Great! Great grandkids growing up!

Hi,

Busy up here, celebrations going on, birthday times you know!

But being busy is no excuse when great grandkids let me know they like to be part of my blog. So here you are, the sons and daughters of my youngest grandkids Hulda and Caleb:

To the left, Hulda's daughter Lu
and her grandson Clint.

To the right, Hulda's daughter Lu's
granddaughter Sarah.

And finally, below, Caleb's son and daughter and their families in Sweden:

May the joy of the season make every moment special - Merry Christmas to my readers!

Remaining yours faithfully Goran Danielsson.

Hulda and Caleb, my daughter Maria's youngest.

Hi down there,

To start with today, a picture of my youngest grandkids. The youngest of them, Caleb and Hulda, were born in 1901 and 1903. As I told you earlier, Hulda left for America in 1923 when she was 20 years old to join her older sisters and brothers. In April 1921, this picture below was taken. From left to right in the back row, Ruth and Hulda. From to left to right in front, Hanna and Caleb. Ruth, Hanna and Caleb stayed in Sweden.

Johansson Children ca April 1921
Back row L-R Ruth , Hulda Front L-R Hanna, Caleb.

Caleb was born in Bolmaryd Norregård in Nöttja 24th of July 1901. He was left in a crib with bars at the photographers, being not more than a couple of years old which he doesn't seem very happy about.

Caleb's career started with work on roads, peat mosses and saw mills. He worked with an axe in ground frost and was struck with TB on his lungs. He became a farmer in his thirtees when he rented land together with his brother Simon at a place called Södra Vare in the near of Alvesta. Thereafter he rented another farm on his own inHällorna in the parish of Hamneda and finally bought himself a farm in Hovdinge where his mother Maria was born. Maria and her husband Carl Petter Johansson stood surety for a friend with their own home. It ended with bankruptcy and Caleb therefore bought his parents a new home, called the home of peace - Fridhem. It was situated in Ryssby, east of Ljungby.

In Hovdinge Caleb started farming in 1946 with the help of his sister Hanna before he met his Agnes Rydh. She became his wife in 1951.

Caleb and Agnes raised a family and called their children Britt-Marie, born in 1953 and Key-Göran, born in 1955.


Warm greetings from my heavenly place,
yours sincerely

Goran Danielsson.

My daughter Maria's children

Dear ones,

Keeping track of my great grandkids is a huge task even if they are no longer running along but are maturing both in body and mind. I guess that one of the youngest of them all is the husband of my secretary. He is 55 years of age and still busy farming parts of his ancestor's land. Happily, judged by this picture below. His father Caleb, the youngest son of my daughter Maria was also farming the same land and is seen on the picture above.

And who knows what lies ahead. The fifth generation is still too young to take over:

My secretary is busy studying old documents which was found in a secret compartment of a chest of drawers. It was contracts of sale and estate inventories from the village of Hovdinge, dated back as far as 1837. On one of the documents the judge of the village, "häradsdomaren", had signed his name. And guess who that was!?! His name was Daniel Olofsson and he was my father, born in 1793, in Göteryd, Sweden. Here is his signature from the document:

Warm blessings from above,

Goran Danielsson.

Time for the now living...

Dear relatives,

As your heavenly father, i e your great grandfather in heaven, I would like to move on to those of you who are still here on earth. My secretary is waching over you now living with loving care and insists that only first names are published and no pictures without permission.







To sum up this story about my life and my kids I will begin with the youngest of my great grandkids.

Therefore, may I again present Hulda who was born in 1903 in Angelstad in the south area of Sweden called Småland. When she was 20 years old in 1923 she went to Rockford, Illinois from her home in Ryssby, Sweden, never to see her parents again. My secretary found this information about Carlsson, Hulda Debora in a database called Emihamn.

