The Swedes of Pope County - Bethany Cemetery
The Swedes of Pope County is a project to identify people who were born in Sweden and lived at some time in their lives in Pope County, Minnesota. The project starts with John and Anna Berg who came from Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County, Sweden. The people they lived closest to and worshiped with at Bethany Lutheran Church are the next to be identified. Some of these people are also people that their family has married with and the connections continue outward from there.
NAME |
DATE OF BIRTH |
PLACE OF BIRTH |
Abrahamsdotter, Anna Lovisa married Carl Fredrick Frisell |
18 Nov 1857 |
Silverhyttan, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Andersdotter, Caroline married K.F. Fredrickson |
6 Dec 1845 |
Kyrkviken, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Andersdotter, Hilda Carolina married Erik Runquist (b.
1873) |
2 Dec 1875 |
Vängtorp, Vänga Parish, Älvsborg County |
Andersdotter, Johanna Sophia married Gustaf Johnson |
24 Jan 1850 |
Dövedalen, Tämta Parish, Älvsborg County |
Anderson, Alfred |
12 Mar 1844 |
Hålan under N. Bäckevall, Håby Parish, Göteborg och Bohus
County |
Anderson, Anders Fredrick |
18 Jul 1856 |
Mortorp, Lilla Malma Parish, Södermanland County |
Berg, John J./Johan Jansson |
2 Sep 1839 |
Östra Born, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Björk, Carl Eric |
14 Mar 1861 |
Silverhyttan, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Bloom, John E./Johan Ersson |
31 Aug 1846 |
Smältarbacken, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Branch, Charles Nicholas/Carl Niclas Ersson |
5 Aug 1831 |
Smältarbacken, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Carlsdotter, Anna Kathrina married John J. Berg |
20 Mar 1849 |
Högfors, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Carlsdotter, Augusta |
30 Dec 1860 |
Svartviks sågdamm, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Carlsdotter, Beata married Frank Ekstrom |
27 Oct 1857 |
Finnhyttan, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Carlsdotter, Emma Christina married Albert J. Fredrickson |
20 Aug 1876 |
Siksjön, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Carlson, Karl Erick |
7 Jan 1867 |
Finnhyttan, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Chalenburg, Fred/Fredric Ersson |
5 Oct 1844 |
Smältarbacken, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Edin, Elida Marie married Daniel Markham |
27 Feb 1884 |
Knipan, Dals-Ed Parish, Älvsborg County |
Edin, Johan Fridolf |
20 Jun 1885 |
Knipan, Dals-Ed Parish, Älvsborg County |
Edin, Peter Anton |
5 Mar 1870 |
Knipan, Dals-Ed Parish, Älvsborg County |
Ekstrom, Frank/Frans Levin Ersson Eklund |
24 Dec 1854 |
Korsvägen, Od Parish, Älvsborg County |
Ekstrom, Oscar F. |
16 Aug 1879 |
Värmdö Parish, Stockholm County |
Eliason, Klas John |
30 May 1882 |
Finnkullen, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Erickson, Gustaf |
26 Jul 1839 |
Smältarbacken, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Ersdotter, Caroline married John Felt |
22 Jul 1841 |
Smältarbacken, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Ersdotter, Lovisa |
6 Feb 1857 |
Gustafs schakt, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Ersdotter, Lovisa Charlotta married Gustaf Erickson |
12 Oct 1845 |
Högfors, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Felt, Carl |
19 Feb 1856 |
Gunnarstorp, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Felt, Carl John |
6 Jan 1876 |
Finnhyttan, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Felt, John |
8 Mar 1849 |
Svartelfstorp, Hällefors Parish, Örebro County |
Fredricksdotter, Charlotta Catrina married Erick Lindquist |
12 May 1841 |
Östra Dahl, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Fredricksdotter, Hedda |
2 Mar 1867 |
Kyrkviken, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Fredrickson, Knut Fredrick |
14 Feb 1839 |
Siksjön, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Friedman, August Erick |
31 Jan 1872 |
Södra Grängesberget, Grangärde Parish, Kopparberg County |
Friedman, Carl John |
4 May 1843 |
Grängesberget, Grangärde Parish, Kopparberg County |
Frisell, Carl Fredrick |
21 May 1859 |
Nya Wägen, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Frisell, John Ludvig |
17 Sep 1867 |
Nya Wägen, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Frisell, John Oscar |
22 Feb 1887 |
Arboga gård, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Grandelius, Johanna Carolina married Gustaf Johnson |
19 Jul 1848 |
Brännbyn, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Grubb, Märet (Mary) married John E. Bloom |
31 Aug 1860 |
Linsell Parish, Jämtland County |
Jansdotter, Johanna married Gustaf Erickson |
23 Jan 1844 |
Hörkself, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Jansdotter, Sara Sophia |
3 Dec 1832 |
Rundberget, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Johnson, Britta Stina (Christina) married Alfred Anderson |
25 May 1846 |
Klevhult Nolgården, Nårunga Parish, Älvsborg County |
Johnson, C. Gunnar |
29 Jan 1899 |
Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Johnson, Gustaf |
27 Oct 1846 |
Rundberget, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Larson, Anders Gustaf |
29 Apr 1825 |
Stentorp, Ärla Parish, Södermanland County |
Lindquist, Erick/Eric Olsson |
5 Oct 1844 |
Moren, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Nilson, John |
22 Feb 1815 |
Grängesberg, Grangärde Parish, Kopparberg County |
Westerberg, Jenny Elin married Peter Anton Edin |
3 May 1874 |
Lofstad, Säby Parish, Jönköping County |
Nordgren (Persdotter), Inga Katrena married Anders
Fredrick Anderson |
27 Jul 1867 |
Possibly Lekvattnet Parish, Värmland County |
Nordgren, Hulda C. |
12 May 1887 |
Dalen, Gräsmark Parish, Värmland County |
Persdotter, Lovisa Christina |
28 Aug 1845 |
Kyrkviken, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Runquist, Erik |
28 Mar 1841 |
Rundberg, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Runquist, Jacob |
20 Mar 1848 |
Rundberget, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Winter (Eliasdotter), Johanna Cathrina married Carl Felt |
2 Mar 1850 |
Östra Kumla, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro County |
Tally by county and parish:
Göteborg och Bohus County, Håby Parish 1
Jämtland County, Linsell Parish 1
Jönköping County, Säby Parish 1
Kopparberg County, Grangärde Parish 3
Stockholm County, Värmdö Parish 1
Södermanland County, Lilla Malma Parish 1
Södermanland County, Ärla Parish 1
Värmland County, Lekvattnet Parish 1
Värmland County, Gräsmark Parish 1
Älvsborg County, Dals-Ed Parish 3
Älvsborg County, Nårunga Parish 1
Älvsborg County, Od Parish 1
Älvsborg County, Tämta Parish 1
Älvsborg County, Vänga Parish 1
Örebro County, Hällefors Parish 1
Örebro County, Ljusnarsberg Parish 35
As you can see, most of the people on this list were from
Ljusnarsberg Parish.
In the mid-1860s Sweden suffered a famine and many people left Sweden. In some places in Sweden, the parish paid the transportation costs for the poorest people to leave. I don't know if either of these conditions were factors in the emigration of this group of people, but it is certainly possible.
Interesting fact: Fred Chalenburg and Erick Lindquist were born on the same day in the same parish in Sweden.