SOURCES
1. Church Record Vol I Belonging to The Swedish Ev. Lutheran
Church of Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, A.D. 1872.
2. Records on microfilm at the Swenson Center of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Duluth, Minnesota.
3. delayed record state file 201258 7/31/56.
4. State death certificate 58924.
5. A bulletin from the funeral service. Funeral Service for
Edith M. Bengtson.
6. Conversation with John Robert Bengtson.
7. Biographical record of ministers of the UELC and its parent
synods.
8. A KJV Bible given by my mother Deloris to her father Fred
C. M. Hansen as a Christmas present in 1950. The Bible has four pages of genealogical
information written in Fred's hand, with some additions in his wife's hand.
9. A Biographical Directory of Pastors of the American Lutheran
Church
BX8047.5 .J45.
10. The Americanization of the Danish Lutheran Churches in
America by Paul C. Nyhom BX8056 .N95.
11. Cemetery in Blair, Nebraska.
12. Fifty Years 1886-1936, First English Lutheran Church, Bayport,
Minnesota.
List of children in this source is incomplete.
Sixty-fifth Anniversary booklet of the Swedlanda Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Hector, Minnesota.
13. Parish records of Veddige.
14. Naturalization papers. Original naturalization certificate
with seal, City of Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.
15. Church Record Vol I Belonging to The Swedish Ev. Lutheran
Church of Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, A.D. 1872. records of marriages, page
2.
16. Golden Jubilee booklet of English Lutheran Church, New
Richmond, Wisconsin.
List of children in this source is wrong.
17. Veddige parish household accounts on microfiche. AI:9,
5/12, page 134.
18. Records of First Lutheran Church in Monmouth, Illinois,
from microfilm at the Swenson Center.
19. Birth records of Ö parish on microfiche. C:5,
3/5.
20. Ibid.
21. unknown. A newspaper obituary. unknown. An obituary,
probably from a Monmouth newspaper.
22. Birth records of Jäö parish on microfiche.
CI:7, 4/9.
23. unknown. A newspaper obituary. unknown.
24. Ibid. an obituary, probably from a Monmouth newspaper.
25. Ibid. A funeral notice, probably in a Monmouth newspaper.
26. A newspaper article. Monmouth Atlas, late 1950.
27. Birth records of Ö parish on microfiche. Fö
1878-1881.
28. A newspaper article. Monmouth Atlas, late 1950. Date inferred
from age (given as 6) at immigration.
29. Howard Matson. Genealogical researches of Howard Matson.
30. Records of First Lutheran Church in Monmouth, Illinois,
from microfilm at the Swenson Center. Dismissal records, Swenson Center film
B-102 #2.
31. Personal correspondence from Marj Foster, daughter of Hilma
Matson.
32. Birth records of Ö parish on microfiche. Fö
1882-1885.
33. Howard Matson. Genealogical researches of Howard Matson.
Source for place of death only.
34. Birth records of Ö parish on microfiche. Fö
1882-1885.
35. Household accounts of Ö on microfiche.
36. Church records of Immanuel Baptist Church (formerly First
Baptist Church of Monmouth) on microfilm.
37. A newspaper article. A funeral notice, probably in a
Monmouth newspaper.
38. Descendants of Peder Hansen and Marie Moretensen Hansen
are (largely) from a booklet compiled and edited by Carrie E. Hansen and her
daughter Vita M. Jensen in 1967.
39. Notes and essay from Tim Jensen.
40. Personal recollections of Luceo Hansen. Personal recollections.
41. A KJV Bible given by my mother Deloris to her father Fred
C. M. Hansen as a Christmas present in 1950. The Bible has four pages of genealogical
information written in Fred's hand, with some additions in his wife's hand.
Birthplace as Vejle, Denmark.
42. unknown. An obituary with no indication of its source.
43. A bulletin from the funeral service. Bethel Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin, August 10, 1987. Copy supplied by Charlotte
Young, February 1997.
44. unknown. Pilot-Tribune, a newspaper of Blair, Nebraska.
Blair, Nebraska. Obituary of Marius Hansen, March 9, 1981.
45. Ibid. Obituary of Marius Hansen, Monday, March 9, 1981.
46. Ibid. Obituary of Marius Hansen, March 9, 1981.
47. Ibid. Obituary of Marius Hansen, March 9, 1981.
48. An atlas from 1913 showing owners of every farm. Anderson
Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois.
49. Washington County Nebraska History, a book with many family
histories. Washington County Historical Society, 1980. page 192.
50. A history of the First Lutheran church of Blair, Nebraska.
page 30.
51. Einar Vig. Information compiled by Einar Vig from local
Blair newspapers about the men of Blair. Originals are on file in the archives
of Dana College.
