Hej Alle!
I am looking to find some information about my father's family who lived in your area. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
My father's parents are buried in the church cemetary at Almundsryd and lived on a farm in Kroxhult. Their names and dates are:
Petter Johan Svensson, b Apr 5,1861, d Feb 10, 1951
Johanna Sofia Jonasdotter, b 1865, d 3/31/1917.
I believe Petter died in Lonneberga and Johanna in Kroxhult. Can anyone confirm this?
I believe they arrived in Kroxhult between late 1900 and mid 1903. By that time they had seven children, six of whom were living. They had been in Urshult Buskahult. Is there a record of when they arrived in Kroxhult?
Three more children were born to them, I believe in Kroxhult: Eric Ragnar (August 16, 1903), my father John Arvid (February 3, 1906) and Edit Anna Elizabeth (Dec 8, 1908). Can any one confirm that they were born in Kroxhult?
Petter Johan Svensson remarried in 1918 to a lady named Emma Marija. Can anyone confirm a date, location and her full name?
Petter Johan apparently sold the farm in Kroxhult after this marriage and lived in Halsbay, Ryd. I saw this location in a diary of his. Does anyone know when the Kroxhult farm was sold and he moved to Halsbay?
Is there a record of birth and death information on Emma Marija?
Petter Johan and Emma had a son, Ture Walfred Svensson on April 26, 1920. Was he also born in Kroxhult, or in Halsbay?
Thank you for helping me find this information. I have visited the family farm in Kroxhult in 1956 and again in 1984. I have very special memories of visiting the farm, and showing it to my children.
Thanks again.
Peter Swenson, Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA