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The escape of Ola Månsson - grandfather of Charles Lindbergh

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The escape of Ola Månsson - grandfather of Charles Lindbergh

Posted: 12 Sep 2007 4:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Lindbergh, Månsson, Carlén
August Lindbergh was born as Ola Månsson May 12 1808 in Smedstorp, Sweden and died October 15 1893 in Little Falls, Minnesota, US.

He was the father of lawyer, loan officer and congressman Charles August Lindbergh and grandfather of the famous flyer Charles Lindbergh.

Ola Månsson was a rich farmer close to Simrishamn in the south of Sweden and with his wife Ingar Jönsdotter he had 7 children. He was selected to the Swedish parliament, representing the peasantry and had several assignments.

In 1858 Månsson was tried in the Swedish court on accusations of embezzlement of money from the bank at which he was a loan officer. After the trial, Ola Månsson, his wife Lovisa Carlén and her infant son Carl immigrated to the United States. When they immigrated Ola changed his name to August and changed the family surname to Lindbergh. The infant's name was changed from Carl to Charles August.

I'm curious how they travelled from Sweden and if they travelled in correct names. Ola, as mentioned above, left his wife and his children...to escape with a much younger waitress...and they were unmarried...
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NiklasBodin 12 Sep 2007 10:44PM GMT 
SusannaAuerba... 7 Dec 2007 9:34PM GMT 
SusannaAuerba... 7 Dec 2007 9:49PM GMT 
SherriOlson 29 Nov 2014 9:18PM GMT 
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