
Descendants of MATTS
ANDERSON & AGDA TORSTENSON
(Postcard
of Lillian Swanson with two others in 1915 from the collection of
Walter Johnson)
Part
II by Karolyn Rae Roberts
MM3-BENGTA MÅNSSON (MATTSDOTTER)-b11/23/1820 Smedstorp,Skåne,Sweden (Twin of Mans) Note: According to the household records from the parish of Härslöv 1840-1844, vol. A 1:24, Bengta with her parents and siblings are noted as living at Härslöv No. 1 7/8 Brösarp.


(Picture of Sven
Nilsson taken in Landskrona at about the age of 17 given
by Rena Johnson McAuly; Wedding picture of Sven &
Karna drawn by artist in Sweden given by Karolyn Roberts)
MM5-Carrie Mattsson (Karna Mathsdotter) (IGI Records) (Karna (Carrie) Swanson, U.S. ) -b7/7/1823 Smedstorp,Skåne,Sweden d5/19/1904 Twp.Hutchins,Shawano,WI of fatty degeneration of the heart) (9 days after their son August died)(death cert. #438-223) - m 9/3/1843 Härslöv,Skäne,Sweden Swen Nelson (Sven Nilsson) (Swan Nelson, U.S.) b5/15/1818 Fjärestad,Skåne, Sweden d5/11/1885 Twp.Hutchins,Shawano,WI - Note: Karna had moved away to Landskrona in 1842 but moved back again from Landskron in 1843. Notes: According to the marriage records from the parish of Härslöv, the farm hand Sven Nilsson and the maid Karna Mattsdotter, who both lived in Brorstrop or No. 1 Härslöv, married on September 3, 1843. The banns were published for the first time on July 2, 1843 according to a document made up in Härslöv on June 30, 1843. Her father, the farm hand at No. 1 Härslöv, Matts Månsson , left his permission to the marriage. According to the household records from the parish Härslöv 1840-1844, Vol. A 1:24, p. 3, Sven and Harna are noted as living at No. 1, 7/8 Bro(r)storp. Sven had moved in from Landskrona in 1843 and Karna had moved in from her family in 1843. Sven and Karna are noted as living at Säbyholm, at p. 62 according to the household records from the parish of Säby 1842-1847, vol. A 1:6. The family of 5, Sven, Karna, daughter Maria and sons Nils Olof and Johan Magnus moved from Säbyholm, in the parish of Säby, to Rosenhäll, in the parish of Härslöv, in 1850. The family is noted as living at Rosenhäll, No. 1,4,5,7,9 at p. 13, in the household records from Härslöv 1849-1854, vol. A 1:26. The family moved from Rosenhäll to Hilleshög No. 3 & 10, within the same parish, in 1852. The family is noted as living at No's 3 & 10 Hilleshög in the parish of Härslöv from 1852, when they moved in from Rosehall, until 1854, when they all moved to Olstorp. According to the moving records from the parish of Härslöv, the farm hand Sven Nilsson and his family moved from Hilleshög No. 3 to Ostorp, with the certificate of moving No. 91, in 1854. According to the moving records from the parish of Kvistofta, Kvistofta B:3, the farm hand Sven Nilsson and his wife and children moved in from Härslöv to Olstrop No.'s 1 & 3 in 1854, with moving certificates No.'s 25-31. The family is noted as living at the village of Olstrop No.'s 1 & 3 in the household records from Kvistofta 1853-1855, vol. A 1:25. According to the moving records from the parish Kvistofta, the married farm hand Sven Nilsson and his wife, together with 4 sons and 2 daughters, got a certificate of moving, with No. 70 on October 24, 1858 and moved from No. 1 Olstorp to the parish of Härslöv. According to the moving in records from the parish of Härslöv, the family moved in from Kvistofta to Hilleshög No. 2, with moving in certificate No. 66 in 1858. The family is noted as living at No. 2 Hilleshög, at p. 94 in the household records from Härslöv 1854-1860, vol. A 1:27. According to the moving records from the parish of Härslöv, the crofter Sven Nilsson and his family got a certificate of moving, with No. 78, and moved from No. 2 Hilleshög to the parish of Sireköpinge in 1860. According to the moving in records from Sireköpinge, vol. Halmstad Skåne B:3, the farm hand Sven Nilsson and his family, moved in to Spargott from the parish of Härslöv on October 24, 1860, with moving in No. 78. The family is noted as living at "Spargodt" at p. 166 in the household records from Sireköpinge 1853-1862, vol. A 1:8, from 1860 until 1861 when they moved back to Härslöv. On October 22, 1861, the farm hand Sven Nilsson and his family got a certificate of moving, with No. 43, and moved from Spargott to Härslöv, according to the moving records from the parish of Sireköpinge. The family is noted as living at No. 11 Härslöv, at p. 38, in the household records from Härslöv 1861-1866, vol. A 1:28 from 1861, when they moved in from Sireköpinge. The family of Sven Nilsson is noted as living at No. 11 Härslöv, at p. 37, in the household records from Härslöv 1866-1870, vol. A 1:29. It is noted that Sven Nilsson got a certificate to Ramlosa on June 2, 1873. He did not move to Ramlosa. It is supposed that it could have been a working certificate (permit) telling how old he was and where he was born. In the household records from the parish of Härslöv 1876-1880, vA I:31, the crofter Sven Nilsson and his family are noted as living at no 11 Härslöv, at p48. The crofter Sven Nilsson and his wife got a certificate of moving with No. 6 on March 13, 1883 and immigrated to America. (Härslöv is the mother-parish & Säby is the annex-parish to Härslöv) Burial: WoodsCem., Twp. of Hutchins,Shawano, WI (Old Tombstone by Charles & Charsty, Unreadable, stands slim and perhaps 3 1/2 feet tall; Karolyn Roberts, only Sven's name is on the tombstone today) They lived in Chicago for a very short time and then moved to the Twp. of Hutchens, near Mattoon, WI. (from the records of V. E. Swanson, Jr., of Victoria, TX)
This Platt Map shows the farms of John
Johnson (first & last locations), Earl Johnson, George Wolf,
Paul Lierman, Tom McAuly, Oliver (Bill) Larson, Marvin Nichols,
& Harry Amerson all south of Mattoon, WI with County D
running through the middle of the map.
