Christina Hunt was born Kjerstin Nilsdotter in Sweden. She married Anders Johansson in Sweden in 1868. They had 6 daughters and 1 son. Their oldest daughter (name unknown) died in Sweden in 1859. They immigrated to America in 1868 with four young children, arriving in New York. They settled first in Illinois and then in the fall of 1871, moved to Stanton, Iowa.
Their children were:
Oldest daughter (name unknown) - born about 1858; died in 1859 in Sweden
Anders Magnus Johansson - 1860-1936
Anna Josefina Andersdotter - 1862-1869 (burial unknown)
Johanna Beata Andersdotter - 1864-1869 (burial unknown)
Ida Augusta Andersdotter - 1867-1945
Anna Johansson - 1870-1965 (presumably she was named after her deceased sister)
Youngest daughter (name unknown) - died in 1873 in Villisca, Iowa (burial unknown)
Anders died in 1874 and she married Olof Hunt in 1876 in Red Oak, Iowa. They had one child, Carl Otto Hunt. In the spring of 1878, she and her husband parted ways for reasons unknown. Olof moved to the Dakota territory and Christina moved with her two daughters, Anna & Ida, and two sons, Anders (who later changed his name to Andrew) and Carl, to Kansas. She left Iowa with 4 children, $125, one cow, a team of horses and whatever household goods they could haul on their wagon.
She homesteaded about 10 miles SW of Plainville, building the first sod house in the township. In 1893, she moved to Plainville, where she lived until her death.
Their children were:
Oldest daughter (name unknown) - born about 1858; died in 1859 in Sweden
Anders Magnus Johansson - 1860-1936
Anna Josefina Andersdotter - 1862-1869 (burial unknown)
Johanna Beata Andersdotter - 1864-1869 (burial unknown)
Ida Augusta Andersdotter - 1867-1945
Anna Johansson - 1870-1965 (presumably she was named after her deceased sister)
Youngest daughter (name unknown) - died in 1873 in Villisca, Iowa (burial unknown)
Anders died in 1874 and she married Olof Hunt in 1876 in Red Oak, Iowa. They had one child, Carl Otto Hunt. In the spring of 1878, she and her husband parted ways for reasons unknown. Olof moved to the Dakota territory and Christina moved with her two daughters, Anna & Ida, and two sons, Anders (who later changed his name to Andrew) and Carl, to Kansas. She left Iowa with 4 children, $125, one cow, a team of horses and whatever household goods they could haul on their wagon.
She homesteaded about 10 miles SW of Plainville, building the first sod house in the township. In 1893, she moved to Plainville, where she lived until her death.
Christina Hunt was born Kjerstin Nilsdotter in Sweden. She married Anders Johansson in Sweden in 1868. They had 6 daughters and 1 son. Their oldest daughter (name unknown) died in Sweden in 1859. They immigrated to America in 1868 with four young children, arriving in New York. They settled first in Illinois and then in the fall of 1871, moved to Stanton, Iowa.
Their children were:
Oldest daughter (name unknown) - born about 1858; died in 1859 in Sweden
Anders Magnus Johansson - 1860-1936
Anna Josefina Andersdotter - 1862-1869 (burial unknown)
Johanna Beata Andersdotter - 1864-1869 (burial unknown)
Ida Augusta Andersdotter - 1867-1945
Anna Johansson - 1870-1965 (presumably she was named after her deceased sister)
Youngest daughter (name unknown) - died in 1873 in Villisca, Iowa (burial unknown)
Anders died in 1874 and she married Olof Hunt in 1876 in Red Oak, Iowa. They had one child, Carl Otto Hunt. In the spring of 1878, she and her husband parted ways for reasons unknown. Olof moved to the Dakota territory and Christina moved with her two daughters, Anna & Ida, and two sons, Anders (who later changed his name to Andrew) and Carl, to Kansas. She left Iowa with 4 children, $125, one cow, a team of horses and whatever household goods they could haul on their wagon.
She homesteaded about 10 miles SW of Plainville, building the first sod house in the township. In 1893, she moved to Plainville, where she lived until her death.
Their children were:
Oldest daughter (name unknown) - born about 1858; died in 1859 in Sweden
Anders Magnus Johansson - 1860-1936
Anna Josefina Andersdotter - 1862-1869 (burial unknown)
Johanna Beata Andersdotter - 1864-1869 (burial unknown)
Ida Augusta Andersdotter - 1867-1945
Anna Johansson - 1870-1965 (presumably she was named after her deceased sister)
Youngest daughter (name unknown) - died in 1873 in Villisca, Iowa (burial unknown)
Anders died in 1874 and she married Olof Hunt in 1876 in Red Oak, Iowa. They had one child, Carl Otto Hunt. In the spring of 1878, she and her husband parted ways for reasons unknown. Olof moved to the Dakota territory and Christina moved with her two daughters, Anna & Ida, and two sons, Anders (who later changed his name to Andrew) and Carl, to Kansas. She left Iowa with 4 children, $125, one cow, a team of horses and whatever household goods they could haul on their wagon.
She homesteaded about 10 miles SW of Plainville, building the first sod house in the township. In 1893, she moved to Plainville, where she lived until her death.
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