Erick Olson had a house servant named Julia Peterson living with him in the 1905 census. He was from Norway, and she from Sweden. I am searching for information on my Great Grandmother, Julia Pederson, AKA Julia Pearson. She was supposed to have been born 14 Apr 1887 in Sweden. She said taht she came to the US in 1903 or 1905, taking a train from New York City to Elbow Lake. She said that she was assisted at some point by a Norwegian that spoke English, and that they could understand each other due to the similar languages. I am seeking naturalization records or anything else pertaining to her. She married Andrew Brouse in 1907 in ND.

Since you know her birthdate, 14 Apr 1887
you should post at the Swedish genealogy page and there are some lookups volunteers there who could probably find exactly where in Sweden she emigrated from. There is also a census of 1890 they may check for you, in Sweden. Most of that information is NOT online to search, but it is on CD's that are available, and some of these volunteers have them.

Here is where you should post the same information you posted here:

http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.scan-balt.sweden.gener...

Good Luck,
Taryn

Grant county has a historical society,

GRANT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Box 1002 (mailing)
115 Second Street NE
Elbow Lake, MN 56531
218-685-4864
Director: Patricia Benson
gcmnhist@runestone.net
Hours: Monday through Friday 10a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; (Memorial Day through September) Saturday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; and by appointment
www.rootsweb.com/~mngrant/hist.htm

She also could have entered through Ellis Island. ellisisland.org is a free search, just create a log-in.

Hi,

I found the following information on the emigration CD EMIBAS that might be your Julia:

Julia Persdotter, b. 14 APR 1887 in Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Emigrated 17 JUN 1904 from Järpliden/Hjerpliden, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
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Persdotter translates to Pers daughter so a son of Per would be called Persson (Pers son). This way of creating last names ended around the time when she emigrated, people started to just use Persson or Johans-son, Anders-son etc.
The women also kept their last name when they were getting married.
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I then took a look at the Swedish online church books http://www.arkivdigital.net/ and found the following
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Södra Finnskoga AI:12 (1886-1893) Bild 109 / sid 99 (AID: v13409.b109.s99, NAD: SE/VA/13531)

1886-1893, Hjerpliden, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

Per Ersson, b. 26 JUN 1837, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Wife: Marit Karlsdotter, b. 21 MAY 1845, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

Their children
Enar Persson, b. 14 JUN 1875, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Martin, b. 14 JUL 1877, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Karl, b. 23 JUN 1879, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Petrus, b. 29 JUN 1882, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Anna Matilda, b. 1 FEB 1885, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Julia, b. 14 APR 1887, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
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Södra Finnskoga AIIa:1 (1901-1912) Bild 970 / sid 78 (AID: v179085.b970.s78, NAD: SE/VA/13531)

1901-1912, Hjerpliden, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

Per Ersson, b. 26 JUN 1837, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Wife: Marit Karlsdotter, b. 21 MAY 1845, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

Their children
Enar Persson, b. 14 JUN 1875, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Julia, b. 14 APR 1887, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Martin, b. 14 JUL 1877, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Anna Matilda, b. 1 FEB 1885, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

The following children are Anna Matildas outside the marriage:
Manfred, b. 20 JUL 1906, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.
Karin, b. 21 DEC 1908, not sure where she is born, its hard to read
It also reads on the next page that the Karins father is Karl Jonsson, who she marries 4 DEC 1908

I had to crop the images into one as it became too big to post
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I had a look at the CD "Swedish death index, 1901-2009" and found the following:

Per Ersson, b. 26 JUN 1837, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 29 MAY 1923 in Järpliden/Hjärpliden, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

Marit Karlsdotter (married name Ersson), b. 21 MAY 1845, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 14 DEC 1924 in Järpliden/Hjärpliden, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

Enar Persson, b. 14 JUN 1875, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 17 AUG 1940 in Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Not married.

Martin Persson, b. 14 JUL 1877, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 23 JAN 1961 in Järpliden 1:103, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Not married.

Karl Persson, b. 23 JUN 1879, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 31 JUL 1905 in Järpliden, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Not married.

Petrus Persson, b. 29 JUN 1882, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 7 DEC 1959 in Järpliden 1:103, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Married 6 SEP 1908 to Hanna Maria Olivia Hansson (married name Persson), b. 20 JUN 1886 in Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 23 APR 1933 in Järpliden, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

Anna Matilda Persson (married name Jonsson), b. 1 FEB 1885, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 10 JUN 1964 in Järpliden 1:122, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Married to Karl Jonsson, b. 15 MAY 1879 in Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died ? APR 1960 in Järpliden 1:122, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

Anna Matildas son:
Manfred Jonsson, b. 20 JUL 1906, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland. Died 30 DEC 1987 n Järpliden 294, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län, Värmland.

I couldn't find Anna Matildas daughter Karin on the CD.
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You can quite easily find children to your relatives that passed away after 1971 by contacting the Swedish tax authorities http://tinyurl.com/3rn9zr3
You can email them here http://tinyurl.com/4xaza6u using the email address for "Tax Härnösand" since your relatives are from Jämtland. Just give them as much detail as you can in terms of name, birth, place of birth etc and ask them to let you know their childrens data.

After receiving the information above you can then use this site http://tinyurl.com/3s7ewbf (make sure that the "Sök person" (find person) tab is activated. The site holds information about almost all living people in Sweden and it will give you their address if you want to get in contact.

For estate inventories before 1970 you need to contact the regional archives. This site will tell you which regional archive goes with which city http://tinyurl.com/6y8ol4u
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The online church books can take you a lot further back

Anna
I am not related to this family

Thank you very much for the work you did. i too found most (not all) of that info that you posted since my original post. I will try to see if I can match my great grandmother with the family you listed. I am aware of teh patronymic naming system as my paternal grandmother was of Norwegian descent, and I have traced them back for hundreds of years. Thanks again for the good deed!

If the Julia from Finnskogen in Värmland left the parish in June 1904, here is a good possibility that she went to the closest port of emigration, which was Oslo. I found a good match for the name, date, but it just says Sweden for her place. The record is from the Norwegian Digital Archives, emigrants from Oslo.

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbas...

160807 Oslo 6791 1904 Juni 30 Julia Person f u Pige 17 Sverige Minn. 14317 Sverige Prp Oscar Ii

Leaving Oslo, 1904, June 30, Julia Person, female, unmarried, Pige means single girl, or it means a girl who works for a family or farm as a hired hand, age 17, from Sweden, going to Minnesota, On the Oscar line?

Yes, I saw that record, and it is my Julia, she listed her destination as Elbow lake, Minnesota, as our family tradition stated. Thanks again, i was able to trace her family back pretty far already.