t want to see her starve. My grandfather, Erick Petrus Person was the oldest of her six children. When he was fourteen years old, he went away to school. His mother made him take her family name of Hockert; she considered her husband’s name Person, as too “common”, (good enough for peasants, but not for the grandson of a Duke!).
Grandfather studied law, and music, graduating from the University of Uppsala (the greatest college in Sweden). He met my grandmother while he was in military service. They were married in 1850, and he was sent by the government to be Organist and choir-leader at a country church in Northern Sweden. He could tell of many funny incedents in that country parish. Later he was elected Sheriff of a community, Sundsvall, in Northern, Sweden. The family lived in an apartment in the city jail. Grandfather had many exciting experiences there. [My mother was born here in 1855.]
Later, they moved to Stockholm (the capitol, and largest city of Sweden.)
Grandfather, at first was a policeman, his “beat” was the “harbor and dock” area, where the ships came in from many countries, all over the world. He met many strange “characters”, here; knew all the sea captains and sailors; also all the criminals that had their “hideouts”, here; also learned to speak several languages, French, English, German, and Spanish.
He finally, got tired of a patrolman’s life, and became a lawyer. He was a good one; became quite well-to-do, but, finally, must have made some serious “mistake”, because he had to “leave the country”, suddenly.
Mother, and her brother Oscar, grew up in Stockholm. Oscar was very bright, but lazy; was never able to keep a job. He married an actress, Lina. They had three daughters, Karen, Sigrid, and Viola. Oscar liked to paint, was quite an artist, but never able to make a living for his family. (I can remember how he was always asking for money, in every letter, he wrote to grandmother.) The three daughters were married young; and had children, whose names I don’t know. Sigrid became a movie-actress. Viola wrote to me for a few years, then I “lost track” of her.
My mother went to the best schools in Stockholm; later was sent to Berlin and Paris to study music, and singing. She was a wonderful piano-player. She spoke French and German; also was taught all kinds of “handwork”, fancy cooking, etc. Grandfather was, by this time quite wealthy; and she was brought up “to be a lady”. Her full name was Erika Christina Charlotta but they called her “Lotten” (or “Lottie”). She married my father in 1875.
My father, Carl Mathias Osterstrom, was born in Smaland (a province in Southern Sweden). His family had a large farm, and were considered quite “well-to-do”. Father had eight brothers and sisters. My mother wrote to them sometimes, but I really know very little about them. She and Oscar always spent their summer vacations there, and my father would join them when he could. She often spoke about the beautiful farm where they lived.
Father came to Stockholm when he was 18 years old and got a job in a clothing store. Later, when the owner died, father bought the store. My father and mother were married in a big church in Stockholm, and had a reception, afterwards, in the “Hotel de Anglessey” – a big French restaurant and hotel.
Father did well, in the clothing store for a while, evn selling coats and dresses to the Royal family of Sweden! Father and mother attended opera, operettas, concerts, etc. Mother had a maid, who did all the work; so she spent her time, doing “fancy”-work and shopping.
Father began to drink and gambled, all the time, finally he lost his store, went bankrupt and, as a result of a “crooked” business-deal, had to leave Sweden (suddenly) in 1885. It was at this time that my grandpa Höckert, also had to leave Sweden, “suddenly”; so the two men came to the U.S. together leaving my mother and grandmother to sell the furniture. The four of them then met up in New York City.
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Stockholm archive
https://sok.stadsarkivet.stockholm.se/?s=Ersta%20Backe
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University of Uppsala
In the mid-18th century, Anders Celsius became professor of astronomy. At about the same time, Carl Linnaeus was appointed professor of medicine. Linnaeus is primarily known as a botanist, but at that time botany was part of the medical field.
The first half of the 19th century was the period when the romantic image of joyful singing students was established. Students became more prominent, Prince Gustav wrote the well-known student song.
The student nations consolidated their position too and erected their own buildings.
Västgöta Nation, commonly known as Västgöta or VG, is one of the thirteen student nationsof Uppsala University, originally intended for students from Västergötland Province. It was founded in 1639 and thus is Uppsala’s oldest nation.
Söder photos
https://www.abm.se/leopolds/Vykort.Sth.Sodermalm.A.K.html
a family tree with many Rönnbergs
https://gw.geneanet.org/kaiemann64?lang=en&iz=11467&m=LIST_IND&sz=500&pg=17#anchor-r
A History of Uppsala University
History of Norrlands Nation (Uppsala University)
https://www.norrlandsnation.se/en/historia
In the 1840s, newspapers began to both report and interpret what was happening in the student world. However, there were different images of student life depending on the political colour of the newspaper. The pressure to take a political stand was thus increased both by the students themselves and by external factors.
