I am researching my 3gr-grandparents who lived in Hogsby, Morlunda, and Doderhault. Their names were August Alfred Johansson (1845) and Maria Karolina Lundberg (1850). Their children were Karl August Jonathon, Alma Axelina Maria, Oskar Arvid Herman, Johan Fridolf Martin, Anton Edvin, Hilding Emanuael, and Axel Harry.
Axel, Anton, and Johan came to the U.S., and the the others stayed in Sweden. I would love to share info.

What **specifically** are you trying to find out?

If you already knew the following, be aware that it is important to name the parish of birth and date of birth for each person, instead of just naming a bunch of parishes where the entire family lived at some point. Records were kept in the parish.

Common names are not much help so the parish information and date of birth are really important. Luckily the Swedes have some great indexes.

1880 Swedish Census CD:

Johansson, August Alfred 1845 Father
Lundberg, Maria Karolina 1850 Mother
(Barn), Karl August Jonatan 1874 Child
(Barn), Alma Axelina Maria 1876 Child
(Barn), Oskar Arvid Herman 1878 Child


Record 1880-8-37-3839

Johansson, August Alfred
Statdräng

b. 1845 in Mörlunda (Kalmar län, Småland)

Man, married, father

Kolsrum
Högsby med Fågelfors (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (in the database): Mörlunda Kalmar län


Record 1880-8-37-3840

Lundberg, Maria Karolina

b. 1850 in Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

h.
Woman, married, mother

Kolsrum
Högsby med Fågelfors (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (in the database): Högsby Kalmar län


Record 1880-8-37-3841

Karl August Jonatan

b. 1874 in Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Man, single, child

Kolsrum
Högsby med Fågelfors (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (in the database): Högsby Kalmar län


Record 1880-8-37-3842

Alma Axelina Maria

b. 1876 in Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

d.
Girl, child

Kolsrum
Högsby med Fågelfors (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (in the database): Högsby Kalmar län

Record 1880-8-37-3843

Oskar Arvid Herman

b. 1878 in Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Kolsrum
Högsby med Fågelfors (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (in the database): Högsby Kalmar län

===================================
1890 Swedish Census CD:

Johansson, August Alfred 1845 F
Lundberg, Maria Karolina 1850 M
(Barn), Karl August Jonatan 1874 Ch
(Barn), Alma Axelina Maria 1876 Ch
(Barn), John Fridolf Martin 1882 Ch
(Barn), Anton Edvin 1885 Ch
(Barn), Hilding Emanuel 1888 Ch


Post 1341123

Johansson, August Alfred
Jernarb.

b. 1845 i Mörlunda (Kalmar län, Småland)

Man, married (father)

Qvarteret Vikingen N:o 14 och 15.
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Mörlunda Kalm. l.


Post 1341124

Lundberg, Maria Karolina

b. 1850 i Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

h.
Woman, married (mother)

Qvarteret Vikingen N:o 14 och 15.
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Högsby Kalm. l.


Post 1341129

Karl August Jonatan

b. 1874 i Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Man, single (child)

Qvarteret Vikingen N:o 14 och 15.
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Högsby Kalm. l.


Post 1341125

Alma Axelina Maria

b. 1876 i Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

d.
Girl (child)

Qvarteret Vikingen N:o 14 och 15.
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Högsby Kalm. l.


Post 1341128

John Fridolf Martin

b. 1882 i Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy (child)

Qvarteret Vikingen N:o 14 och 15.
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Högsby Kalm. l.


Post 1341126

Anton Edvin

b. 1885 i Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy (child)

Qvarteret Vikingen N:o 14 och 15.
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalm. l.


Post 1341127

Hilding Emanuel

b. 1888 i Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy (child)

Qvarteret Vikingen N:o 14 och 15.
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalm. l.
======================================
1900 Swedish Census CD:

Johansson, August Alfred 1845 Father
Lundberg, Maria Karolina 1850 Mother
(Barn), John Fridolf Martin 1882 Child
(Barn), Anton Edvin 1885 Child
(Barn), Hilding Emanuel 1888 Child
(Barn), Axel Harry 1891 Child


Record 4941676

Johansson, August Alfred
Mekanisk verkstadsarbetare

b. 1845 in Mörlunda (Kalmar län, Småland)

Man, married, father

Bostad N:o 723
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Mörlunda Kalmar län


Record 4941675

Lundberg, Maria Karolina

b. 1850 in Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

h.
Woman, married, mother

Bostad N:o 723
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Högsby Kalmar län


Record 4941674

John Fridolf Martin
Mekanisk verkstadsarbetare

b. 1882 in Högsby (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Bostad N:o 723
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Högsby Kalmar län


Record 4941677

Anton Edvin
Mekanisk verkstadsarbetare

b. 1885 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Bostad N:o 723
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 4941679

Hilding Emanuel

b. 1888 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Bostad N:o 723
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 4941678

Axel Harry

b. 1891 in Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Bostad N:o 723
Oskarshamn (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Oskarshamn Kalmar län
========================================

I am not related.

Judy

**Maybe** this is the emigration of your Axel Harry, but his name is very common and you haven't provided the information from U.S. censuses which provide a year of immigration (1900-1910-1920-1930) and you haven't told us where he lived after emigrating.

Emihamn database:

First name: AXEL H
Last name: JOHANSSON
Age: 19 Gender: M
Parish: OSKARSHAMN County: H (Kalmar)
Title/Note: SJÖMAN = sailor
Port: MALMÖ
Date: 1911 04 13
Destination: NEW YORK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 1911:838:211

Here is another maybe.