As you can see on the photo above Hulda married Hjalmar Johnson 6th July 1929 and raised a family in Rockford, Illinois. They had three kids, Robert (born 1930), Richard (born 1933) and Lucille (born 1936). In the Summer of 1964 Hulda went back to visit her brother Caleb in Sweden. Hulda's daughter Lu continued to write to her uncle and family in Sweden just like her mother before her. Thanks to her they are still in touch. I must admit that I as a great grandfather therefore tend to have some favourites, sinning is still possible up here I am afraid.

In 1985 Hulda's daughter Lu and her husband Harland came from Wisconsin to Hovdinge with Lu's nephew Peter. In 1990 Peter's father Dick came from Rockford, Illinois, to see his relatives. Cousins from Sweden repaid the visit, for example in 2004 when this picture is taken in Florida:

If anyone of you descendants of Hulda, like Stephen and Peter, Mary Vera and Margaret, Pierce, Skip and Brian, Dallas, Gray and Nick or Sarah and Clint would not mind to take part with a photo, please connect with my secretary at goran.danielsson@ljungby.nu

Finally a greeting in Swedish from my beloved descendant who still remembers his mother's tongue!

God bless, with love Goran Danielsson.

Dead or alive?!

Yeah, relief! Finally in touch again! What a trauma! I am still dead as you know, but heavenly active.

Without connection to that woman on earth, my secretary, I could have written a national encyclopedia without you noticing it! She mixed the codes up. But with the help of my beloved great grand son Boyd she sorted it out. So there might be some new stories coming. She is not sure. But I am.

The picture above is from september 2010. My great granddaughter Jeanne and her husband came all the way across the ocean to visit my secretary. Behind the family is Bruno, the moose known from a film.

Your heavenly great ancestor Goran Danielson

Last but not least...

Dear family,

Göran's daughter # 3 - Maria Johansson.

And now, the story of Maria, my youngest daughter. As I told you earlier on back in April 2008 she married 120 years ago...12th May 1888. The man she married was called Carl-Petter and had his home in Rydaholm, where Maria probably worked for a while. We know that she moved from her home in the parish of Angelstad to Rydaholm. She was 24 years old and he was 27. No wedding photo to find. But as I remember they looked very solemn saying yes to one another, but I can be wrong. I told you earlier that they married in the parish of Angelstad. I have to check that up and might correct myself.

Soon they were to be blessed with their first son. He arrived as a New Years gift on the very first day of the year of 1889. The family then lived in the parish of Berga, about 15 km from Hovdinge. The little baby was given the name Gideon, 15 years later shortened to Gid in his new homeland. He was the young boy I just recently told you about, leaving Sweden to try to earn some money to send home. His picture to the right.



Together with him far away from home went his sister Ellen. She was born shortly after him, in July 1890. The family then lived in Bjärnaryd, in the parish of Angelstad. They went back with their uncle Oscar, my oldest son, in 1904 and stayed with his family in White Rock in South Dakota. They came back to Sweden for a visit later but returned to live their lives in the States. Her picture to the left.




In 1892 another son was born. His was given the name Simon. The priest in the Lutheran Church had to write a special note about him in the ministry books: "has not received the Christian baptism".







Some of you might wonder why as you remember me telling you that Carl Petter, the father of the children, was especially eager to serve his Lord. Well, he also believed in following his Master's words about first believing and then as a sign of turning to God being baptized. Carl-Petter did probably object to the customs of the Lutheran Church, baptizing children. The older children might not have been baptized either, but not all priests were as good as this one concerning making notes for secretaries to read a hundred years later. In all the younger sibling's birthbooks the same notes are to be found.


So, Maria, my daughter was busy. In 1894 Edith was born. Her picture to the left. She emigrated at the age of 18 and lived her life in Illionios.