“Students could no longer hide behind half-hearted songs. They had to take a stand or clearly not take a stand.”
In 1846, the Student Association, a voluntary organisation
“A need emerged for students to express political views. This need was present in all political camps, both liberal and conservative. But there was a problem. There was no organisation that could speak for the students because it was difficult to get the nations to unite,”
Gamla Uppsala in-depth discussion
http://germanicmythology.com/works/uppsalatemple.html
Literacy was common as early as the late 1600s, in no small part because Swedish Lutheran priests were responsible by law for ensuring that every young person in their parish was able to read religious works and even to write.
Footnote
4 Crucially for the success of this educational mission, according to Sandberg, the Swedish clergy was numerous, university trained, and composed to an unusually high degree of descendants of the peasant population it was charged with tutoring. Thus, “the countryside was covered by influential educated persons, perhaps half of them no more than two generations away from peasant status, whose legal duty and ideological convictions required them to assure the universal literacy of their flocks.”
Footnote
5
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the marriage is recorded in Nysatra in Vesterbotten. In Bede’s application to take back Swedish citizenship, it is stated that they married in Katarinä parish in Stocholm. They moved to Norway and settled there. It is uncertain whether they moved to Tune. The first known listing is Sarpsborg. She married sea captain Mathias Halvorsen. They divorced on 9 May 1904, and Beda moved to Stochholm with her daughters Rutg and Bergljot.
Bjørn, Mathias’ son, then worked in 1906 and 1907 in Oslo and Barcelona before moving to the country again.
until the summer of 1907 he was employed as a correspondent at a trading firm in Kristiania. In 1894, the family moved from Sarpsborg to Fredrikstad
https://gw.geneanet.org/kaiemann64?lang=sv&n=halvorsen&p=mathias
Anders Daniel Rönnberg
On 13 Aug 1857 the family is discharged from Härösand to Wiksjö Wiksjø is located in the southwestern part of Ångermanland, 5 miles north of Sundsvall and 4 miles west of Härösand. Wiksjø is located in the municipality of Härnösand. Anders was married 3 times. Had no children with wife 3. Listed in the census for Nysätra with him and his wife Katharina Håoglin. Beda moved to Tune in Norway and Magnus moved out before that. He died of a stroke Opplysninger Urban Rydin. Notes about the family Wedding ceremony of Catharina Höglin: On 1 Dec 1893, Anders and Catharina moved to Bygdeå in Robertsfors municipality. They were enrolled in Bygdeå 16 12 1893, the town of Gullmark, which is located along the Dalkarlsån river.
https://gw.geneanet.org/kaiemann64?lang=sv&n=ronnberg&p=anders+daniel
Beda and Mathias Halvorsen registered for marriage in Nysätra (Anäset) church records Oct 19, 1884 … notes marriage Dec 20 in Katarina, Stockholm.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61363/images/65325_2014__53-031200?pId=900091137
Departed Västerbotten, Nysätra Nov 25, 1884
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/38719111/person/232047097681/facts
EPP made his will 19 Oct 1885 … wanted everything legal and taken care of in the new country
Ida Carolina Österström m. Gustaf Ossian Kihlen in 1872 at Maria Magdalena church, Södermalm, Stockholm
Meeker County Land Records
Mathias Halverson to C Gotzian & Co May 1889 … Block 2, Lot 8 $861 (mortgage)
Rudberg to Mathias Halverson May 1889 … Block 2, Lot 8 $1000
Ala Cox to E Pehrson Aug 1892 … Block 2, Lot 6 $400
Mathias Halvorson to August Sallberg May 1893 … Block 2, Lot 8 $750
instrument: OCD?
