I start to wonder if John Benson and Selma Antonson were married in Massachusetts. So I write a letter to the Massachusetts archives requesting their marriage certificate.
And it arrived in the mail! My aunt knew they were married in the United States. I had assumed they were married in Sweden and came to the United States together.
By the way, now all the Massachusetts records are online up to 1910. I belong to New England Historic Genealogical Society and from their website www.newenglandancestors.org I can search the records.
They filed two marriage certificates. This first one was filed December 23, 1904 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Date of marriage is December 20, 1904. John Peter Benson is 45, birthplace Sweden, father is Peter Benson, and mother is Ingre Uhanson.
The bride is Selma Anthransen, 34, born in Sweden, father is Anton Svenson, and mother is Laura Larson.
The second marriage certificate is filed in Holden, Massachusetts on January 4, 1905. Most of the information is the same except for John’s mother is listed as Engre Uhanson and Selma’s father is Anton Swenson.
Do you think John’s mother’s name is Ingrid Johansson?
