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Per Johan Håkansson Björk

Generation 6 back

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

In brief

Born March 15, 1823, in Norra Sandsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden. He married August 7, 1847, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden. He died June 9, 1879, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden.

Family

Father
Håkan Petersson
Mother
Britta Stina Johansdotter
Spouse
Eva Christina Svensdotter
m. 1847

Children

  • Christina Albertina Josefina Johansson Björk
    b. September 15, 1848, in Nävelsjö Parish, Sweden
    m. Carl Johan Johansson, September 21, 1867, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden
    d. February 17, 1923, in Nässjö, Sweden
  • Jöhanna Sophia Björk · in this line
    b. August 23, 1851, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden
    m. Sven Johan Svensson Storm/Frej, March 1, 1873 in Nävelsjö Parish, Sweden
    d. September 9, 1890, in Shelton, Mason County, Washington, USA
  • 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

Siblings

  • Sven Magnus Frey/Freÿ/Frejd
    b. December 21, 1828
    m. Lena Maria Petersdotter, November 18, 1854, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden
    d. December 29, 1879, in Nävelsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden
  • Anna Sophia Håkansdotter
    b. February 22, 1835

Life story

Thirty-Two Years a Soldier

Per Johan Håkansson Björk was born on March 15, 1823, in Norra Sandsjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden, and enlisted as Soldier No. 134 in the Kalmar Regiment's Västra Härads Company in October 1846, marrying Eva Christina Svensdotter the following year and settling at the croft of Stabäck in Nävelsjö Parish, granted to him for his military service. He was promoted to corporal in 1866 and served in uniform for the rest of his life; his death record noted that he had “honorably served as soldier for 32 years and had the unrestricted (absolute) confidence of his commander.” Per Johan died on June 9, 1879, in Nävelsjö Parish.

Corporal Per Johan Bjork, M.D.
Corporal Per Johan Bjork, M.D.
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