J Forsberg to E Pehrson Oct 1893 … Block 1, Lots 5 & 6 $275
Olof Christiansson to E Pehrson Nov 1891 … Block 8 Breed’s Add., Lot 9 $300 (mortgage)
E Pehrson to Olof Christiansson Aug 1894 … Block 8 Breed’s Add., Lot 9 paid
E Pehrson to J Forsberg Apr 1895 … ” ” $300
E Pehrson to August Johnson Mar 1892 … SESWNW Sec 2 $2700
E Pehrsson to C C Halvorson Mar 1897 … Block 2 Breed’s Add., Lot 6 $1
G Penney to Martha C Pehrson Feb 1899 … Block 2 Breed’s Add., Lots 9 & 10 $400
Olof Anderson to Martha C Peterson Oct 1901 … Block 2 Breed’s Add., Lot 9 $250 (mortgage)
Martha C Peherson to Olof Anderson Sep 1904 … Block 2 Breed’s Add., Lot 9
Martha Halverson to Alfred Nelson Apr 1917 … Block 2 Breed’s Add., Lot 6 $750 (W.’D.)
Eric Hockert
1751–1817
BIRTH 12 AUGUST 1751 • Utvik, Västernorrland, Nora, Örebro, Suède
DEATH 28 MAY 1817 • Utvik, Västernorrland, Nora, Örebro, Suède
| Name | Erik Höckert |
| Marital Status | Gift (Married) |
| Residence Age | 63 |
| Birth Date | 1751 |
| Year range | 1814-1824 |
| Residence Place | Nora, Västernorrland, Sverige (Sweden) |
| Village, Farm, or Croft | Kyrko-Rotan Utvik |
| Marriage Date | 1786 |
| Death Date | 1817 |
| Household Members | Household Members |
| Name | Age |
| Erik Höckert | 63 |
Stina Mansdotter 50
Utvik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
| Herman Höckert | |
| Birthdate: | 1708 |
| Birthplace: | Utvik, Nora (Y) |
| Death: | May 10, 1761 (52-53) Frösö |
| Immediate Family: | Son of Herman Höök and Brita Johansdotter Husband of Elisabeth Dahling Father of Catharina Maria Höckert; Mattias Höckert; Hartman Gideon Höckert; Anton Johannes Höckert; Mattias Höckert and 3 others Brother of Kristina Hermansdotter Höök; Johan Christopher Höök; Hans Hermansson Höök and Per Hermansson Höök |
Christina Catharina Höckert
Birth
4 FEB 1791 – Utvik, Nora sn
Death
1869-11-04 – Skog, Västernorrlands län, Sverige
Mother
Kristina Månsdotter
Father
Erik Persson Höckert
Ersta Backe 8, Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden.
… first Stockholm residence of the Hockert family (1860s)
1900 Census – Dassel
Carl M Halverson
Charlotta Halverson
Märta Halverson
Märta Perhson
1905 Census – Dassel
Märta Perhson
Charlotta Halverson
Märta Halverson
living in house located on Park Avenue, owned free of mortgage
… corner house? next family listed is after break of 1st Street
(previous break is at 4th street)
They emigrate in late 1884, meeting up in New York City.
In June, 1885, Erick Pehrson bought 120 acres on the east side of Butternut Lake for $3,900. The previous owner had built a log cabin and the crops were planted. In October of that year he filed his will. The sale also included a small boat.
That fall, the Halvorsons move into Dassel, south of the railroad tracks.
Carl Mathias ‘Halverson’ listed as owning a harness shop in late 1880s,
January 12, 1888 … Children’s Blizzard
May, 1889, Mathias Halverson and wife bought lot 8, block 2, Breed’s Addition, for $1000. ‘moved to the right side of the tracks’
Carl Mathias Halvorson is listed as a merchant in 1891.
In November, 1891, Erick Pehrson bought lot 9, Block 8, Breed’s Addition for $300.
In October, 1891, Marta C, Pehrson sold lots 9 and 10, Block 2, Breed’s Addition for $250.
In March (or May) of 1892, Erick Pehrson sold the farm to August Johnson (the son of a neighbor, Taylor Johnson) for $2700.
In April, 1892, Erick Pehrson bought lots 9 and 10, block 1, Dassel (original platted townsite), for the price of $275. (Peter Johnson had sold those lots to John Forsberg. Erick Perhson now buys them from Forsberg… is this part of a larger deal in selling the farm?) in April 1995 he deeds them back to Forsberg for no price.
In August, 1892, Erick Pehrson bought lot 6, block 2, Breed’s Addition, for $400.
Carl Halvorson loses the family’s house to gambling debts …
In May, 1893, Mathias Halverson sold lot 8, Block 2, Breed’s Addition for $750 to John Sallberg.
then, Sheriff Meeker County deeds lot 8 to Sallberg for $545
then, Sallberg deeds lot 8 to Kirkride Palmer Co. for $3500
In August, 1893, Erik Perhson bought lot 6, Block 8, Breed’s Addition for $300.
