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Jöhanna Sophia Björk

Generation 5 back

Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Augusta Swanson ← Jöhanna Sophia Björk

Born

August 23, 1851, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden

Died

September 9, 1890, in Shelton, Mason County, Washington, USA

Married

March 1, 1873 in Nävelsjö Parish, Sweden

Also known as

Sophie Swanson

Migration

Abt. 1885 from Sweden to USA

Photos

Family

Father

Per Johan Håkansson Björk

Mother

Eva Christina Svensdotter

Child in this line

Augusta Josefina Swanson

Spouse

Sven Johan Svensson Storm/Frej

Children

Emma Kristina Cecilia “Ellen” “Ella” Swanson
b. January 10, 1873, in Bringetofta, Sweden · d. September 8, 1947, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene, Oregon
m. John B. Peterson in 1892 in Shelton, Washington
Anna Sofia Olivia
b. December 7, 1875, in Bringetofta, Sweden
Carl/Karl Emil “Charles” Swanson
b. November 8, 1877, in Bringetofta, Sweden
m. _____ in Wisconsin
Frans August “Frank” Swanson
b. December 12, 1881, in Sweden · d. April 14, 1909, in Olympia, WA
Jennie “Jen” Elizabeth Swanson
b. February 20, 1884, in Sweden · d. February 6, 1971, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis, Oregon
m. Guy L Banta, May 26, 1904, in the ME Church in Shelton, WA
Edward Swanson
b. Abt. 188646/188739 (probably Wisconsin) · d. March 31, 1917, in Tacoma, WA
Annie Amelia “Ann” Swanson
b. December 26, 1888, in Tacoma, Pierce County, WA · d. March 18, 1961, at Shelton Hospital in Shelton, WA
m. Guy F. Kneeland, September 6, 1911, in Tacoma, WA
Merlin “Mearl” Swanson
b. 1890 in Shelton, WA · d. 1890 in Shelton, WA
Adoptive Siblings:
Jane Day
b. September 22, 1911, in Portland, OR
Frances Bertha Day
b. June 29, 1913, in St. Helens, OR

Siblings

Christina Albertina Josefina Johansson Björk
b. September 15, 1848, in Nävelsjö Parish, Sweden · d. February 17, 1923, in Nässjö, Sweden
m. Carl Johan Johansson, September 21, 1867, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden
Emma Charlotta
b. January 15, 1856, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden · d. October 11, 1857, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden
Emelie Augusta
b. August 20, 1858, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden · d. November 7, 1944, in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

In brief

Born August 23, 1851, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden. Abt. She married March 1, 1873 in Nävelsjö Parish, Sweden. She died September 9, 1890, in Shelton, Mason County, Washington, USA.

Life story

From Nävelsjö to Shelton

Jöhanna Sophia Björk was born on August 23, 1851, at a croft in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden, and married Sven Johan Svensson (later known in America as John August Swanson) on March 1, 1873. The couple lived at Lönsås croft in Bringetofta Parish for over a decade before emigrating to the United States around 1885, eventually settling near Shelton, Washington, as Sophie Swanson. She brought a carpet loom with her all the way from Kansas and used it to make rag carpets after the family moved into a rented home and orchard down the bay from Shelton in April 1890. Johanna fell seriously ill that summer, prompting the family to move into town for her care, but she died in Shelton on September 9, 1890, at the age of thirty-nine — her husband followed her in death only seven months later.

At a glance

Lived

Tacoma, WA

Sources (22)

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