Christina Fredrika Nilsdotter was born September 24, 1850 at Södra Vi Parish, Kalmar Län, Sweden, the daughter of Nils Johan Jonsson and Johanna Regina Johansdotter. She was baptized there on September 29, 1850.
She married Anders Johan August Andersson on Dec. 30, 1868 in Södra Vi Parish.
Following their marriage they lived at Skoghem farm in Södra Vi Parish and emigrated to America May 7, 1869 and settled in the Swede Bend area.
They are the parents of six children, Alice, Charles, William, Leonard, Elmer and Lloyd.
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Stratford Courier
April 30, 1936
Obituary
Mrs. Christina Anderson
Mrs. Christina Anderson, nee Samuelson, was born in Kalmar lan, Sweden on Sept. 24, 1850, and died in her home south of Stratford, Friday, April 24 at the ripe old age of 83 years, 7 months.
She was united in marriage to August Anderson, Dec. 31, 1868, in Sweden, and came to America with her husband the following year and located on a farm south of Stratford. Later the family moved to Boxholm remaining there for thirteen years after which they moved back to Stratford and have since lived in this community.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson was blessed with six children, one daughter and five sons. The husband and two sons have preceded the wife and mother in death, one son dying in infancy and another, Charley B., died Dec. 15, 1932. Left to mourn her death is one daughter, Mrs. Albert Poulson of Stratford; three sons, Will and Elmer of Boxholm and Lloyd R. Anderson of Stratford. Nineteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren survive also.
Funeral services were held Monday in the family home and were in charge of the Rev. A.E. Appelquist, pastor of the local Baptist church. The Rev. Mr. Appelquist sang one Swedish and one English solo. Interment was made in the South Marion cemetery. The pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased and were Clifford and Ralph Anderson, Lloyd and Earl Anderson, Lester and Orris Poulson.
Fold her, O Father, in Thine arms,
And let her henceforth be
A messenger of love between
Our human hearts and Thee.
Still let her mild rebuking stand
Between us and the wrong,
And her dear memory serve to make
Our faith in goodness strong.
She married Anders Johan August Andersson on Dec. 30, 1868 in Södra Vi Parish.
Following their marriage they lived at Skoghem farm in Södra Vi Parish and emigrated to America May 7, 1869 and settled in the Swede Bend area.
They are the parents of six children, Alice, Charles, William, Leonard, Elmer and Lloyd.
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Stratford Courier
April 30, 1936
Obituary
Mrs. Christina Anderson
Mrs. Christina Anderson, nee Samuelson, was born in Kalmar lan, Sweden on Sept. 24, 1850, and died in her home south of Stratford, Friday, April 24 at the ripe old age of 83 years, 7 months.
She was united in marriage to August Anderson, Dec. 31, 1868, in Sweden, and came to America with her husband the following year and located on a farm south of Stratford. Later the family moved to Boxholm remaining there for thirteen years after which they moved back to Stratford and have since lived in this community.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson was blessed with six children, one daughter and five sons. The husband and two sons have preceded the wife and mother in death, one son dying in infancy and another, Charley B., died Dec. 15, 1932. Left to mourn her death is one daughter, Mrs. Albert Poulson of Stratford; three sons, Will and Elmer of Boxholm and Lloyd R. Anderson of Stratford. Nineteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren survive also.
Funeral services were held Monday in the family home and were in charge of the Rev. A.E. Appelquist, pastor of the local Baptist church. The Rev. Mr. Appelquist sang one Swedish and one English solo. Interment was made in the South Marion cemetery. The pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased and were Clifford and Ralph Anderson, Lloyd and Earl Anderson, Lester and Orris Poulson.
Fold her, O Father, in Thine arms,
And let her henceforth be
A messenger of love between
Our human hearts and Thee.
Still let her mild rebuking stand
Between us and the wrong,
And her dear memory serve to make
Our faith in goodness strong.