In October, 1893, Erick Pehrson bought lot 9, Block 8, Breed’s Addition for $300. check date: instrument Nov, 1891
In August, 1894, Erick Pehrson bought lot 9, Block 8, Breed’s Addition for
Martha Carolina Halvorson is born July 28, 1895, in Dassel.
In March, 1897, Erick Perhson deeded to Charlotte Halverson lot 6, block 2, Breed’s Addition, for $1.
Erik Perhson died of a heart attack on the morning of July 21, 1898.
In January, 1899, Marta C. Perhson bought lots 9 and 11, Block 2, Breed’s Addition, for $400.
12 January, 1900 … Dassel fire
June, 1900 Census
Halvorsons and Marta Pehrsson living together in house on lot 6, block 2, Breed’s Addition
Carl Henry Halvorson is born in July, 1901, in Dassel. He died 10 weeks later.
In October, 1901, Marta C. Perhson bought lot 9, Block 2, Breed’s Addition for $250. check this
In October, 1901, Marta C Pehrson sells lots 9 and 10, Block 2, Breed’s Addition for $500.
The Halvorson family probably moved in with Märta Perhson (house on the corner of Parker Avenue and First Sreet) after Eric Perhson died in 1898. check this
Carl Mathias is refered to as a Dassel ‘pioneer liquor store owner. Carl obtained a saloon property in Charlotta’s name (using her money or his credit was bad). The saloon was in bankrupcy by 1902, with Charlotta responsible for its debts.
1903 – Charlotte Halverson taken to Fergus Falls
Carl Halverson died of pneumonia November 6, 1904. Wos working as a janitor in that year.
Lottie was in Fergus Falls hospital again in 1905 (Census). She was also there during the May, 1910 Census.
This left Märta Perhson taking care of her granddaughter. Märta Pehrson died on 12 Feb 1910. She had written her will in 1908 (naming August Johnson as executor), leaving $500 to Carl Oscar Hockert back in Sweden, but the rest of her estate she left to her daughter, Charlotta Halvorson.
Charlotta died of stomach cancer in 1914, in Dassel.
Märta Carolina then went to live with the family of her closest friend, Anna Mattson. (April 1910 Census)
In February, 1917, Martha Carolina Halverson sold her family home (lot 6, Block 2, Breed’s Addition) to Alfred Nelson for $750. Martha was 20 years old at that time.
She spent the summer of 1917 in Melrose, returning in the fall to teach at Steesviile school.
… What happened to the other properties and other assets? Taken by the state to cover the costs of Lottie’s care?
lot 6, block 2 of Breed’s Addition bought by EP in 1892. Deeded to Lottie i. Main residence until sold by Martha Halverson in 1917.
Stockholm photographer … Marta Charlotta Ronneberg Hockert portrait
Fotografi Atelier, A. JENSÈN, Drottninggatan No 29 A, Stockholm
also … A. Jensen, 3 Göthgatan 3 vid södermalmstorg Stockholm
also … AA. Jensen’s Atelier [workshop] Drottninggatan No29, Stockholm.
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Per Oscar Daniel Höckert
daughter Sigrid Charlotte Viola Scheike-Keyser (b. 30 Dec 1880, Maria Magdalena, Stockholm)
married in Berlin to Sixten Keyser, 6 May 1915
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1372362020:2957
she was previously married to Herman Scheike (16 Mar 1899)
had child Herman Konstantin, b. 24 Jul 1899, m. 9 Oct 1926 to Marta Alice Maria Hansson. They had one daughter: Kerstin Margareta* Zwillinger
He had an immigration card to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1945 (“Call from Sweden in Buenes Aires 20-11-1945”). “Data do desembarque 1-12-1945′
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/300922371:2262
d. 25 Sep 1986 buried in Solna, Solna kommun, Stockholms län, Sweden
(Norra Begravningsplatsen cemetery, Kvarter 19C, Gravplats 110)
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/225598683:60530
Herman had one sister: Sonja Viola* Haak
Viola Charlotta Höckert 1886 – 1979
born to Per Oskar Daniel Persson Höckert and Petronella Johanna Chatarina* Svensson. Per was born on January 23 1851, in Härnösand. Petronella was born on August 16 1851, in Jakobs förs, Stockholm.
