Another story Esther told me in 1988 was also about her aunt Emma (Hanson) Carlson: “One of her sons who lived past childhood, Louis Alphonso, died in a drowning accident while in boot camp during World War I.”
Fact-checking Great Aunt Esther, Part 1
Way back on April 18, 1988, I sat down with my Great-Aunt Esther Hanson and asked her questions about her life and her memories of extended family and relatives. Esther loved a good story and the more intrigue the better! Let’s take a look at a few of them and see what the facts show.
Jöns Mårtensson paternal ancestry
In our first chapter, we looked at Jöns Mårtensson’s birth and baptism record in Östra Vemmenhög parish, Malmöhus County, Sweden. In this chapter, we examine Jöns’ father’s ancestry in order to build out the paternal side of John’s family tree.
Jöns Mårtensson birth and christening
John Martinson’s given name in Sweden was Jöns Mårtensson. He was born September 23, 1833 in Östra Vemmenhög parish in Malmöhus County, Sweden.
John Martinson Project: Introduction
John Martinson is my great-great-grandfather. He was born in 1833 in Kristianstad, Sweden and died in 1901 in Saunders County, Nebraska. By all appearances, he seems to have been a hard-working, ethical, and highly intelligent man.
