This morning, our first stop was at the Småland Museum complex in Växjö. They have an Emigrant Museum there that focuses on the mass migration of Swedes to America that began in 1859. I picked up on a few little factoids worth passing along: – First, for those of you in the Matinson clan, […]
Lisa Stena Hultman
I can remember going to Grandma Rudeen’s house when I was a kid and looking at her big, thick “Hultman Clan in America” book. It was compiled by Frank Holtman in 1970, and it included a tabulation of all the descendants of Jonas Peter Hultman and Anna Christina Johansdotter. They came to America in 1854. […]
Marbäck and Eket
Today was spent exploring our Rudeen roots on the east side of Lake Ralången. Our first stop was at Marbäck kyrka where Dad’s grandfather, Anders Gustaf “Gust” Petersson (Rudeen), was baptized in 1855. We only have one photo of Gust and Augusta. It dates from from about 1902. Dad’s father, Lawrence, is the little boy in […]
Augusta Mathilda Gustafsdotter
We spent most of today learning about Augusta Mathilda Gustafsdotter. She was Dad’s grandmother on his father’s side. She was born in 1856 just a little ways down the road from where I’m sitting right now. Her mother, Clara Fredrika Jönsdotter and her father, Gustaf Adolf Carlsson, were both employed here at the Nobynäs Säteri […]
Driving to Nobynäs
We left Stockholm this morning, off to Småland to explore our Rudeen ancestry. Of course no matter where you go in this world, there are always Rademachers lurking about. We stopped at the Rademacher Smedjorna (forge) in Eskilstuna, a popular tourist attraction. Reinhold Rademacher came here on the 1600’s from Livonia at the invitation of […]
