Grayson family

Notes

Carl August Lind

Born October 13, 1828, in Kråkshult parish, Sweden.  Died at the age of 94 in Sweden according to Ted Lind, 1975.

The family lived at the small cottage Ekelund under the farm Hult, from 1865 Skoarp under Vetlanda postgård, and from 1886 Åkersdal under the same farm.  In 1895 the parents and one daughter were living at Åkersdal under Hvetlanda postgard.  The children were all born in Hvetlanda parish, Sweden.

Carl's death record is online at https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v172682?image=63 .  It says he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.  It also gives a cross reference to his entry in the census book : "238 I".  That page is online at https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v172641?image=2500 .  It shows Carl's occupation as "Toffel" maker, a maker of slippers or wooden clogs.

Information about the grave is available at https://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/83360908 .

The family is listed in the census, 1866-1870, on page 185, online at https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v22501?image=201 .

Rebecca and Daniel Grayson found the grave in June, 2019.  Inquiries about its status resulted in this reply:

"I have been looking for those buried in our register, but not found them because the graves are old.  If you have found the stones over the deceased at Vetlanda cemetery, these will remain forever.  No cost will be charged when these stones are classified as culturally interesting.  The remains of the deceased will not be removed.

With best regards
Jan Johansson
Förvaltningsassistent
Kyrkogårdsförvaltningen
Vetlanda pastorat
0383-553585"

Born October 13, 1828, in Kråkshult parish, Sweden.  Died at the age of 94 in Sweden according to Ted Lind, 1975.

The family lived at the small cottage Ekelund under the farm Hult, from 1865 Skoarp under Vetlanda postgård, and from 1886 Akersdal under the same farm.  In 1895 the parents and one daughter were living at Åkersdal under Hvetlanda postgard.  The children were all born in Hvetlanda parish, Sweden.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 13 Oct 1828

DEATH: Also shown as Died 1923

Kristina Sofie Nilssen

Jens Hillström showed me an image of the Swedish Church tombstone database, and Kristina is listed there, with the correct death and burial date, as being buried in the same plot with Carl.  So, even though her name does not appear on the tombstone, I assume she is the second wife of Carl.

Her death record is here: https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v172682?image=92&page=86 .  I can't find her birth record in Vetlanda, so maybe she was born somewhere else.

Anna Cecilia Carlsdotter

Born July 27, 1859, in Sjorynge, Halland, Sweden; I can't find that town on the map.  In Sweden, her name was Carlsdotter, but in the USA it was Carlson.  She came with her parents to the US in the early 1880s (with 10 siblings), stopping in Brooklyn for a year.  She was a school teacher before marriage, and was paid $22 per month, according to a letter in Swedish dated 1891 to Mrs. C. G. Lind.  Lived in Dayton, Iowa.  Died November 8, 1932, in Dayton, Iowa.

Gertrude June Lind recalls: "My grandmother, Anna Cecilia Carlson, had 10 siblings and they were all born in Sweden.  Some of the names were: John, Andrew, another boy, name?., Canna Cecilia, Hannah, Eltine.  The first 3 boys went to Texas and all became oil millionaires.  In 1921 Uncle John came back to visit to Iowa and he was already rich.  Anna Cecelia was born in 1860 and married in 1890."