THE ANDERSON/LARSON FAMILY

My great grandparents came from an area in Skaraborgs län, Västergötland, Sweden to northwestern Iowa.  

Britta Stina Larsdotter, and her husband, Olaus Anderson, emigrated to the United States in the year 1882, arriving in Sac County, Iowa and settling in Wheeler Township in the early years of settlement of northwest Iowa, Three of their children, Andrew, Charles and Gustav were born in Sweden and emigrated with their parents as children.   Anna, my grandmother, was born to Britta and Olaus in 1884 and her younger sister Lena was born in 1886, both in Wheeler Township.  Britta's cousins, Charlie Larson, Frank Larson and Lottie Larson Johnson, also settled in Sac County. 


Britta with her children circa 1890... children from left:
Anna, Lena on her lap, Andrew, Gustav and Charles

In 1886, Olaus was in the field shocking corn in the hot sun and got heat stroke, from which he died. This left Britta (called Bertha in this country) to fend for herself. Olaus left his Swedish speaking widow with 4 young children and one (Lena) on the way. It is fortunate that Bertha had relatives nearby, to help her and her young family in their struggle in the coming years. The largely Swedish neighborhood no doubt did what they could to help as well. The family rarely talked of their father, and as a result, I know little about Olaus or his family. Bertha never did learn to speak English, but she somehow raised all five children to adulthood.   Her son Charles died in Colorado of diptheria in 1900, while working in a mine.


from left back:  Gust and Andrew Anderson
Anna, Britta (Bertha) and Lena Anderson

 

        

The above is a picture of 3 generations, Anna Anderson Carlson, her mother Britta Stina Larson Anderson, and daughter Dorothy Carlson Girvan, my mother, as a girl. The woman on the right is Charlotte "Lottie" Larson Johnson, Britta's niece, who also came from Sweden to settle near Wall Lake, Iowa. 

The picture on the right is my grandmother Anna Anderson Carlson and grandfather Sigurd Franz Carlson. 

What follows is an incomplete chart of Britta Stina's family. If I should find more information on her husband, Olaus Anderson family, I will add it.

  
Britta Stina Larsdotter's Family Lines
(five generations)

1 Torsten Larsson b: Unknown SWE d: Unknown SWE
. +Annicka Andersdotter b: Unknown SWE d: Unknown SWE
....... 2 Lars Torstensson b: Unknown SWE d: Unknown SWE
.......... +Cajsa Pehrsdotter b: 1781 SWE d: Unknown SWE Father: Petter Andersson Mother: Maria Mansdotter
................ 3 Lars Petter Larsson b: 7 Jul 1806 Skallmeja, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE d: 25 Jan 1886 Skallmeja, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE
................... +Maja Lisa Nilsdotter b: 13 Oct 1810 Synnerby, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE d: 11 Dec 1879 Skallmeja, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE m: Abt. 1830 Father: Nils Larsson Mother: Cajsa Andersdotter
......................... 4 Lars Larsson b: 22 Feb 1832 SWE d: 21 Feb 1921 SWE
............................ +Greta b: Unknown SWE d: Unknown SWE
.................................. 5 Lovisa Larson b: SWE d: Unknown SWE
.................................. 5 Charles E. Larson b: 12 Nov 1862 Skora, Vastergotland, SWE d: 7 Dec 1946 Odebolt, Sac Co., IA
.................................. 5 Frank A. Larson b: 28 Mar 1866 Skora, Vastergotland, SWE d: 12 Dec 1929 unknown
..................................... +Carrie d: Unknown m: 2 Mar 1903 Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
.................................. 5 Charlotte Larson b: 30 Aug 1872 Skora, Vastergotland, SWE d: 12 Nov 1950 Wall Lake, IA
..................................... +Joel Johnson b: 3 Mar 1866 Stratford, IA d: 7 Mar 1923 Wall Lake, IA m: 17 Oct 1892
......................... 4 Anna Cajsa Larsdotter b: 30 Nov 1834 SWE d: 4 Sep 1855 SWE
......................... 4 Nils Bjork Larsson b: 14 Sep 1839 SWE d: Unknown SWE
............................ +Olena b: Unknown SWE d: Unknown SWE
.................................. 5 Anna Larsson b: Abt. 1875 SWE d: Abt. 1945 SWE
......................... 4 Britta Stina Larsdotter b: 15 May 1844 Skallmeja, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE d: 24 Jan 1923 Richland Twp., Sac Co., IA
............................ +Olaus Andersson b: 22 Apr 1838 Saleby parish, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE d: 1886 Wheeler Twp, Sac Co, IA m: SWE Father: Anders Johansson Mother: Stina Olofsdotter
.................................. 5 Andrew Linus Anderson b: 5 Oct 1875 Härened parish, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE 
d: 20 Feb 1949 Hendricks, MN (never married)
.................................. 5 Karl Wilhelm Anderson b: 2 Nov 1877 Skallmeja, Skaraborgs län, SWE d: Bet. 1899 - 1900 Colorado
..................................... +Never Married
.................................. 5 Gustav Anderson b: Abt. 1881 SWE d: Abt. 1954 Arthur, Ida County, IA
..................................... +Cecelia Lingren b: 12 May 1879 Stockholm Twp, Crawford Co, IA d: 14 Dec 1934 Arthur, Ida County, IA Father: August Frederick Lingren Mother: Clara Linman Carlsdotter
.................................. *2nd Wife of Gustav Anderson:
..................................... +Daisy Anderson (Mrs.) d: Jan 1977 Waubay, South Dakota
.................................. 5 Anna Mabel Anderson b: 28 Apr 1884 Wheeler Twp, Sac Co, IA d: 16 Jan 1967 Odebolt, IA
..................................... +Sigurd Franz Carlson b: 11 Jun 1879 Stjälkhammar, Ukna parish, Kalmar län, Småland SWE d: 12 Oct 1963 Odebolt, IA m: 29 Mar 1911 Wall Lake, Sac Co., IA Father: Karl Otto Karlsson Mother: Catarina Sofia Johansdotter
.................................. 5 Lena Anderson b: 28 Nov 1886 Wheeler Twp ,Sac Co, IA d: 11 Sep 1967 Austin, MN
..................................... +Curtis Perneete McDaniel b: Unknown d: 3 Jul 1950 Mower County, MN
......................... 4 Charlotta Larsdotter b: 7 Nov 1847 d: 2 Dec 1847
......................... 4 Lotta Larsdotter b: 4 May 1849 Skallmeja, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE, SWE d: 1909 Göteborg, SWE
............................ +Jan Peter Carlson b: 1850 Synnerby, SWE d: 1925 Göteborg, SWE m: 22 Oct 1880
.................................. 5 Lydia Charlotta Carlson b: 13 Apr 1882 Frändefors, SWE d: 1970 Göteborg, SWE
..................................... +Fritiof Blomster b: 1878 SWE d: 1953 Göteborg, SWE
.................................. 5 Karl Johan Carlson b: 29 May 1885 Frändefors, SWE d: 1932 Goteborg, SWE
.................................. 5 Selma Elise Carlson b: 29 Nov 1888 Frändefors, SWE d: 1975 Goteborg, SWE
..................................... +Elof Hjalmar Jacobson b: 1890 Högås, SWE d: 1966 Goteborg, SWE m: 1919
.................................. 5 Anna Lovisa Carlson b: 1891 Frändefors, SWE d: 1988 Goteborg, SWE
..................................... +Nils Nilson b: SWE d: SWE

 

  
Olaus Anderson's Family Lines
(four generations)

1 Pehr Andersson b: Åby, Saleby d: Unknown
. +Bolla Anderson d: Unknown
...... 2 Anders Johansson b: 23 Aug 1794 Trässberg, Saleby d: Unknown
.......... +Stina Olofsdotter b: 20 Sep 1808 Skattegården, Åby, Saleby d: Unknown m: 28 Dec 1834 Father: Olof Ifaarsson Mother: Catharina Andersdotter
.............. 3 Olaus Andersson b: 22 Apr 1838 Saleby parish, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE d: 1886 Wheeler Twp, Sac Co, IA
.................. +Britta Stina Larsdotter b: 15 May 1844 Skallmeja, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE d: 24 Jan 1923 Richland Twp., Sac Co., IA m: SWE Father: Lars Petter Larsson Mother: Maja Lisa Nilsdotter
...................... 4 Andrew Linus Anderson b: 5 Oct 1875 Härened parish, Skaraborgs län, Vastergötland, SWE d: 20 Feb 1949 Hendricks, MN
.......................... +Never married
...................... 4 Karl Wilhelm Anderson b: 2 Nov 1877 Skallmeja, Skaraborgs län, SWE d: Bet. 1899 - 1900 Colorado
.......................... +Never Married
...................... 4 Gustav Anderson b: Abt. 1881 SWE d: Abt. 1954 Arthur, Ida County, IA
.......................... +Cecelia Lingren b: 12 May 1879 Stockholm Twp, Crawford Co, IA d: 14 Dec 1934 Arthur, Ida County, IA Father: August Frederick Lingren Mother: Clara Linman Carlsdotter
...................... *2nd Wife of Gustav Anderson:
.......................... +Daisy Anderson (Mrs.) d: Jan 1977 Waubay, South Dakota
...................... 4 Anna Mabel Anderson b: 28 Apr 1884 Wheeler Twp, Sac Co, IA d: 16 Jan 1967 Odebolt, IA
.......................... +Sigurd Franz Carlson b: 11 Jun 1879 Stjälkhammar, Ukna parish, Kalmar län, Småland SWE d: 12 Oct 1963 Odebolt, IA m: 29 Mar 1911 Wall Lake, Sac Co., IA Father: Karl Otto Karlsson Mother: Catarina Sofia Johansdotter
...................... 4 Lena Anderson b: 28 Nov 1886 Wheeler Twp ,Sac Co, IA d: 11 Sep 1967 Austin, MN
.......................... +Curtis Perneete McDaniel b: Unknown d: 3 Jul 1950 Mower County, MN

LINKS

Kiron Country Library.  The site contains data from various record sources for thousands of  people associated with the farming community of Kiron, Iowa mostly in the 1867 to 1930 time period. ( It also contains information on people who lived in and around Arthur and Odebolt, Iowa.)  These people were mostly Swedish, but some Norwegian, German, Irish, English, Scottish, Bohemian and other immigrants lived among them.  The area of focus are the townships of Otter Creek, Stockholm, Hayes  and Wheeler in Crawford, Ida, and Sac counties.   If you have ancestors from this area, be sure to look at the site!

GenWeb - Sac County, Iowa..... This site contains a wealth of useful information for genealogists searching in Sac County, Iowa, thanks to Marilyn Dose!
 

 

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