Aland, Abo, Foglo, Finland
This is my first post to this community group and also my first attempt at research in Finland and Sweden. I am hoping to find information on one JOHAN ALEXANDER JOHNSON (born 8 September 1866 in Abo, Finland) and his wife, IDA AUGUSTA SJOBERG (born 29 December 1866 in Aland). The Sjoberg family had connections to Foglo, Finland. From what little research I have done to this point, I know this family spoke and identified as Swedish. It is my understanding that Abo, Aland, and Foglo are today in Finland, but at one time were considered as part of Sweden. Is this true? If so, could someone direct me to a source where I could learn more about the history of the area where these places are? Also, if possible, could someone suggest where I might find vital records that would identify the parents of Johan Johnson and Ida Augusta Sjoberg named above? Thank you in advance for any consideration you extend this query.
Regards, Dan Haney
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Do you know when Johan Alexander and Ida Augusta were married and where?
I might have found them, but what other information you have on them?
Åbo (Turku), Åland and Föglö have always belonged to Finland. Föglö is in Åland. But Finland was a part of Sweden between about 1300-1809.
Åland is a Swedish speaking county and many people in Åbo are also Swedish speaking like my great grandfather.
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Finland was a part of Sweden until 1809 and both were just one big county, then it was a duchy under Russia. Finland only became a county in 1917. The indigenous Finns spoke Finnish, but the Swedish colonizers spoke Swedish. The clergy all came from Sweden and so the records will be in Swedish regardless of what language the ancestors actually spoke. The Åland islands are in the Baltic sea between Sweden and Finland. Over 90% of the people their identify as Swedes making it even more Swedish than the mainland because modern Sweden has had a lot of immigrants in recent years.
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Thank you for your prompt reply to my questions. I sincerely appreciate your input.
Johan Alexander Johnson and Ida Augusta Sjoberg immigrated to America in 1892 and settled in Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin. I found this information in the records of the Swedish Lutheran Church in Merrill, Wisconsin. Also in those records it stated they were married on 27 December 1891. I assume that was in Finland, but there was no mention of the place of their marriage in the records I searched. It may have been in Aland as that was where Augusta came from. Ida was called Augusta when she came to America. The U. S. Census records state that the parents of both Johan and Augusta (Ida) were born in Sweden and spoke Swedish. Also, Augusta had a brother, August Leander Sjoberg, who was born 8 July 1863 in Foglo, Finland. He, his wife and their four children, immigrated to America on 27 December 1887. At this point, this is all I know about these families. I do not read Swedish or Finnish.
Thank you in advance for advice or suggestions you are able to provide with this additional information. Sincerely, Dan Haney
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I am glad that you had time to write before I go to bed, I still have the documents open what I found.
Seaman Johan August Alexander Sjöblom and maid Lea Ida Augusta Sjöberg were married at 27.12.1891 in Föglö, Åland. Both lived in Degerby, Föglö at the time of the marriage. He might have used that last name while working in the sea. There is no church records in Föglö to check it out.
Lean Augusta Mathilda Sjöberg was born at 26.11.1866 and christened at 28.11.1866 in Föglö. Parents were crofter Leander Sjöberg, born 9.6.1831 in Finholma, Föglö and Kristina Augusta Gustafsdotter born 25.1.1837 in Föglö and married at 4 Nov 1863 in Granboda, No 2 Östergård, Föglö.
Parents before marriage:
Föglö församlings arkiv - Rippikirja 1855-1861, jakso 52, sivu 49: Granboda, No 2, Östergård; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=9252631
Other children in that family were:
- August Leander, born 8.7.1863 and christened 12.7.1863 in Granboda, No 2 Östergård, Föglö
- Evald Leonard, born 5.10.1876 and christened 15.10.1876 in Stentorpa, Föglö
- Kristina Sofia, born 7.4.1880 and christened 12.4.1880 in Stentorpa, Föglö
Johan Alexander was born with name Johannes Alexander Johansson at 4 Sept 1866 and christened 11.9.1866 in Åbo to parents seaman Karl Johan Johansson born 4.3.1831 in Pargas and Edla Gustava Strandblom, born 20.9.1830 in Pargas.
I can give you later the information of his siblings, now I will got to bed, it is late in Finland. The sources what I am using to track your couple and their siblings is behind the pay wall, so I cannot just give you the links. But for their parents, they should be in free archive pages.
You can use this:
Digihakemisto (en-dot-digihakemisto.appspot.com)
And search Föglö församlings arkiv and Paraisten seurakunnan arkisto (Pargas)
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