I am trying to track my great-grandmother's immigration from Jamtland, Sweden to Minnesota.

MPurchase1

I am trying to track my great-grandmother's immigration from Jamtland, Sweden to Minnesota.

Britta Persdotter/Pettersdotter aka Bertha or Betsey Holm Peterson is the daughter of Agnis Andersdotter and Per Olofsson. She was born 30 April 1848 in Åre, Jämtland, Sweden.

 

I found conflicting info (Arkivdigital Emigrantregister 1871 image 1980 page 377 says Britta Person left 13 Oct 1871 for New York; Ancestry Swedish Emigration Records shows Britta Persdotter left 13 May 1870 for New York - Archive call # 3:304:1174; and the one most likely is in Ancestry- Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991 which has her leaving with family on 2 Sep 1872 and arriving in Minnesota.) This matches a newspaper article about her wedding to Carl Jonas Aronson/Charles John Wickstrom on 24 Dec 1872 said asked her to come to the US after settling on a homestead in 1872. I haven't been able to find anything in Arkivdigital to confirm this date, other than a household record Kall A1:8 (1862-1875) Image: 1280 Page: 119 that says she left for Amerika in 1872.

 

But I can't find any place that shows where/when she left Sweden, where she arrived in the US or who she travelled with. Her obit in The Worthington Advance Oct 25 1894 said she came in 1872 and settled with her parents on the farm (apparently Charles' farm since it says she resided there until death).

 

Can anyone point me in the right direction on where to look for the missing information? I appreciate any help!

Tanner Blair Tolman

I think of the ones you listed that the last one is the most likely. The household exams show she has the correct parents that you named and while the household exam only says she left in 1872, the moving out records specify this occurred on 2 September 1872.

 

https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v114664?image=1280

https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v114674?image=1240

 

I checked Emibas and that was the only Britta Persdotter with the correct date of birth in their database. Emibas is the database that ancestry searched for you, but I like the original CD version better because I tend to have more success with it.

 

-Tanner

MPurchase1

Thank you Tanner. Is there an index in Arkivdigital for emigration records?

MPurchase1

I did search Emigrants and found Britta Lov. Pettersson left Sept 27, 1872 - but I think columns are about birthplace and they don't look like it's the right person. I've tried a search of 1872 for B* P* and no one looks right.

Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900) (O) EIX:6 (1872) Image 3250 / Page 645

http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/info/v479730.b3250.s645">v479730.b3250.s645