Mary Wilhelmina Hendricksdotter-Helenius was born Feb 28, 1845, in Tammerfors, Birkland, Finland.
About 1874, Mary married Sven (Swan) Jakcobsson (1837- ca 1925). He was born in Sweden (illegitimately) to Catharina Svensdotter and Jacob Pettersson.
Mary and Swan arrived in America in 1882 with the following three children:
Ernest Teodore Jakobsson (aka Ernest Theodore Jacobson) (1875-1956), born in Finland.
Bror Oskar Knut Jakobsson (aka Oscar Ben Jacobson) (1877-1925), born in Sweden.
Olga Maria Eugenia Jakobsson (aka Marie Jacobson-Seiler) (1882-1926), born in Sweden.
One daughter, Olga Maria Serafia Jakobsson (1878-1880), born in Sweden, died before this couple immigrated to the United States.
The family eventually settled on a farm in Thomas County, Kansas and two more children were born:
Charles "Charley" J. Jacobson (1884-1914), born in Kansas, USA, and
George William Jacobson (1888-1967), born in Kansas, USA.
Mary's husband was fond of travel and took frequent trips. Mary was described by a neighbor as a good hard-working pioneer woman who herded cattle, killed rattlesnakes with a cane, raised chickens, and maintained her garden along with all her other chores in the home. She could joke about hardships - one time the grasshoppers cleaned out her garden, even the onions and Mary said, "onions water de eye of de grasshopper, but not stop dem." She had several fruit jars filled with snake rattles she had collected while herding. It was written how she helped her neighbors and always had cookies and grape jelly for the kids.
Mary and her husband were residing in Hale, Thomas County, Kansas in the January 1920 Census. Mary died shortly after the census was taken and is buried in the Brewster Cemetery along with five of her children.
About 1874, Mary married Sven (Swan) Jakcobsson (1837- ca 1925). He was born in Sweden (illegitimately) to Catharina Svensdotter and Jacob Pettersson.
Mary and Swan arrived in America in 1882 with the following three children:
Ernest Teodore Jakobsson (aka Ernest Theodore Jacobson) (1875-1956), born in Finland.
Bror Oskar Knut Jakobsson (aka Oscar Ben Jacobson) (1877-1925), born in Sweden.
Olga Maria Eugenia Jakobsson (aka Marie Jacobson-Seiler) (1882-1926), born in Sweden.
One daughter, Olga Maria Serafia Jakobsson (1878-1880), born in Sweden, died before this couple immigrated to the United States.
The family eventually settled on a farm in Thomas County, Kansas and two more children were born:
Charles "Charley" J. Jacobson (1884-1914), born in Kansas, USA, and
George William Jacobson (1888-1967), born in Kansas, USA.
Mary's husband was fond of travel and took frequent trips. Mary was described by a neighbor as a good hard-working pioneer woman who herded cattle, killed rattlesnakes with a cane, raised chickens, and maintained her garden along with all her other chores in the home. She could joke about hardships - one time the grasshoppers cleaned out her garden, even the onions and Mary said, "onions water de eye of de grasshopper, but not stop dem." She had several fruit jars filled with snake rattles she had collected while herding. It was written how she helped her neighbors and always had cookies and grape jelly for the kids.
Mary and her husband were residing in Hale, Thomas County, Kansas in the January 1920 Census. Mary died shortly after the census was taken and is buried in the Brewster Cemetery along with five of her children.
Mary Wilhelmina Hendricksdotter-Helenius was born Feb 28, 1845, in Tammerfors, Birkland, Finland.
About 1874, Mary married Sven (Swan) Jakcobsson (1837- ca 1925). He was born in Sweden (illegitimately) to Catharina Svensdotter and Jacob Pettersson.
Mary and Swan arrived in America in 1882 with the following three children:
Ernest Teodore Jakobsson (aka Ernest Theodore Jacobson) (1875-1956), born in Finland.
Bror Oskar Knut Jakobsson (aka Oscar Ben Jacobson) (1877-1925), born in Sweden.
Olga Maria Eugenia Jakobsson (aka Marie Jacobson-Seiler) (1882-1926), born in Sweden.
One daughter, Olga Maria Serafia Jakobsson (1878-1880), born in Sweden, died before this couple immigrated to the United States.
The family eventually settled on a farm in Thomas County, Kansas and two more children were born:
Charles "Charley" J. Jacobson (1884-1914), born in Kansas, USA, and
George William Jacobson (1888-1967), born in Kansas, USA.
Mary's husband was fond of travel and took frequent trips. Mary was described by a neighbor as a good hard-working pioneer woman who herded cattle, killed rattlesnakes with a cane, raised chickens, and maintained her garden along with all her other chores in the home. She could joke about hardships - one time the grasshoppers cleaned out her garden, even the onions and Mary said, "onions water de eye of de grasshopper, but not stop dem." She had several fruit jars filled with snake rattles she had collected while herding. It was written how she helped her neighbors and always had cookies and grape jelly for the kids.
Mary and her husband were residing in Hale, Thomas County, Kansas in the January 1920 Census. Mary died shortly after the census was taken and is buried in the Brewster Cemetery along with five of her children.
About 1874, Mary married Sven (Swan) Jakcobsson (1837- ca 1925). He was born in Sweden (illegitimately) to Catharina Svensdotter and Jacob Pettersson.
Mary and Swan arrived in America in 1882 with the following three children:
Ernest Teodore Jakobsson (aka Ernest Theodore Jacobson) (1875-1956), born in Finland.
Bror Oskar Knut Jakobsson (aka Oscar Ben Jacobson) (1877-1925), born in Sweden.
Olga Maria Eugenia Jakobsson (aka Marie Jacobson-Seiler) (1882-1926), born in Sweden.
One daughter, Olga Maria Serafia Jakobsson (1878-1880), born in Sweden, died before this couple immigrated to the United States.
The family eventually settled on a farm in Thomas County, Kansas and two more children were born:
Charles "Charley" J. Jacobson (1884-1914), born in Kansas, USA, and
George William Jacobson (1888-1967), born in Kansas, USA.
Mary's husband was fond of travel and took frequent trips. Mary was described by a neighbor as a good hard-working pioneer woman who herded cattle, killed rattlesnakes with a cane, raised chickens, and maintained her garden along with all her other chores in the home. She could joke about hardships - one time the grasshoppers cleaned out her garden, even the onions and Mary said, "onions water de eye of de grasshopper, but not stop dem." She had several fruit jars filled with snake rattles she had collected while herding. It was written how she helped her neighbors and always had cookies and grape jelly for the kids.
Mary and her husband were residing in Hale, Thomas County, Kansas in the January 1920 Census. Mary died shortly after the census was taken and is buried in the Brewster Cemetery along with five of her children.
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