Ida aka Ingeborg

Sometimes, the internet is an amazing thing!  When I find something that pertains to my family, I try to leave a note on the page when possible, that I'm related to this person.  FindAGrave is one of my fav places to do that.  And I got a response from someone because of this!

Ida Pape, my great grandfather's wife has been somewhat of a mystery all these years, and because of a DNA test, the results came back that gave us some information into this woman.  Turns out, she had many half siblings, some of them emigrated to the US!

Here is some of the information given to me:

Every year in Sweden, the parish minister went to each house, and did a Household Examination. The word from it in Swedish is Husförhór.  Hus meaning House, förhór means investigation. Basically the minister brought the parish record book, opened it up the page for that farm, and proceeded to take down all of the information for those living there. Their birthdates were listed, where they maybe had moved from or moved to, and anything else pertaining to them. Birth, death, marriage.  He would also question them on their knowledge of the catechism, and there is a column for that too in some cases. Also if they had been vaccinated for smallpox, or had smallpox. 

In order to move to a new place, they had to have the permission of the parish, and got a piece of paper to present at the next parish, which made sure that they were accounted for, especially if they had financial obligations such as children to support.

Markus Pärsson Gran (1836-1895) was born in Dalby, Värmland, Sweden. He married Karin Olsdotter (1836-1898). They only had one child out of 3 or 4 who survived childhood. Her name was Ingeborg “Ida” Markusdotter Grahn. She was born in 1869 at the parish called Norra Ny in Värmland.

Then Markus Pärsson Gran left his wife and child about 1870 or 1871, and left the parish of Norra Ny, Värmland without signing out. 

He met  Maria Jansdotter Löf, from Gräsmark, Värmland, and they started having kids together, but way over at Delsbo, Gävleborg, Sweden, far away from their home parishes in Värmland.  They were not married.

Ida died 10 JUN 1938 • Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States (She died at the State Hospital where she had been in and out of over the years)

Great, Great Grandparents

Maria Johansdotter Lundell married Henry Kringsberg, a preacher in Sweden, in 1876.  They emigrated to the US in 1886.  With the help of internet friends, I have located this information from a Sweden registry:  

        Johansdotter Henriksson, Maria --- Hustru (married woman)

b. 9/26/1854 in Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län (Värmland)

Emigrated 8/1/1886 from Kringsberget, Södra Finnskoga, Värmlands län (Värmland)

to Nordamerika

0221886032 - Bilaga/ytterligare information finns. Kontakta Emigrantregistret i Karlstad

Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 171

Emibas migration file ID: Södra Finnskoga S 1886 032

Their first child was Mary D Elizabeth Kringsberg.  I'm wondering if this is her with her parents, perhaps taken before the next child was born (in 1881) so she would be 4-5 years old here? Maria died shortly after arriving in America (1888).  "Doug Windle who is also researching the Linden and Kringsberg family wrote that Mary Johnson Lundell Married Kringsberg ( a preacher in Sweden) was on a train and got off to get some milk for the baby - fell under the train and had her leg cut off (died) the children were separated and Anna was raised by Pete and Lizzie Liden."  

To follow up the family chain, my father (Oliver), his mother, Myrtle. Her mother Anna, and her mother is Maria Lundell.  (My second great grandmother).  Anna married Charley Liden, and Peter (Per) Liden is Charley's older brother.