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Johan Peter Johansson.
Born 17 October 1815 in Ljuder (G).
Baptized 22 October 1815 in Ljuder (G).
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Married
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Gustaf Johansson.
Born 4 August 1840 in Algutsboda (H).
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Frans Vilhelm Johansson-Stenberg-Boorkman.
Born 1 May 1842 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 8 May 1842 in Algutsboda (H).
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Peter Johan Johansson-Stenberg-Boorkman.
Born 2 March 1844 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 3 March 1844 in Algutsboda (H).
Died 1 January 1913 in Aurora, Illinois,USA.
Johan Peter Johansson
was born as the third child in a family of ten brothers and sisters. He grew up in the parish of
Algutsboda, where the possibilities of making a living were limited. The family lived in Eriksmåla
and didn't move around as many people did at this period of time in Sweden. Johan Peter's
father was a crofter and made his living in different ways, among other things as a rag man. In
1863 Johan Peter moved to the farm Grisebo Söregård in Ljuder. After one year there he went
back to Algutsboda for some time. In Nov. 1864 he went to the glassworks in Hovmantorp as
a smith's assistent. He remained there for three years. At the end of the decade 1860-1870
there were some really bad years with many crop-failures. More and more people decided to
emigrate, so did Johan Peter and his brother Frans Vilhelm. The latter emigrated in June 1870
to America and so did Johan Peter at about the same time. At the emigration they changed
their names as many emigrants did. In this case their name was changed from Johansson to
Stenberg. In USA Johan Peter worked as a wheelwright in Burlington, Iowa, where he settled
down for a while. He married Kristina Sofia Eriksdotter. During this first period of time there was
another change of names - now from Stenberg to Boorkman. Frans was even changed to
Frank and Johan to John. The John Peter Boorkman family moved later on to Madison,
Indiana, where John Peter eventually died in January 1913.
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Emma Lisa Johansdotter.
Born 11 June 1846 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 14 June 1846 in Algutsboda (H).
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Charlotta Johansdotter.
Born 28 January 1849 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 8 February 1849 in Algutsboda (H).
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Johanna Kristina Johansdotter.
Born 8 September 1851 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 20 September 1851 in Algutsboda (H).
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Mathilda Johansdotter.
Matilda Johansdotter is said to be an infant teacher according to the
church register 1881-1890 in Algutsboda (GID 2.48.1700).
Born 15 September 1854 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 20 September 1854 in Algutsboda (H).
Died 2 April 1931 in Karlskrona (K).
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Otto Gottfrid Johansson.
Born 13 May 1857 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 21 May 1857 in Algutsboda (H).
Died 8 September 1857 in Algutsboda (H).
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Karolina Johansdotter.
Born 30 July 1858 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 6 August 1858 in Algutsboda (H).
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Axel Amandus Johansson-Stenberg.
Born 25 August 1861 in Algutsboda (H).
Baptized 31 August 1861 in Algutsboda (H).
Died 6 August 1894 in Fridene (R).
Axel Amandus Stenberg's name was originally Axel Amandus
Johansson from Algutsboda. In the church registers from Fridene in the county of Skaraborg
he is said to have been born in Algutsboda on the 25th of August 1861. Obviously he has
done like his brothers Frans and Johan Peter, who changed their last name from Johansson to
Stenberg when they emigrated to America in 1870. Axel's profession was said to be glassware
salesman. According to the church registers from Algutsboda 1881-1890 the glasware dealer
Axel Amandus Stenberg moved to Levene in the county of Skaraborg 1889-10-27. You can
also see that he before that had been to Linköping to serve as a soldier 1886-01-02 and
1888-02-27.
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