Mathilda Johnson

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Mathilda Johnson

Legg inn av gj05515 » 01 mar 2015 12:17:59

Hi,
I am trying to find information on "Mathilda Johnson", who was later called "Mathilda Hawkenson". Here is what I have found in America:

On 1 Sep 1888 she married Jens Andreas Karlsen Strand in Chicago. She is listed as "Mathilda Johnson", 18 years old.

30 Jan 1895 - Axel Strand born in Chicago to Jens Strand and "Mathilde Jansen"

1900 Census - Chicago
Matilda Strand, 28 yrs old, born Dec 1872 in Norway, immigrated 1885

1910 Census - Chicago
Mathilda Strand, 37 yrs old, born in Norway, immigrated 1886

2 Jul 1913 - birth of Thelma and Alida to Jens Strand and "Mathilde Hawkensen"
Jens, 49 yrs old, born in Trondheim; Mathilde, 40 yrs old born in Christiania

3 Nov 1918 - death of Axel Strand, son of Jens Strand and "Matilda Haskinsen"

1930 Census - "Matilda Strand", 58 yrs old, widow, living with children in Chicago, immigrated 1884

1940 Census - "Mathilda Strand", 70 yrs old, living with sons Henry and Clifford in Chicago

1 Apr 1941 - Mathilda Strand, 71 yrs old, died in Chicago; daughter of "John Hawkinson"

15 Apr 1963 - death of James Henry Strand, son of Jens Strand and "Mathilda Hawkinsen"

This is the info I have found in America. I am looking for birth or immigration of:

Mathilda, born ca. Dec 1872, daughter of John Haakensen/Haagensen. I think she immigrated in 1886. The 1900 and 1910 census records says she arrived AFTER Jens Strand. Jens arrived in July 1885. It looks like she was only 13 - 16 years old when she arrived in America - so I don't think she came alone.

Thank you for any help,

Brian

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Re: Mathilda Johnson

Legg inn av Margit Bakke » 01 mar 2015 13:28:30

Names of all her children:
Du har ikke de nødvendige tillatelsene for å vise filene som er tilknyttet dette innlegget.
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Legg inn av Margit Bakke » 01 mar 2015 14:08:37

1885 census

http://gda.arkivverket.no/cgi-win/webce ... 2108#nedre

Listenr. Gardnr Gateadr. By
5439 44a 6 Bergensgade Kristiania
Personnr. Etasje Førenamn Etternamn Fødd år Kjønn Fødestad Stilling

122108 7 3die Etage Johan Haakens. 1849 m T Papirarbeider
122109 8 Sørine Johans. 1848 k Maridalen
122110 9 Helga Haakens. 1869 k T
122111 10 Mathilde Haakens. 1871 k T
122112 11 Karl Haakens. 1873 m T
122113 12 Jaan Haakens. 1878 m T
122114 13 Valborg Haakens. 1880 k T
122115 14 Otto Haakens. 1882 m T
122116 15 Gunda Haakens. 1884 k T
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Re: Mathilda Johnson

Legg inn av gj05515 » 01 mar 2015 14:32:32

Thanks for your input, Margit!

You might be on to something...... I find a Mathilde Haagensen and her sister Helga Haagensen leaving Christiania for Chicago on 5 Aug 1886.

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ge ... 0001000359

The arrival records from New York also show the aged as 15 and 11 - which would be wrong. Still, worth a closer look.

Brian

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Re: Mathilda Johnson

Legg inn av gj05515 » 01 mar 2015 14:43:35

Looking again at the family Margit found....

Helga and Mathilda are not listed with their family in 1900:

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft ... 7045206109

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Re: Mathilda Johnson

Legg inn av gj05515 » 01 mar 2015 14:54:21

Looking better all the time:

Birth #19
Source information: Oslo county, Gamle Aker, Parish register copy nr. 3 (1869-1874), Birth and baptism records 1872, page 86.
Permanent pagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?i ... x_side=-91

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Re: Mathilda Johnson

Legg inn av gj05515 » 01 mar 2015 15:47:45

Margit - thanks again. I found proof that the family you listed in the 1885 census is the correct one.

In 1903, Johan Haagensen emigrated to the US. His destination was Chicago - to the home of his daughter, Mathilda Strand!

Brrian

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