52. An obituary of Mads Petersen Hansen in Dansk Almanac, 1937.
Translated by Vita M. Jensen in 1982. A copy of the translation was made by Charlotte
Young and sent to me in 1997. Obituary of Mads P. Hansen, 1937.
53. Naturalization papers. The naturalization records for
Mads include a petition for naturalization, a copy (undated?) of the petition,
and certificate that citizenship had been granted. My copies are copies of copies
from Charlotte Young.
54. Enterprise, a newspaper of Blair, Nebraska. Obituary for
Mads P. Hansen, July 16, 1936, page 4.
55. An obituary of Mads Petersen Hansen in Dansk Almanac, 1937.
Translated by Vita M. Jensen in 1982. A copy of the translation was made by Charlotte
Young and sent to me in 1997. Obituary of Mads P. Hansen, 1937.
56. Naturalization papers. The naturalization records for
Mads include a petition for naturalization, a copy (undated?) of the petition,
and certificate that citizenship had been granted. My copies are copies of copies
from Charlotte Young.
57. Ibid. The naturalization records for Mads include a petition
for naturalization, a copy (undated?) of the petition, and certificate that citizenship
had been granted. My copies are copies of copies from Charlotte Young.
58. Enterprise, a newspaper of Blair, Nebraska. Obituary of
Mads P. Hansen, July 16, 1936, page 4.
59. An obituary of Mads Petersen Hansen in Dansk Almanac, 1937.
Translated by Vita M. Jensen in 1982. A copy of the translation was made by Charlotte
Young and sent to me in 1997. Obituary of Mads P. Hansen, 1937.
60. Enterprise, a newspaper of Blair, Nebraska. July 16, 1936,
page 4.
61. An official marriage record. Colfax County, Nebraska,
page 227 of some book; marriage license and certificate of marriage.
62. Cemetery in Blair, Nebraska. Gravestone has age at death
of 32 years, 4 months, 27 days.
63. Written recollections and correspondence of Vita Hansen
Jensen. Vita's booklet.
64. Gravestone inscriptions of Danish Lutheran Cemetery in
Colfax County, Nebraska, about eight miles due south of Howells, Nebraska. Collected
by Claire Mares and Kathy Petersen for the Eastern Nebraska Genealogical Society
in 1976.
65. unknown. A newspaper obituary. unknown. A copy supplied
by Charlotte Young, presumably from a Blair paper shortly after his death.
66. Ibid. A copy supplied by Charlotte Young, presumably from
a Blair paper shortly after his death.
67. Ibid. A copy supplied by Charlotte Young, presumably from
a Blair paper shortly after his death.
68. Ibid. A copy supplied by Charlotte Young, presumably from
a Blair paper shortly after his death.
69. A bulletin from the funeral service. Bethel Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin, August 10, 1987. Copy supplied by Charlotte
Young, February 1997.
70. Ibid. Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
August 10, 1987. Copy supplied by Charlotte Young, February 1997.
71. Ibid. Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
August 10, 1987. Copy supplied by Charlotte Young, February 1997.
72. Ibid. Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
August 10, 1987. Copy supplied by Charlotte Young, February 1997.
73. Emigration cards on microfilm from Alfsborg lä.
74. Inflyttade records of Veddige Parish on microfiche. These
records list those moving into the parish. Year 1849. B:2 1/4.
75. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:3 1/5.
76. Church records: Providence Valley Lutheran Church (near
Dawson, Minnesota) membership rolls.
77. Church Record Vol I Belonging to The Swedish Ev. Lutheran
Church of Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, A.D. 1872.
78. Church records of North Henderson, Illinois give date of
arrival.
79. A beautiful handmade document entitled Graf Skreft has
dates for the birth and death of Lars and his wife Stina.
80. Inflyttade records of Veddige Parish on microfiche. These
records list those moving into the parish. B:1, 2/3. It is not entirely clear
whether this source in an incoming or an outgoing record. However, it turned
out to be the vital link to Nö.
81. Birth records of Nö parish on microfiche. C:1,
2/3.
82. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1, 1/2.
83. Ibid. Veddige Dö 1860-1866.
84. Veddige parish household accounts on microfiche. AI:10,
7/12, p. 174a.
85. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. Dö 1881-1896.
86. Veddige parish household accounts on microfiche. AI:8,
p 240.
87. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1, 1/2.
88. Birth records of Ö parish on microfiche. C:3,
2/5.
89. Ibid. C:3, 3/5.
90. Ibid. C:3, 3/5.
91. Household accounts of Ö on microfiche. 1900
page 38.
92. A KJV Bible given by my mother Deloris to her father Fred
C. M. Hansen as a Christmas present in 1950. The Bible has four pages of genealogical
information written in Fred's hand, with some additions in his wife's hand.