MM52-Mary (Maria) Swanson (Svensdotter) b2/18/1845 (Tombstone) Säbyholm,Skåne,Sweden- d8/10/1912 (Tombstone) Mattoon,Shawano,WI -m8/5/1877 Olstorp,Sweden (DDSS Swedish Archives, 31137) James (Jim) Johnson b2/6/1856 Sweden (Parent of James was Sven Johnson) - d4/12/1922 death: Gastric ?, Dr. Partridge,Mattoon,WI (v13-59,Shawano Co. Courthouse) Resided Town of Hutchins,Shawano,WI as a farmer. Bur: Woodlawn Cemetery, Block 4, Lot 18. Notes: Mary moved to the parish of Asmundtorp in 1860.
Mary moved in from Hilleshög No. 19 in 1864 and moved away to Kvistofta in 1865. Mary and her husband, James, came to the U.S. in 1881. Note: Mary & her sister, Elna, married brothers, James & Peter. Note: James was the son of Swen Johnson. In the 1900 Census, Jim & Mary are living in the Twp. of Hutchins, Shawano Co., WI. Jim is a farmer. Hilda Olson Swanson just died in January, and Jim & Mary have taken in the children to stay with them at this time. They are on the census as Annie Swanson, Carrie Swanson, Lilly Swanson, Sibyl Swanson, Abel Swanson, & Emil Swanson. It is funny, because Annie is listed as their niece, and then the census taker must have filled the rest out later, And since Swanson was a new entry, he put Carrie as the wife, and the other children as sons & daughters. WOW! What an error. (Picture: Hilma, Ida, Charles, & Oscar with their parents, Mary & James contributed by Laurel Larson Collins from the collection of Marlin Nichols; Picture of Mary donated by Rena McAuly)
MM5211-Elvwyn
H. Peterson b4/1894 (1920
Census) - d8/26/1955
m5/29/1913 St. John's Church,
Mattoon, WI
(St.
John's Luth. Ch.,Mattoon,WI;
Elowin Peterson/Florence Hanson)
Florence
Elizabeth Hansen b12/2/1890
Mattoon,Hutchins,Shawano,WI (daughter
of Peter [Peder] Hansen &
Trine Olesen of Twp. of Hutchins,
Shawano Co.,WI (Anna Cathrine
Olsen) (Kathryn Peterson Merzouk)
of Waupaca & later Mattoon,
WI) (Obit) -d9/12/1983 Homme
Home in Wittenberg, Shawano,WI
Florence attended Teachers
College at Rhinelander &
taught school in the Mattoon
countryside and had up to 50
pupils at a time. Florence was
also an artist and listed in the
Rural Aritsts of WI Directory and
helped start the Wittenberg Art
Club. When Alvwyn and Florence
married,
Alvwyn
was a butter, cheese and ice
cream maker, and his business was
at Gass' Corner, A. H. Peterson
Creamery Co. Later he
owned the filling station and
garage at Wittenberg. Florence
operated a restaurant at Minocqua
for awhile. They had resided in
Starks, Fairchild, Wittenberg,
& Meadowlands, MN. (Obit)
Note: Elvwyn was killed in
Alaska during a severe storm
while on a business trip there. (Kathryn
Peterson Merzouk)
Burial:
Woodlawn Cem.,Twp of
Hutchins,Shawano,WI
(Obit)(Picture
of the Peterson Creamery at Gass'
Corner, 1 mile from
Mattoon,WI)(Ad below out of the
WI Land & Timber Co. of
Mattoon,WI)The first thing you do,
be sure and look through the fine
Creamery of the |
MM52111 - Evelyn Marie Peterson b&d6/20/1914 (Kathryn Peterson Merzouk)
MM52112 - Robert J. Peterson b9/19/1916 - d1931 - When Robert died, his parents were farming in the present location of the Frito Lay Potato testing farm in Starks, WI. Robert was a studious young men with poor eyesight. His greatest passion was reading, and his mother said that he would devour books. He was eternally patient with his younger brother Jim who was a real pest (what brother isn't) and a loving and kind son. One day, he and his best friend decided to take their horses and go out shooting rabbits. Jim, and Robert's friend's brother were the same age, and followed behind. Jim