Viola had 4 siblings: Martha Katarina Petronella* Rantzén (born Höckert) and 3 other siblings.
Viola married Olof Theodor Olsson on month day 1914, at age 28 at marriage place. Olof was born on April 2 1886, in Stora Åby, Östergötland. His occupation was Distriktsveterinär. They had 2 children: Bror Olof* Höckert and one other child.
They divorced on month day 1923, at age 37.
Viola married Carl Helmer Aronsson on month day 1934, at age 48. Carl was born on November 2 1883, in Ljunarsberg, Västmanland.
Viola passed away on month day 1979, at age 93.
https://www.myheritage.com/names/viola_olsson
https://www.geni.com/people/Johannes-Persson/6000000021210004819
https://www.geni.com/people/Per-Johansson/6000000024529318842
https://www.geni.com/people/Johan-Persson/6000000019023734026
Erik Persson
Son of Per Johansson and Kristina Katarina Eriksdotter Höckert
Brother of Kajsa Lisa Persdotter and Johannes Persson
1900 Census – Dassel
Carl M Halverson
Charlotta Halverson
Märta Halverson
Märta Perhson
1905 Census – Dassel
Märta Perhson
Charlotta Halverson
Märta Halverson
living in house located on Park Avenue, owned free of mortgage
… corner house? next family listed is after break of 1st Street
(previous break is at 4th street)
They emigrate in late 1884, meeting up in New York City.
In June, 1885, Erick Pehrson bought 120 acres on the east side of Butternut Lake for $3,900. The previous owner had built a log cabin and the crops were planted. In October of that year he filed his will. The sale also included a small boat.
That fall, the Halvorsons move into Dassel, south of the railroad tracks.
Carl Mathias ‘Halverson’ listed as owning a harness shop in late 1880s,
January 12, 1888 … Children’s Blizzard
May, 1889, Mathias Halverson and wife bought lot 8, block 2, Breed’s Addition, for $1000. ‘moved to the right side of the tracks’
Carl Mathias Halvorson is listed as a merchant in 1891.
In November, 1891, Erick Pehrson bought lot 9, Block 8, Breed’s Addition for $300.
In October, 1891, Marta C, Pehrson sold lots 9 and 10, Block 2, Breed’s Addition for $250.
In March (or May) of 1892, Erick Pehrson sold the farm to August Johnson (the son of a neighbor, Taylor Johnson) for $2700.
In April, 1892, Erick Pehrson bought lots 9 and 10, block 1, Dassel (original platted townsite), for the price of $275. (Peter Johnson had sold those lots to John Forsberg. Erick Perhson now buys them from Forsberg… is this part of a larger deal in selling the farm?) in April 1995 he deeds them back to Forsberg for no price.
In August, 1892, Erick Pehrson bought lot 6, block 2, Breed’s Addition, for $400.
Carl Halvorson loses the family’s house to gambling debts …
In May, 1893, Mathias Halverson sold lot 8, Block 2, Breed’s Addition for $750 to John Sallberg.
then, Sheriff Meeker County deeds lot 8 to Sallberg for $545
then, Sallberg deeds lot 8 to Kirkride Palmer Co. for $3500
In August, 1893, Erik Perhson bought lot 6, Block 8, Breed’s Addition for $300.
In October, 1893, Erick Pehrson bought lot 9, Block 8, Breed’s Addition for $300. check date: instrument Nov, 1891
In August, 1894, Erick Pehrson bought lot 9, Block 8, Breed’s Addition for
Martha Carolina Halvorson is born July 28, 1895, in Dassel.
In March, 1897, Erick Perhson deeded to Charlotte Halverson lot 6, block 2, Breed’s Addition, for $1.
Erik Perhson died of a heart attack on the morning of July 21, 1898.
In January, 1899, Marta C. Perhson bought lots 9 and 11, Block 2, Breed’s Addition, for $400.
12 January, 1900 … Dassel fire
June, 1900 Census
Halvorsons and Marta Pehrsson living together in house on lot 6, block 2, Breed’s Addition
Carl Henry Halvorson is born in July, 1901, in Dassel. He died 10 weeks later.
In October, 1901, Marta C. Perhson bought lot 9, Block 2, Breed’s Addition for $250. check this
In October, 1901, Marta C Pehrson sells lots 9 and 10, Block 2, Breed’s Addition for $500.
