Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameCarl Gustaf Johanesson 4413,4414,1974
Birth7 Feb 1825, Nydala, Jönköping County, Småland Province, Sweden, Scandinavia3354,1974
Death23 Aug 1916, Rawlins County, KS, USA1974
BurialLutheran Cemetery, Herndon, Rawlins County, KS, USA1974
Census1880, Hagenborg, Nydala, Jönköping County, Småland Province, Sweden, Scandinavia3354
MemoLine 1: Karl Gustaf Johannesson, born February 7, 1825 in Nydala.
Census1885, Valkö Torpet Hagenborg, Nydala, Jönköping County, Småland Province, Sweden, Scandinavia3355
MemoLine 1: Carl Gustaf Johannesson, born February 7, 1825 in Nydala. Left for North America on January 23, 1885.
Emigration1885, Scandia, Republic County, KS, USA1974
Emigration23 Jan 18853355
Residence1854, Jarpabo, Sweden, Scandinavia
Residence1859, Hagenborg, Sweden, Scandinavia
FlagsDeceased
Spouses
Birth21 Jan 1832, Nydala, Jönköping County, Småland Province, Sweden, Scandinavia1974,3354
Death29 Jan 1906, Rawlins County, KS, USA1974
BurialLutheran Cemetery, Herndon, Rawlins County, KS, USA1974
ChildrenKarolina Christina (1855-)
 Johannes (1856-)
 Klaes Johan (1859-)
 Johanna Maria (1861-)
 Anders Wilhelm (Died as Infant) (1863-1866)
 Sven Gustaf (1866-1958)
 Matilda Sofia (1869-1954)
 Emma Lovisa (Died as Infant) (1872-1875)
 Lydia Josefina (1875-1935)
Notes for Carl Gustaf Johanesson
Nine children were born to Anna and Karl Johnson of Smolan, Sweden. They were Emma and Wilhelm who died in infancy, John, Claus, S. Gustaf, Carolina Johnson, Jo Hanna (Larson) Josephina (Erickson) and Matilda (Larson). Gust was born Sept. 5, 1866. Gust was 19 years old when the family emigrated to America in 1885, settling in Scandia, Kansas. In 1886 he moved to Rawlins county where he took a preemption on a timber claim. The land is located in Laing township, NE V4 section 7-3-31. Gust and Hulda lived there the next 68 years until moving to Oberlin, Kansas, in 1944. Treeless prairies did not provide lumber for buildings, therefore, Gust made, and lived in a dugout for five or six years.

During this period other settlers came to his dugout where they were taught to speak, read and write the English language. Gust had some schooling in Sweden, but this was the extent of his education in the United States. Settlers were faced with many difficulties. Water wells had not yet been drilled and fire wood was scarce except on creeks. Gust hauled water a mile in a barrel on a sled pulled by a team of mules. This practice was continued until a well was drilled which is still operational in 1987. Prairie fires were common. On one occasion Gust fought a fire by plowing the sod with a walking plow pulled by a team of mules. He became so exhausted he did not know when he put the team in the dugout barn, or when he went to bed. The dugout horse barn was replaced with a frame barn in 1906. Gust replaced the dugout home with a sod house, which was later replaced with a frame house in 1920.
1974
Last Modified 19 Jul 2019Created 12 Mar 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
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