and the other boy were pretending they were squires, and that the older boys were knights, acting out something from the book "Ivanhoe." Jim was unclear about what happened, whether a rabbit startled the horse of Robert's friend or what, but the friend did not have his rifle cocked as he should have and wound up shooting Robert in the left side of his chest. Jim took off for the nearest residence and brought back a man with a truck to pick up Robert. Jim rode in the back. They took Robert to the Rhinelander hospital and someone called the parents who rushed there immediately. Jim was sitting in the hallway when his parents rushed in - Robert turned and said "Mother!" and died. Although the shot was with a 22 and had hit no vital organs, probably the jostling in the truck and the shock were what killed him. Robert's ambition was to be a Methodist preacher. His mother never got over his death. (Kathryn Peterson Merzouk)
MM52113 - James Matthew Peterson 12/5/1919 at 5:00 a.m. Mattoon,Shawano,WI - d10/30/1996 10 p.m. - mMargaret Valerie Heath b5/18/1927 - d7/5/1992 (Kathryn Peterson Merzouk) Resided in DePere,WI

MM5212 - Myrna Peterson
b - d - mDonald Mader Resided
in Weyauwega,WI (Obit of Florence Peterson)
(Pictures contributed
by Rena Johnson McAuly of Donald Mader family & of Myrna
Peterson)
MM5213 - Floyd Peterson b7/1895 (1920 Census) -d m1927Milwaukee,WI, Laverne Reynolds b7/25/03 Note; Resided in Antigo, WI & Jacksonville, FL (Obit of Florence Peterson)
MM5214
- Elsie Peterson b11/2/1905
(Stephanie McRoberts
Herrera)
- d5/5/1996
( (Vicki
Seitz McRoberts; Stephanie McRoberts Herrera)
mFrank
Seitz, Sr. Resided in Milwaukee, WI (Obit
of Florence Peterson)
(Picture contributed
by Rena Johnson McAuly of Elsie & Frank Sietz
Wedding Picture)
MM522-Charles Hendrick Johnson
b9/27/1878
Härslöv,Skåne,Sweden-d7/1/1947
Mattoon,Shawano,WI m3/2/1903 Hutchins,Shawano,WI
Anna (Annie) O. Swanson (MM541)
b5/1/1885 Lead,Lawrence,SD,-d10/21/1965. Farmed in
Town of Hutchins, Shawano, WI Cousins Charles & John
married sisters, Anna & Carrie. The men were First
Cousins to the ladies. Charlie came to America with his
parents at age 2, 1880-1883. They resided in Chicago for
two years then moved to Town of Hutchins, WI where his
parents homesteaded a farm. On the 1900 Census, Charles
is living at home and working as a farmhand. When Anna
was departing this world, her girls were around her
bedside, and they reported that Annie lifted up her arms
and said, "Come Jesus" and then she was gone.
She was a wonderful little person. Bur: Woodlawn Cem.,
(Block 4, Lot 18)
(Pictures: Annie & Charlie
Johnson)
(Picture is of Charlie &
Annie with Baby Evelyn, from collection of Leonard
Johnson) 
MM5221-Hulda
Eveleen
Johnson (Eveleen) b12/03/1903 Twp of
Hutchins,Shawano,WI (Obit) - d12/17/1973
Shawano,Shawano,WI (Obit)- m10/15/1941 Lawrence
Lane b1905-bur: Woodlawn Cemetery,Town of
Hutchins,WI Block 6, Lot 39 Resided in the
Mattoon area and then moved to Shawano, WI in
1961. (No children) (Picture of Lawrence & Eveleen
contributed by Rena Johnson McAuly)
MM523Hilma
Johnson b9/21/1880 (
(The Larson Clan) Skåne,Sweden (Obit Antigo
Daily Journal,1/8/1940 year as 1877) Came to America in 1881
with her parents - d1/6/1940
Town of Hutchins,Shawano,WI, of a stroke (Obit) - m1903
Mattoon,Shawano,WI (Obit)
MM5231Martha
Corrine Larson b11/29/1905
Mattoon,Shawano,WI,-d m1930 John
Kuether b1895-d Resided at Neenah, WI
(The
Larson Clan)
(Picture of
Corrine Larson Kuether contributed by
Rena Johnson McAuly)
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009