The Halvorson family probably moved in with Märta Perhson (house on the corner of Parker Avenue and First Sreet) after Eric Perhson died in 1898. check this
Carl Mathias is refered to as a Dassel ‘pioneer liquor store owner. Carl obtained a saloon property in Charlotta’s name (using her money or his credit was bad). The saloon was in bankrupcy by 1902, with Charlotta responsible for its debts.
1903 – Charlotte Halverson taken to Fergus Falls
Carl Halverson died of pneumonia November 6, 1904. Wos working as a janitor in that year.
Lottie was in Fergus Falls hospital again in 1905 (Census). She was also there during the May, 1910 Census.
This left Märta Perhson taking care of her granddaughter. Märta Pehrson died on 12 Feb 1910. She had written her will in 1908 (naming August Johnson as executor), leaving $500 to Carl Oscar Hockert back in Sweden, but the rest of her estate she left to her daughter, Charlotta Halvorson.
Charlotta died of stomach cancer in 1914, in Dassel.
Märta Carolina then went to live with the family of her closest friend, Anna Mattson. (April 1910 Census)
In February, 1917, Martha Carolina Halverson sold her family home (lot 6, Block 2, Breed’s Addition) to Alfred Nelson for $750. Martha was 20 years old at that time.
She spent the summer of 1917 in Melrose, returning in the fall to teach at Steesviile school.
… What happened to the other properties and other assets? Taken by the state to cover the costs of Lottie’s care?
lot 6, block 2 of Breed’s Addition bought by EP in 1892. Deeded to Lottie i. Main residence until sold by Martha Halverson in 1917.
Osterström
The oldest sister of Carolina Fundien was named Brita Christina. Brita married Frederic Dahlberg. They had children who may be traceable.
Carl Oscar Osterström
mother: Carolina Frendin [Fundin] b. 24 Mar 1824 Kalmar, d. 23 Apr 1900 Sjösås, Kronoberg, Sweden https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4923271:60492?tid=&pid=&queryId=325e60a6463b2879704b460fbce4a88f&_phsrc=uQQ3&_phstart=successSource
father: Johann Petter Osterström b. 25 Apr 1820 Hallingeberg, then moved to/from this parish to Christinaberg in 1855. occupation: Arbetare
Carl Oscar b. 29 Jan 1845 Molilja med Gårdveda, Kalmar, Sverige
left for Stockholm 29 Jul 1863
siblings:
Ida Carolina … b. 20 Nov 1847. moved to Stockholm 17 Aug 1864
Sofia … b. 5 Feb 1852. moved to Stockholm 21 Oct 1867 ??
Emma Wilhelmina … b. 28 Apr 1854
Johann Fredrik … b. 2 Apr 1858, d. 27 Jul 1872
Maria Levisa … b. 13 Mar 1860
Gustaf Emil … b. 6 Jun 1862
[Grandma Mattson said that her Dad had 8 siblings. There is probably at least one older brother who would inherit the estate, motivating Carl Oscar to seek his fortune in Stockholm.]
Gustaf Emil Österström was born on month day 1862, in birth place, to Johan Petter Österström and Carolina Österström (born Hansson).
Johan was born on April 25 1820, in Hallingeberg.
Carolina was born on March 24 1824, in Kalmer.
Gustaf had 4 siblings: Inga Sofia Pettersson (born Sandberg) and 3 other siblings.
Gustaf married first name Petersdr on month day 1905, at age 43 in marriage place.
Gustaf then married Unknown.
They had one child.
Gustaf lived in between 1870 and 1874, in address.
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Johan Petter Osterström
1838 Östra Qwarteret, Vimmerby stadsförsamling, Kalmar, Sverige
7 maids in household, Brita Stina Ericsdotter mother? (30 yrs old)
… or,
Johan Petter is only child (at least, only child at home in 1843). His parents:
Johan Frederik Osterström, b. 29 Jul 1794, Stockholm.
residence: Gårdveda, Kalmar, Sverige
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/65068579:9731
occupation: Tradgardsmastaren (gardener)
grandparents: Johan Petter Osterström, Anna Marie Granström
mother: Maria Parsdotter, b. 27 Feb 1784, Brunneby
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/65068580:9731
the family has two sisters as live-in maids
Johann Petter Osterström, b. 24 Oct 1771, Stockholm
Johanna Marie Osterström, b. 16 Jan 1770, Stockholm
father: Johann Osterström
mother: Maria Elizabet Schenberg
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Osterströms in Kalmar
Before 1770 this parish was named Målilla. Between 1770 and about 1800 this parish was named Målilja parish. In 1800 the parish of Gårdveda was combined with this parish and was renamed to Målilla med Gårdveda.