First name: ANTON
Last name: JOHANSSON
Age: 19 Gender: M
Parish: OSKARSHAMN County: H
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1904 03 02 (March 2)
Destination: WASHINGTON IO
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 75:155:2777

This seems likely to be the Johan (John) Fridolf Martin in that family, due to the combination of initials, the location from which he emigrated, and the age at emigration.

First name: JOHN F M
Last name: JOHANSSON
Age: 29 Gender: M
Parish: OSKARSHAMN County: H
Title/Note: SJÖMAN
Port: MALMÖ
Date: 1911 04 13
Destination: NEW YORK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 1911:837:210


I don't see any of the family in the dvd "Swedish Death Index 1901-2009" but the years 1901-1946 are not complete. You can join SVAR (a fee-based site) and try to find them in the scanned birth, marriage, and death records. If they stayed in Oskarshamn, this won't be hard. (It does take a lot of time.) See how to do this using information on this page.

http://researchingswedishroots.blogspot.com/

This page tells how to join SVAR.

http://www.svar.ra.se/winder.asp?uidObjectGUID={6587EEF0-3E9...=



Judy

Hi,

Just in case you don't know: The PLF Oskarshamn genealogy group has a set of CDs containing transcripts of the vital records for Kalmar county and parts of neighboring counties. Your parishes are on CD-2, which costs 150 SEK + 50 SEK shipping to the US.

http://www.plfoskarshamn.se/sv/cd-skivor/cd-skiva-2/

Good luck,

Wade

I have a couple of pictures that our family can not identify. They were taken in Oskarshaman. Our family name was Emstrom. Name was changed from Johansson or Johnsson. I found a John Anton Emstrom who immigrated to Chicago and was naturalized in Chicago, Illinois. I would be willing to share info if we are related. We also have Jonsson, Sevensdotter, Gabrielsdotter, and Persson in the family names. Most lived in the Doderhult area. Thank You. Nancy

Nancy,

Maybe someone could help you if you could tell us when John Anton was born and when he came to the U.S. Emström is probably not very common.

On the other hand, names such as Jonsson (literally means son of Jon), Sevensdotter (literally means daughter of Seven), Gabrielsdotter (literally means daughter of Gabriel) and Persson (literally means son of Per) are patronymic last names and not family names. Those patronymic last names changed each generation depending on the given name of the father. You must provide much more information than just a patronymic last name.

Emström is a name which might be misread as Ernström or something else. I see an father named Emström living in Döderhult but I don't see any "John" Anton in that family.

1900 Swedish Census CD:

Emström, Johan August 1850 Father
Petersson, Matilda Kristina 1861 Mother
(Barn), Hildur Ellen Matilda 1884 Child
(Barn), John Erik Artur 1886 Child
(Barn), Per Edvin Emanuel 1889 Child
(Barn), Gustaf Fredrik Rudolf 1891 Child
(Barn), Karl August Georg 1893 Child
(Barn), Ebba Johanna Maria 1896 Child
(Barn), Anna Elin Cecilia 1898 Child


Record 5061625

Emström, Johan August
Pappersbruksarbetare

b. 1850 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Man, married, father

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 5061626

Petersson, Matilda Kristina

b. 1861 in Virserum (Kalmar län, Småland)

h.
Woman, married, mother

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Virserum Kalmar län


Record 5061623

Hildur Ellen Matilda

b. 1884 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

d.
Girl, child

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 5061624

John Erik Artur

b. 1886 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 5061629

Per Edvin Emanuel

b. 1889 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 5061628

Gustaf Fredrik Rudolf

b. 1891 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 5061631

Karl August Georg

b. 1893 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy, child

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 5061630

Ebba Johanna Maria

b. 1896 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

d.
Girl, child

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län


Record 5061627

Anna Elin Cecilia

b. 1898 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

d.
Girl, child

Emmekalf N:o 3
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhult Kalmar län



1890 Swedish Census CD:

Emström, Johan August 1850 F
Petersdotter, Matilda Kristina 1861 M
(Barn), Hildur Ellen Matilda 1884 Ch
(Barn), John Erik Artur 1886 Ch
(Barn), Per Edvin Emanuel 1889 Ch


Post 1464480

Emström, Johan August
arbet. vid pappersbruket

b. 1850 i Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Man, married (father)

Emmekalf n:o 3.
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhults


Post 1464481

Petersdotter, Matilda Kristina

b. 1861 i Virserum (Kalmar län, Småland)

h.
Woman, married (mother)

Emmekalf n:o 3.
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Virserum Kalm. l.


Post 1464482

Hildur Ellen Matilda

b. 1884 i Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

d.
Girl (child)

Emmekalf n:o 3.
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhults


Post 1464483

John Erik Artur

b. 1886 i Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy (child)

Emmekalf n:o 3.
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhults


Post 1464484

Per Edvin Emanuel

b. 1889 i Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

s.
Boy (child)

Emmekalf n:o 3.
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (original source): Döderhults


1880 Swedish Census CD:

This Ernström seems to be the Emström found in 1890 and 1900.

Record 1880-8-52-950

Ernström, Johan August
Arbetare

b. 1850 in Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Man, single

Emsfors under Emmekalf n:o 2
Döderhult (Kalmar län, Småland)

Place of birth (in the database): Döderhult Kalmar län


I have no relationship to this family.

Judy