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Note: She came to the US from Sweden around 1893. She had three daughters in Sweden (was not married). One was Lydia Hansdotter/Hansson/Hanson, who came to the US a year before her mother, around 1892. Notes from Virginia Sharp: Parish Registers: 1835-1844, Ohrback, fol.45; No 3. 2-7/8 Leland: lists "Bonden" Hans Olsson family, including Martha Cajsa, 3 sisters, one brother (Martha youngest) 1872-1881, Stode, Vasternorrland, Sweden [LDS Mf 0452663] p.232: @@ Kerfsta: ?nh (?) ??? Martha Cajsa Hansdotter, b.2/11/1844 @@Langsele; Hvarifran ___4 11/1/1877; Hvarthan 244 12/27/1881 ad dotter Lydia Christina, b. 1/27/1873 written in lighter & different hand just below above listing: E. J. Sundstrom from 218 and on p.218 @@ Kerfstra: 11/22/1877 Maj. Erik Johan Sundstrom, b.6/23/1846 Sunden, Vasafan, Finland, Heterskap 11/15/1871 p. 244: @@ Kallsta ?: Tnh.(?) Martha Cajsa Hansdotter, b. 2/11/1844 Langsele, Hvarlfran __2 12/27/1881 1882-1891, Stode, Vasternorrland, Sweden (LDS Mf 0452664) p.57: @@ Ede: Backff Martha Cajsa Hansdotter, b.2/11/1844 @@ Langsele "Hvarifran" 275 Ar 1/26/1891 dotter Lydia Christina b. 1/27/1873 26 Aug 1906 Flyttat till St. Francis Buf 31 July 1895 (?) --WA Death Certificate, 10/20/1920: --Martha K. Johnson as "married" [Note by Jessica: her husband August was back in Minnesota.] --How long in Spokane = 3 yrs __ mos. __ ds. --How long in U.S. = 27 yrs. --OBITUARY, Spokesman-Review, 11 Oct 1920, p. 7 Johnson--Margaret Katherine Johnson, age 76, died early yesterday morning at the home of her step-daughter, Mrs. L. P. Grund, W1754 Mansfield. She had been a resident of Spokane three years. She is survived by her husband, August, in Princeton, Minn., and five stepsons and one step-daughter. She was a member of the Swedish Baptist church. The body is at Hazen-Jaeger's. --Auntie's [Note by Jessica: Auntie is Lydia Hanson Grund's daughter, Elsie??] notes say: "As the years rolled by for Grandma Johnson, she became unable to take care of herself. So my mother went to Minnesota, in or about 1917, to get my grandma and bring her to Spokane, where she lived in our home, until her death on October 10, 1920. Grandma couldn't speak a word of English--she knew only the Swedish language." More About MARTHA CAJSA HANSDOTTER: Died 2: October 10, 1920, death cert. says still married Burial: 1920, buried at Riverside Park, Spokane Cause of Death: arteriosclerosis; chronic interstitial nephritis Fact 2: November 27, 1866, moved from Langsele to Kallsta, Stode parish12 Medical Information: senile dementia on death certificate
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