reading 19th century scandinavian script
https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/lessons/scandinavian-handwriting
Stockholm photographer … Marta Charlotta Ronneberg Hockert portrait
Fotografi Atelier, A. JENSÈN, Drottninggatan No 29 A, Stockholm
also … A. Jensen, 3 Göthgatan 3 vid södermalmstorg Stockholm
also … AA. Jensen’s Atelier [workshop] Drottninggatan No29, Stockholm.
https://www.rotter.se/swedish-roots
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Per Oscar Daniel Höckert
daughter Sigrid Charlotte Viola Scheike-Keyser (b. 30 Dec 1880, Maria Magdalena, Stockholm)
married in Berlin to Sixten Keyser, 6 May 1915
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1372362020:2957
she was previously married to Herman Scheike (16 Mar 1899)
had child Herman Konstantin, b. 24 Jul 1899, m. 9 Oct 1926 to Marta Alice Maria Hansson. They had one daughter: Kerstin Margareta* Zwillinger
He had an immigration card to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1945 (“Call from Sweden in Buenes Aires 20-11-1945”). “Data do desembarque 1-12-1945′
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/300922371:2262
d. 25 Sep 1986 buried in Solna, Solna kommun, Stockholms län, Sweden
(Norra Begravningsplatsen cemetery, Kvarter 19C, Gravplats 110)
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/225598683:60530
Herman had one sister: Sonja Viola* Haak
Småland
Gustav Adolf Österström, b.1854
Nottebäck, Kronobergs, Sweden
brother:
Karl Otto Österström, b.1856-1889
https://www.geni.com/people/Gustav-Orterstrom/6000000041315995462
East Coast
Skog, Söderhamn … Erick Petrus Pehrsson 1826
Härnosänd … Martha Charlotta Ronnberg 1830
cathedral built 1846 organist, choir director (1840s), sheriff (1850s)
Sundvall … ‘lived there for a time, then moved to Stockholm’
Erick von Höckert, a lt. under Napolean, given estate and title when Count Bernadotte was crowned king of Sweden.
Once a pre-Viking trading post on the island of Härnön, Härnösand was burned to the ground three times in the 1700s: once when drunken churchgoers set the place on fire by accident, once by schoolboy pranksters, and once when Russian Cossacks flattened it in 1721.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/sweden/harnosand/introduction
Vastergotland
Mallila … Carl Mathias Osterstrom b. 1854
Stockholm
old harbor front
Hotel d’Angliterre
Erick Petrus von Hockert … harbor patrolman, lawyer (1860s-1875)
E. P. Perhson grave stone epitat:
Men Herren shall Formosa
mig af all ond get I a
och fralsa mig lill sill
himmelska rike hvilken
varr aru ifran evighet
lill evighet Amen
But the Lord shall deliver
me from all evil, and
save me unto his heavenly kingdom,
which shall last from eternity
to eternity
Amen
Stockholm ports
There are three main cruise ports in Stockholm. They are:
- Skeppsbron – located in the Old Town and used only for smaller ships.
- Stadsgarden (Stadsgården) – is located near the city centre and used by larger ships
- Frihamnen – is used for “turn-around” cruises (i.e. cruises departing or ending at Stockholm)
The ports in Stockholm (Stadsgården and Värtahamnen) are central ports for goods and passengers travelling to and from Finland and the Baltic States. Frihamnen Portis essential for the international cruise traffic.
Stadsgården is Södermalm‘s north waterfront towards Saltsjön in Stockholm, Sweden. The quay occupying the waterfront is called Stadsgårdshamn or Stadsgårdskajen. The area is bounded to the west by Slussen and to the east by Tegelviksplan. Stadsgården was also the name of the road running along the waterfront, until it was replaced by Stadsgårdsleden in 1986. The street name remains in use for a short onramp connecting Östra Slussgatan to Stadsgårdsleden.
At Stadsgården, port operations have been conducted since the 16th century. During the 19th century, maritime traffic increased. Stadsgårdshamnen became too cramped and outdated to cope with the growing steamship traffic. The port was therefore expanded in 1875–1915 by blasting away rocks, increasing the water depth, strengthening the quay, erecting cranes and reservoirs. The city’s first steam crane was put into operation here in 1883. In 1870, railway tracks were drawn here from the main line. Stadsgårdshamnen became the city’s large piece cargo berth for European traffic.
