Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Memoalso per Nils Erik Lovgren’s research
Birth15 Oct 1862
Memoper 1867 Swedish Bible
Birth16 Sep 1862
Memoper Gust. Bible
Memothree months by sail boat
ResidencePlano, Kendall, Illinois
Residence1904, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois Age: 41
Memomoved by horse and wagon
Misc1911, Kitchen Fire1165 Age: 48
Residence1948, 320 Sycamore Rd, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois1166 Age: 85
BurialFairview Cemetery, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois1164
Occupation1913 - trav sales
FatherNils Peter Gustafsson Molander (1827-1879)
MotherChristina Maria Eriksdotter (1828-1910)
Spouses
Birth21 Jun 1853, Grönadal, Osby, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1170
MemoSource: Skatelov Cl(or C1):4 Page 345, in Soldier Torp 85
Memoapparently wrong info reported in to Swedish church upon emigration
Immigration1871, From Göteborg, Sweden With Anna On Grjda Reste Age: 17
Memoper 1867 Swedish Bible
Misc11 Aug 1876, DeKalb County, Illinois1173 Age: 23
MemoLand Record
Naturalization1 Nov 1876, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1174 Age: 23
Memoper Dad’s notes taken while viewing the actual certificate
Residence1884, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois Age: 30
Memoper Register of Marriages (Dec 1877-Mar 1889)
Death25 Dec 1896, Plano, Kendall, Illinois1171 Age: 43
Memoper headstone
BurialLittle Rock Township Cemetery, Plano, Kendall, Illinois, USA
Memoperhaps also called Plano Cemetery
OccupationSales Rep and Repairman for a Reaper company in Plano, territory out west
FatherAdolf Petersson Ny Holmgren (1822-1899)
MotherChristina Ekelund (1824-1871)
ChildrenAdolf W (1884-1949)
Charles Wesley (1886-1964)
Erma Christine (1888-1970)
Roy Edgar (1890-1911)
Ethel Caroline (1892-1953)
Notes for Hilma Christine Josephine Molander
Immigration date doesn’t fit with Sanna’s birth
In Plano, Hilma raised her own garden, had a cow for milking, did washing and ironing to keep food on her table. She was also an expert seamstress, making most of her children’s clothes.
In DeKalb, she worked by cleaning at the Elwood Mansion and got 50 cents per day
In later years, she rented out rooms to students and teachers.
She valued education and wanted her children to get as much education as possible but Adolf and Wesley quit school to help the family earn a living. Erma, Ethel, and Roy all finished high school. Erma became a nurse, Ethel a teacher, Roy a bookkeeper.
In Plano, Hilma raised her own garden, had a cow for milking, did washing and ironing to keep food on her table. She was also an expert seamstress, making most of her children’s clothes.
In DeKalb, she worked by cleaning at the Elwood Mansion and got 50 cents per day
In later years, she rented out rooms to students and teachers.
She valued education and wanted her children to get as much education as possible but Adolf and Wesley quit school to help the family earn a living. Erma, Ethel, and Roy all finished high school. Erma became a nurse, Ethel a teacher, Roy a bookkeeper.