On a 3 x 5 card insert.
93. Ibid. On a 3 x 5 card insert.
94. handwritten note from Lydia Hansen.
95. Correspondence and information from Charlotte (Nielsen)
Young. February 1997.
96. Ibid. February 1997.
97. Ibid. A copy of a genealogical chart.
98. Ibid.
99. Ibid. A copy of a genealogical chart.
100. Ibid. A pedigree chart filled out by Charlotte Young
and sent to me February, 1997.
101. Ibid. A copy of a genealogical chart.
102. Ibid. A copy of a genealogical chart.
103. "Mormon Influence on Scandanavian Settlement in
Nebraska" in On Distant Shores, Danes Worldwide Archives, p 309-333. E184.S19.
104. A KJV Bible given by my mother Deloris to her father
Fred C. M. Hansen as a Christmas present in 1950. The Bible has four pages of
genealogical information written in Fred's hand, with some additions in his wife's
hand. This source has both spellings: Sinamark & Sö.
105. Passenger list of the William Tapscott, arrived in Port
of New York May 13, 1859; from LDS microfilm 0175547.
106. A small cemetery adjoining Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church,
NW of Fremont, Nebraska. Gravestone of Anders Sö.
107. Utah Immigration Card Index, LDS film 298442. Notes on
the card include Ch. Em., and J.H. June 12, 1859 p. 4.
108. A small cemetery adjoining Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church,
NW of Fremont, Nebraska. Gravestone of Anders Sö.
109. Fremont Tri Weekly Tribune, a newspaper of Fremont, Nebraska.
Funeral notice July 17, 1902.
110. Ibid. Obituary of Andrew Sinamark, 17 July, 1902.
111. A small cemetery adjoining Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church,
NW of Fremont, Nebraska. Gravestone of Karen Sö.
112. Records of Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church. Death record.
113. unknown. Fremont Tribune, a newspaper of Fremont, Nebraska.
Fremont, Nebraska. Obituary of Caroline Sinamark, 30 Mar 1893.
114. A small cemetery adjoining Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church,
NW of Fremont, Nebraska. Gravestone of Karen Sö.
115. Records of Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church. Death record.
116. unknown. Fremont Tribune, a newspaper of Fremont, Nebraska.
Fremont, Nebraska. Obituary April 1, 1893.
117. An official marriage record.
118. Records of (probably) Grace Leora Weeks Coffman.
119. A small cemetery adjoining Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church,
NW of Fremont, Nebraska. Gravestone of James Sinamark.
120. Ibid. Gravestone of James Sinamark.
121. Records of Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church. Death record.
122. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 2/5.
123. Veddige parish household accounts on microfiche. AI:6.
124. Inflyttade records of Veddige Parish on microfiche. These
records list those moving into the parish. B:2, 1/4.
125. Records showing persons departing from Veddige. B:2,
4/4.
126. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:2 3/6.
127. Ibid. C:2 3/6.
128. Ibid. C:3, 1/5.
129. Ibid. C:3, 1/5.
130. Ibid. C:3, 1/5.
131. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:3, 2/5.
132. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:3, 2/5.
133. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:3, 2/5.
134. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:3, 2/5.
135. Ibid. C:3, 2/5.
136. Birth records of Nö parish on microfiche.
C:1, 1/3/.
137. Marriage records of Nö parish on microfiche.
C:1, 2/3.
138. Birth records of Nö parish on microfiche.
C:1, 1/3.
139. Ibid. C:1, 2/3.
140. Ibid. C:1, 2/3.
141. Ibid. C:1, 2/3.
142. Ibid. C:1, 2/3.
143. Ibid. C:1, 2/3.
144. Ibid. C:1, 2/3.
145. Inflyttade records of Veddige Parish on microfiche. These
records list those moving into the parish. B:1, 1/3.
146. Birth records of Nö parish on microfiche.
C:1, 2/3.
147. Ibid. C:1, 2/3.
148. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:3, 3/3.
149. Birth records of Nö parish on microfiche.
C:1, 2/3.
150. Ibid. C:1, 2/3.
151. Parish records of Veddige. Bilagor till flyttningslä,
HII:1-3, 7/18.
152. Ibid. Bilagor till flyttningslä, HII:1-3, 7/18.
153. Birth records of Sjö parish on microfiche.
C:2, 1/3.
154. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1, 1/2.
155. Veddige parish marriage records on microfiche. C:1,
1/5.
156. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1 1/5
Very hard to read.
157. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1, 1/2.
158. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1 3/5.
159. Records showing persons departing from Veddige. B:1,
2/3.
160. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 3/5.
161. Records showing persons departing from Veddige. B:1,
2/3.
162. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 3/5.
163. Records showing persons departing from Veddige. B:1,
2/3.
164. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. c:1, 3/5.
165. Birth records of Ö parish on microfiche. C:3,
1/5.
166. Ibid. C:3, 1/5.
167. Ibid. C:3, 2/5.
168. Ibid. C:3, 2/5.
169. Ibid. C:3, 2/5.
170. Ibid. C:3, 3/5.
171. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1 2/2.
172. Veddige parish marriage records on microfiche. C:1,
1/5.
173. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1 2/2.
174. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 2/5.
175. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 4/5.
176. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1 2/5.
177. Ibid. C:1 3/5.
178. Ibid. C:1, 3/5.
179. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 3/5.
180. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 3/5.
181. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 4/5.
182. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche.
183. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:3, 3/3.
184. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1 3/5.
185. Veddige parish household accounts on microfiche.
186. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1 3/5.
187. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. Dö
1881-1896.
188. Ibid. E:1, 1/2.
189. Veddige parish marriage records on microfiche. C:1,
1/5.
190. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 2/5.
191. Ibid. C:1, 2/5.
192. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1, 1/2.
193. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 3/5.
194. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1, 2/2.
195. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 3/5.
196. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 4/5.
197. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:2 1/6.
198. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:3, 1/5.
199. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:2 1/6.
The writing is quite faded.
200. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:3, 3/5.
201. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:2 3/6.
202. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:2 4/6.
203. Istorp parish marriage records on microfiche. C:2, 3/6.
204. Istorp parish household account records on microfiche.
1752-1755. AI:1 1/5.
205. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:2 4/6.
206. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:2 3/6.
207. Ibid. C:2 3/6.
208. Death records of Nö parish on microfiche.
C:1, 2/3.
209. Marriage records of Nö parish on microfiche.
C:1, 1/3.
210. Ibid. C:1, 1/3.
211. Birth records of Sjö parish on microfiche.
C:2, 1/3.
212. Ibid. C:2, 2/3.
213. Ibid. C:2, 2/3.
214. Ibid. C:2, 2/3.
215. Death records of Sjö parish on microfiche.
C:2, 2/3.
216. Birth records of Sjö parish on microfiche.
C:2, 2/3.
217. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 4/5.
218. Ibid. C:1, 4/5.
219. Inflyttade records of Veddige Parish on microfiche. These
records list those moving into the parish. B:1, 1/3.
220. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1 2/5.
221. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. Dö
1860-1861.
222. Ibid. C:1 4/5.
223. Ibid. C:1, 4/5.
224. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 1/2.
225. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 4/5.
226. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 1/2.
227. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1.
228. Veddige parish birth records on microfiche. C:1, 2/5.
229. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. E:1, 2/2.
230. Veddige parish household accounts on microfiche. AI:2,
1/7 and subsequently.
231. Ibid. AI:2, 1/7 and subsequently.
232. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 4/5.
233. Ibid. E:1, 2/2.
234. Ibid. C:1, 4/5.
235. Ibid. C:1, 4/5.
236. Ibid. E:1 1/2.
237. Household Accounts of Veddige.
238. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:2, 3/6.
239. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:1 2/3.
This source is difficult to read and the entry is highly speculative. Household
accounts of 1752 indicate a birth year of 1719 instead.
240. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:2, 3/6.
241. Ibid. C:2, 3/6.
242. Ibid. C:2, 2/6.
243. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:1 2/3.
Parents were not listed in birth records during this period. The entire entry
is somewhat speculative.
244. Ibid. C:2 1/6. The ink has faded considerably.
245. Ibid. C:2 1/6.
246. Ibid. C:2 2/6.
247. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:2, 2/6.
248. Ibid. C:2 2/6.
249. Istorp parish marriage records on microfiche. C:1, 2/3.
250. Istorp parish records, C:2 5/6. This is somewhat speculative.
251. Istorp parish birth records from microfiche. C:1 2/3.
252. Ibid. C:1 2/3.
253. Istorp parish death records on microfiche. C:2 2/6.
254. Ibid. C:2 3/6.
255. Istorp parish household account records on microfiche.
1752-1755. AI:1 1/5.
256. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1 4/5.
257. Veddige parish household accounts on microfiche. 1770,
C:1, 1/5.
258. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 4/5.
259. Ibid. C:1, 4/5.
260. Veddige parish household accounts on microfiche. 1779-1780,
AI:2, 1/7.
261. Veddige parish death records on microfiche. C:1, 4/5.
262. Ibid. C:1, 4/5.
263. Ibid. C:1, 4/5.
264. Istorp parish household account records on microfiche.
AI:1, 1/5 from 1752.
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