Katarina Church, standing with quiet dignity in the vibrant district of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden, is a historical beacon of architectural beauty and cultural significance. This 17th-century church, originally inaugurated in 1695, has been a spiritual and communal landmark through the ages, reflecting the deep religious roots of the city.
The church was named after Princess Katarina, the daughter of King Karl X Gustav, and has since been an emblem of Swedish ecclesiastical heritage. Its striking Baroque design, the work of architect Jean de la Vallée, features an impressive steeple that pierces the Stockholm skyline, acting as a navigational point for those wandering the cobblestone streets of the old city.
Stadsgården (Staden’s shipyard) originally only covered the western, wider part of the shoreline, before the mountain plunged steeply down from Fjällgatan. The name can be attested to 1448 and it is mentioned in a lease of “a tompt vppa sudra malm beegna vidh Stadz garden”. Since at least the beginning of the 14th century, the so-called crane huts or seal huts were located on stilts out in the water along the area. In the sheds, seal blubber from the archipelago and the Bothnian Sea was cooked, and the finished cod liver oil from this smelly business was packed into barrels and sold on. The sheds remained until around 1600. A certain settlement, with …
Shipbuilding on the site probably lasted until 1687 when the Great City Shipyard in Tegelviken was founded. On the “Map of St. Catharina parish” from 1674, a long line of narrow plots down to the Salt Lake can be seen, but no continuous road connection. Tegelviken is still a bay on this map with the designation Skjeps-hwarfwet. In the 1600s and 1700s, the designation Skeppsbron, or Nya Skeppsbron, is also used, easily to be confused with Skeppsbron in the Old Town.
In an attempt to improve Stadsgårdshamnen, a long wooden quay was built in the late 1730s according to drawings by the city architect Johan Eberhard Carlberg. From the quay, hay, firewood, timber and coal were unloaded. In the winter, it served as a berth for the many winter berths. The filling work to replace the quay with a stone structure was very slow due to the great water depths. In 1875–1882, a new, 528-metre-long wooden quay was built instead, resting on three rows of piles. Railway tracks were laid on the quay and connected to the connecting railway and the tracks on Skeppsbrokajen. A warehouse was built in 1883, and between 1888 and 1889 the Little Customs House was erected.
At the name revision in 1885, the name Stadsgården was established for the part between Slussen and Tegelviksplan instead of the previous (1849) name Stadsgårdshamnen. At the end of the 1800s, a railway line, the Saltsjöbanan, was built along Stadsgården, which was inaugurated on 1 July 1893.
Stadsgården consists partly of Stadsgårdshamnen between Franska bukten (Slussen) to the west and Tegelviksplan to the east, and partly of Mastgårdshamnen which is located east of Tegelviksplan. During the Middle Ages, the so-called soul huts were located at Stadsgården, where seal blubber was boiled into cod liver oil. They were placed here because of the unpleasant smell. The town’s shipyard is mentioned at Stadsgården in the 1400s. Skeppsgården was a shipyard and storage place for the town’s ships. Port operations have been conducted here since the 1500s. There was a harbour warehouse, a tar distillery and a harbour for seine fishermen. Through the Treaty of Stolbova in 1617, Russians were given the right to conduct trade in Stockholm. Russian merchants stayed here during June to October. They traded in fur, flax, wax, tallow and hemp, among other things. The Russian trade originally took place on Skeppsbron but was moved in 1638 to Stadsgården next to the current City Museum. Ryssgården was built in 1641 with sheds, a wave house, all surrounded by a high plank.
When the railway moved to Slussen in 1662, Stadsgården became an important export port, called Östra Jernbron. The Stadsgårdshamnen harbour was too narrow and outdated to cope with the growing steamship traffic. The harbour was expanded between 1875 and 1915 by blasting away rock, increasing the water depth, reinforcing the quay, and building cranes and warehouses. The city’s first steam crane was put into operation here in 1883. In 1870, railway tracks were drawn here from the main line. A marshalling yard was built near Slussen with tracks to Skeppsbron and Söder Mälarstrand. Stadsgårdshamnen became the city’s major general cargo quay for European traffic.
Stadsgården consists partly of Stadsgårdshamnen between Franska bukten (Slussen) to the west and Tegelviksplan to the east, and partly of Mastgårdshamnen which is located east of Tegelviksplan.