It's A Small World

Welcome to my blog.  Since genealogy and history are my main interests I though I'd put them in one place and share it with anyone who might be interested.

 It's A Small World

 Recently I've met online another genealogist from Sweden, Irène Landsjö . We have a mutual set of cousins on our maternal side from the parish of Adelöv, Jönköpings lan. Regretfully I have nothing new to share with her. But she said she lives close to there and has many ancestors on her grandmother's side of the family in that area. We both have our family trees on Ancestry so I'm looking her's over and see that she has ancestors that lived on the farm of Sköldseryd in Lommaryd, Jönköpings lan. Well... on the paternal side of the Swedish family the "Johnsons" lived on the same farm at the same time. We aren't related but our ancestors certainly knew each other. Any more when I find these "small world" connections I just smile, chuckle and shake my head.

 This is the last entry at Sköldseryd for Jonas Svensson in the examination books. The date to the right of his name is her birthdate, 10 April 1763. He passed away in 1850 and was my ggg-grandfather. Below him is Sophia Caroline Johansdotter, one of his granddaughters.  https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022476_00132
No photo description available.

And on the very next page are the ancestors of Irène Landsjö.  She is related though the daughter Gustava Helena.
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022476_00133
No photo description available.

It seems like the more you research the more connections you make.  That's what makes it fun. :)
Location: 578 91 Lommaryd, Sweden

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Perilous Journey of the Johan Jonasson Family

Image
We sometimes hear stories of the difficult journey of our immigrant ancestors. They faced many perils and obstacles. Previous to the beginning of air travel all of our ancestors came to the United States via ship.   The exception being those who were already here, the native Americans. Whether it was on a wooden 17the century ship like the Mayflower or a steel ship of the 20th century like the Queen Mary, most of our ancestors crossed the Atlantic Ocean to get here.   Some had a quick journey in modern times of less than a week.   And for some unfortunate passengers, it took many weeks or months on a voyage filled with danger and death. Such is the extraordinary journey of the sailing ship Sagadahoc of Bath, Maine.   In June of 1853 it would load 221 immigrant passengers in Gothenburg, Sweden bound for Boston, Massachusetts.   Eight of these passengers were Johan Jonasson, his wife Johanna Andersdotter and their six sons; Carl, Fredrick, Adolph, Anders, Jonas an...
Read more

Sid Mercer: An all but forgotten Paxton celebrity

Image
James Sidney (Sid) Mercer was born to James H. and Laura Ann Search Mercer on August 4, 1880 in Kerr Township, Champaign County, Illinois where his father farmed.  He would become an American sports writer who covered mostly boxing and baseball in St. Louis, Missouri and New York City.  His knowledge of sports led him to become known as the Dean of Sport Writers. As he grew up he attended school in nearby Paxton, Illinois.  In his late teens he moved away and ended up in St. Louis where he began his career in newspapers as a printer's apprentice with the St. Louis Republic.  He later wrote for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, before the St. Louis Browns hired him as their road secretary in 1906. The following year, Mercer was hired at the New York Evening Globe. He later wrote for the New York Evening Journal and Hearst's American (later known as the New York Journal American).  He quickly became a name in sports writing in New York City.  When the Baseball Wri...
Read more