Person:Maria Carlsdotter (1)

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Maria Elizabeta Carlsdotter
b.1 Mar 1842 Sil, Skaraborg, Sweden
d.11 Jun 1929 Cambridge, Isanti co, MN, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1829
  1. Stina CARLSDOTTER1831 -
  2. Pehr NYGREN / CARLSSON/ PC1834 - 1907
  3. Maria Elizabeta Carlsdotter1842 - 1929
Spouse and Children
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m. 17 Dec 1865
  1. Swan Johannson Swenson1866 - Abt 1958
  2. Frans SWENSON1868 - 1868
  3. Franz Gustaf SVENSON1869 - 1871
  4. Selma Maria Johansdotter1870 - 1957
  5. Mathilda JOHANSDOTTER SWENSON1871 - 1936
  6. Emma SWENSON1874 - 1952
  7. Frank O JONSON1876 - 1956
  8. Anna K JOHANSDOTTER1879 - 1956
  9. Gustaf Hammer SWENSON1883 - 1969
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Facts and Events
Name Maria Elizabeta Carlsdotter
Alt Name Maja Lissa _____
Alt Name Maya Lisa _____
Gender Female
Birth? 1 Mar 1842 Sil, Skaraborg, Sweden
Marriage 17 Dec 1865 Swedento Johannes SWENSON
Death? 11 Jun 1929 Cambridge, Isanti co, MN, USA
Burial? Fish Lake twp, Chisago co, MN, USAFish Lake Baptist Church Cemetery

called " Maja/Maya Lissa".

Death rec: Marie SWENSON female white widow, born 1 Mar 1842 Sweden, died 11 Jun 1929 Cambridge twp, MN. Occup: housewife. Cause: Cholecystitis-duration: one month. Father ___CARLSON b Sweden. Mother "unknown" b Sweden. Undertaker A.E. BERGLUND. Attending physician: Dr. L.H. HEDENSTROM. date of record: 9 Jul 1929. Isanti co Death rec: E-141-48.

obit: North Star (Cambridge,=-Isanti Co, MN) Thursday, 13 Jun 1929...front page...same day headlines: Stanchfield Bank Looted. Passed away at home of her daughter, Mrs. J.E. CLAUSON in Northeast Cambridge. ...came to this country in 1903 & has made her home in this community ever since.

At age 61, she came to America, with her son Franz Gustaf SVENSON, when her half-brother, P C NYGREN-CARLSON sent her money for her fare.

Some descendants say she was born at Sten(e)stad, near Sils-Kryka, Skaraborgs Lan.

1905 census, MN, Isanti co, Cambridge twp p182: lists Maria Elizabeth as age 64 (resident in MN 2 yrs) as housekeeper in home of Edwin & Anna CLASON.

Maria had to work outside the home to feed her 8 children. Her first house was very old with a dirt floor kitchen. A second house was built, though neither house remains today. P C NYGREN owned the CLAUSEN farm where Maria lived until her death. Maria, Gust & the CLAUSEN family lived in Logan, Gallatin co, Montana for 2 years, then moved to MN.

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