Complied December 28, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied December 28, 2025 - Person Sheet
Memofrom 1867 Swedish Bible, also per Aron Bordon, Gustavsnas from Nils Eric Lovgren
Residence1839-1843, Osby, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1256 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, Illinois1218,1222,1251 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, Illinois1258 Age: 85
MemoThis is not our Christina Holmgren
Burial30 Dec 1909, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois1259
MemoThis is not our Christina Holmgren
FatherPeter Martin Martinsson Ekelund (1800-1849)
MotherCaisa (Kajsa) Danielsdotter (1804-1893)
Spouses
Memoper Aron Bordon and Nils Erik Lovgren and 1867 Swedish Bible
Residence1822, Öja, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1248 Age: <1
Memofather worked in Gransholm papermill
Residencepre 1833, Hovmantorp, Lessebo, Kronoberg, Smaland, Sweden1249 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, Sweden1246 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, Sweden1244 Age: 37
Memoin a soldiers cottage, per Aron Bordon
Memo“Eloped” to America with son Carl Johan
Immigration14 Aug 1867, Traveled Back To Sweden From Taylor Falls Minnesota1251 Age: 45
Immigration2 Jan 1870, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Sweden To Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1251 Age: 47
Memo“Escaped” with son Carl Johan source: Skatelöv AI:14 page 68
Immigration6 Aug 1870, Skatelöv, Kronoberg, Sweden To Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1218 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, Illinois1252 Age: 56
Burial2 Sep 1899, Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois1253
MemoBlock 10, Lot:38W, Space:9
OccupationSoldier (Corporal), Carpenter1254
FatherPeter Jacobsson Holmgren (1795-1843)
MotherStina Johannesdotter (1792-1852)
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 Christina Ekelund
When did she die:
1) no mention of her in husband’s 1899 obituary - implies her death was before 1899 or that she was left out of the obituary
2) Dec 1906 Daily Chronicle article says Mrs. Holmgren of Sycamore Ave is hosting 3 or 4 families at least three of which are clearly Chirstina’s children. Could the Mrs. Holmgren be the wife of a male Holmgren child? Ander’s is alive in 1906 and likely living with his wife in Chicago (1910C and 1920C both put them in Chicago). Hilma is widowed and alive in 1906 and in DeKalb and is known to later be living on Sycamore Ave. But why aren’t her kids mentioned in the article? Because they are all still living with her at home per the 1910 Census. So - it really does look like it is Hilma that is referenced as the host. And there is solid evidence of Hilma living on Sycamore Road in 1908 per Daily Chronicle articles.
3) Must be before 1880 as she is not in the 1880 Census with Adolf and children.
4) Would also have to be after Nov. 1871 the birth of her last child.
5) Is not the Christina Holmgren who dies in Chicago in 1909. Reason for doubt, in 1900 Census in Chicago, Cook, Illinois a Christina Holmgren is listed who is clearly not our Christina. The 1900 Census Christina differs in all of the following: Birth year, Birth Month, Immigration Year, and she states 1 child born, 1 child living. This is clearly not our Christina. But could her death record later in Chicago, Cook, Illinois be mistakenly attached to our Christina? Also, this death record gives address of 1355 W. Erie St. Fannie and Anders Anderson are living at 3415 Vernon Ave in 1910 census just four months later so the Christina-was-living-with-Fanny theory gets no support here.
1) no mention of her in husband’s 1899 obituary - implies her death was before 1899 or that she was left out of the obituary
2) Dec 1906 Daily Chronicle article says Mrs. Holmgren of Sycamore Ave is hosting 3 or 4 families at least three of which are clearly Chirstina’s children. Could the Mrs. Holmgren be the wife of a male Holmgren child? Ander’s is alive in 1906 and likely living with his wife in Chicago (1910C and 1920C both put them in Chicago). Hilma is widowed and alive in 1906 and in DeKalb and is known to later be living on Sycamore Ave. But why aren’t her kids mentioned in the article? Because they are all still living with her at home per the 1910 Census. So - it really does look like it is Hilma that is referenced as the host. And there is solid evidence of Hilma living on Sycamore Road in 1908 per Daily Chronicle articles.
3) Must be before 1880 as she is not in the 1880 Census with Adolf and children.
4) Would also have to be after Nov. 1871 the birth of her last child.
5) Is not the Christina Holmgren who dies in Chicago in 1909. Reason for doubt, in 1900 Census in Chicago, Cook, Illinois a Christina Holmgren is listed who is clearly not our Christina. The 1900 Census Christina differs in all of the following: Birth year, Birth Month, Immigration Year, and she states 1 child born, 1 child living. This is clearly not our Christina. But could her death record later in Chicago, Cook, Illinois be mistakenly attached to our Christina? Also, this death record gives address of 1355 W. Erie St. Fannie and Anders Anderson are living at 3415 Vernon Ave in 1910 census just four months later so the Christina-was-living-with-Fanny theory gets no support here.