In 1896 Hanna was born. Her picture to the right. Hanna lived a long life, being almost 100 years and was one reason why my secretary got involved in my family. Hanna talked about her sisters and brothers being in heaven, wondering why she should be sitting there in the old-people's home when she wanted to see Jesus. While waiting, she told my secretary many stories about life, like when she lived in the parish of Angelstad when she was a little girl. She went to school there, but only for four semesters. She could start a little later as she already knew how to read. "I had heard my sisters and brothers read. They thought I just knew it all by heart, but I could read. So I did not need to go to beginners class."

Hanna also told the following to my secretary in 1988: "I was not at home much between semesters. I stayed with other families and looked after their children. I was not more than five years old when I was in Bjärnaryd. The mother in the family had to set the fire going in the tiled stove because it would be too cold in the house while she was milking the cows in the barn. So they were afraid that the children would touch the charcole. So that's why I was to be there. I remember getting some wool leaving for home. I suppose they thought I should have something to bring home and did not really have anything else to give me. I was not at home much. I wanted to help, because I saw that they needed it." In 1898 when Hanna was three years old the family moved to Bolmaryd in the parish of Nöttja. I guess she was about 20 km away from her home taking care of the children in Bjärnaryd.


In 1889 Ruth was born in Bolmaryd, Nöttja. Her life was to be shorter than Hanna's, she died only 37 years old. Her picture to the left.


















And then there were two more siblings, Caleb, born in 1901 in the same place as his older sister. At Oscar's visit he must have looked just like he does on the picture to the right.



And finally, Hulda, born in 1903 at Björkedal, under the north farm in Angelstad. So she was a baby when Oscar returned to see his mother, sisters and brothers and their little ones. Her picture above.





I was richly blessed with grandkids! Will love to tell you more about their lives later, with rich blessings from above,

Göran Danielsson.

Dear folks,

Göran's daughter #1 - Emma Johannesson


Back in April 2008 I told my secretary on earth to tell you about "Life in Rataryd in 1887". That was the place were my daughter Emma raised her family together with her husband Bengt Johan Johannesson. By that time she had had four kids: Frida, being six years old, Hjalmar, a boy of five, Karl Wilhelm who was then two years old but would not live to be a grown man and finally David, newborn by the time.

David was the one who I told you about just recently, as he was one of the young people going with his uncle Oscar, my oldest son, when he returned to South Dakota after his visit in Sweden in 1903-04. David's kids and grandkids live in Canada and now and then visit this site, so hello to you from my secretary and from myself up here of course!

Well, back to business. Today I wanted to let you know that yet another little baby was born into the family of Emma and Bengt Johan. He was born in 1896 , was given the name Albert and we will hear about his family later. They are to be found not too far from the place of their origin. He grew up to be the handsome young man who you can see on the picture to the right.




Göran's daughter # 2 - Anna Charlotta Johansson

Back in April 2008 I also told you about my second daughter Anna and her "Life in Ingelstad in 1887". She had by then married Sven-Gustav Johansson and had started raising a family. Her first born was called Johan Gottfried and was five years old by then, her second baby was a girl called Karin, three years old by the time. She was the one I told you about recently, going with my son Oscar when he returned after his visit in Sweden 1904. Her name was then changed to Carrie and she stayed in the States all her life. There was also a little boy of a year by that time, born in 1886, called Joseph who stayed in Sweden, being the only one of the siblings doing so.


Today I want to continue with the rest of my grandkids by Anna. In 1889 another girl was born. Her name was Sigrid and I am a little insecure but I think it is her on the picture to the right. You know I do have quite a few grandkids to keep track of by now, being dead does not make it easier to remember.



In 1892 there was another girl arriving to the family. Her name was Hanna. We think she is the girl standing to the very right on the family picture below.

In 1894 Paul was born. He is the boy standing to the very left on the photo above. Some years later, for me unknown, their little boy Ragnar was born. Finally their youngest daughter Vera. These two youngest came to the land of their origin, Sweden, to visit around 1955. But that is to go too far ahead in time - we are trying to tell you the story up to 1903 for all five of my children before we continue.

Your ancestor, still alive up here,

Göran Danielsson.