Christina Fredrika Nilsdotter was born September 24, 1850 at Södra Vi Parish, Kalmar Län, Sweden, the daughter of Nils Johan Jonsson and Johanna Regina Johansdotter. She was baptized there on September 29, 1850.
She married Anders Johan August Andersson on Dec. 30, 1868 in Södra Vi Parish.
Following their marriage they lived at Skoghem farm in Södra Vi Parish and emigrated to America May 7, 1869 and settled in the Swede Bend area.
They are the parents of six children, Alice, Charles, William, Leonard, Elmer and Lloyd.
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Stratford Courier
April 30, 1936
Obituary
Mrs. Christina Anderson
Mrs. Christina Anderson, nee Samuelson, was born in Kalmar lan, Sweden on Sept. 24, 1850, and died in her home south of Stratford, Friday, April 24 at the ripe old age of 83 years, 7 months.
She was united in marriage to August Anderson, Dec. 31, 1868, in Sweden, and came to America with her husband the following year and located on a farm south of Stratford. Later the family moved to Boxholm remaining there for thirteen years after which they moved back to Stratford and have since lived in this community.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson was blessed with six children, one daughter and five sons. The husband and two sons have preceded the wife and mother in death, one son dying in infancy and another, Charley B., died Dec. 15, 1932. Left to mourn her death is one daughter, Mrs. Albert Poulson of Stratford; three sons, Will and Elmer of Boxholm and Lloyd R. Anderson of Stratford. Nineteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren survive also.
Funeral services were held Monday in the family home and were in charge of the Rev. A.E. Appelquist, pastor of the local Baptist church. The Rev. Mr. Appelquist sang one Swedish and one English solo. Interment was made in the South Marion cemetery. The pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased and were Clifford and Ralph Anderson, Lloyd and Earl Anderson, Lester and Orris Poulson.
Fold her, O Father, in Thine arms,
And let her henceforth be
A messenger of love between
Our human hearts and Thee.
Still let her mild rebuking stand
Between us and the wrong,
And her dear memory serve to make
Our faith in goodness strong.
She married Anders Johan August Andersson on Dec. 30, 1868 in Södra Vi Parish.
Following their marriage they lived at Skoghem farm in Södra Vi Parish and emigrated to America May 7, 1869 and settled in the Swede Bend area.
They are the parents of six children, Alice, Charles, William, Leonard, Elmer and Lloyd.
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Stratford Courier
April 30, 1936
Obituary
Mrs. Christina Anderson
Mrs. Christina Anderson, nee Samuelson, was born in Kalmar lan, Sweden on Sept. 24, 1850, and died in her home south of Stratford, Friday, April 24 at the ripe old age of 83 years, 7 months.
She was united in marriage to August Anderson, Dec. 31, 1868, in Sweden, and came to America with her husband the following year and located on a farm south of Stratford. Later the family moved to Boxholm remaining there for thirteen years after which they moved back to Stratford and have since lived in this community.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson was blessed with six children, one daughter and five sons. The husband and two sons have preceded the wife and mother in death, one son dying in infancy and another, Charley B., died Dec. 15, 1932. Left to mourn her death is one daughter, Mrs. Albert Poulson of Stratford; three sons, Will and Elmer of Boxholm and Lloyd R. Anderson of Stratford. Nineteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren survive also.
Funeral services were held Monday in the family home and were in charge of the Rev. A.E. Appelquist, pastor of the local Baptist church. The Rev. Mr. Appelquist sang one Swedish and one English solo. Interment was made in the South Marion cemetery. The pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased and were Clifford and Ralph Anderson, Lloyd and Earl Anderson, Lester and Orris Poulson.
Fold her, O Father, in Thine arms,
And let her henceforth be
A messenger of love between
Our human hearts and Thee.
Still let her mild rebuking stand
Between us and the wrong,
And her dear memory serve to make
Our faith in goodness strong.
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