Adolf Petersson Ny Holmgren

Compiled May 5, 2026 - Person Sheet

NameAdolf Petersson Ny Holmgren

1262,1263,1244,1264,1265,1266,1267,1268,1269,1245,1270

Birth23 Jun 1822, Linnarstorp, Öja, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1244,1271,1272,1273,1246

Memoper Aron Bordon and Nils Erik Lovgren and 1867 Swedish Bible

Residence1822, Öja, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1274 Age: <1

Memofather worked in Gransholm papermill

Residencepre 1833, Hovmantorp, Lessebo, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1275 Age: 10

Memolived there while father worked in Lessebo papermill

Residence1833, Osby, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Sweden Age: 10

Memoin paper mill town Osby where is father worked in a papermill

Military Service1840, Grönadal, Osby, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1272 Age: 17

Memorank: corporal, given soldier name Ny (means new)

Residence2 Sep 1843, Grönadal, Osby, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden Age: 21

Memoin a soldiers cottage, per Aron Bordon

Residence1860-1865, Stockholmstorpet, Huseby, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1270 Age: 37

Memoin a soldiers cottage, per Aron Bordon

Immigration10 Sep 1865, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden To US1276,1277 Age: 43

Memo“Eloped” to America with son Carl Johan

Immigration14 Aug 1867, Traveled Back To Sweden From Taylor Falls Minnesota1277 Age: 45

Immigration2 Jan 1870, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Sweden To Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1277 Age: 47

Memo“Escaped” with son Carl Johan source: Skatelöv AI:14 page 68

Immigration6 Aug 1870, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Sweden To Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1244 Age: 48

MemoLikely took this long to make it Illinois a nd register with church

Residence10 Sep 1870, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois Age: 48

Memofrom 1867 Swedish Bible - said both 1865 and 1871

Naturalization2 Apr 1879, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois1278 Age: 56

Death31 Aug 1899, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1279,1280 Age: 77

Burial2 Sep 1899, Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1279

MemoBlock 10, Lot:38W, Space:9

OccupationSoldier (Corporal), Carpenter1280

FatherPeter Jacobsson Holmgren (1795-1843)

MotherStina Johannesdotter (1792-1852)

Spouses

1Christina Ekelund

1262,1244,1245,1269

Birth26 Sep 1824, Gustavsnäs, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1244,1272,1246,1281

Memofrom 1867 Swedish Bible, also per Aron Bordon, Gustavsnas from Nils Eric Lovgren

Residence1839-1843, Osby, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1282 Age: 14

Memoin Osby Papermill

Residence2 Sep 1843, Osby Norregard, Skatelov, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden Age: 18

Memoliving at Osby paper works Skatelov at time of marriage

Residenceabt 1860, Stockholmstorpet, Huseby, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden Age: 35

Memoin a soldiers cottage, per Aron Bordon

Immigration6 Aug 1870, Skatelov, Kronoberg, Sweden To Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1244,1248,1277 Age: 45

Immigration12 Aug 1870, Götenberg, Västra Götalund, Västergötland, Sweden1283,1277 Age: 45

Memodeparted from Gothenberg for New York (perhaps thru England)

Deathbtw 1871 and 1879 Age: 46

Memonot with family in 1880 census

BurialElmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois

MemoFind-a-Grave, Headstone, similar style to huband Adolf’s headstone

Death28 Dec 1909, Chicago, Cook, Illinois1284 Age: 85

MemoThis is not our Christina Holmgren

Burial30 Dec 1909, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois1285

MemoThis is not our Christina Holmgren

FatherPeter Martin Martinsson Ekelund (1800-1849)

MotherCaisa (Kajsa) Danielsdotter (1804-1893)

Marriage2 Sep 1843, Skatelov, Kronoberg, Sweden1286,1287

Marr Memoper Aron Bordon

ChildrenCarl Johan (1842-1843)

Anders (1844-1925)

Carl Johan (1847-)

Anna Sophia (1849-1927)

Peter Johan (1852-1852)

August (1853-1896)

Charles Clous Claes Wilhelm (1856-1928)

Ida Marie Nolingran (1859-1927)

Gustav Adolf (1861-)

Fannie (1864-1949)

Emeli Amalia (1871-1872)

Notes for Adolf Petersson Ny Holmgren

Ny was his soldier name.

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