John Benson's First Wife

From the household examination record I see John Benson moved to page 1030 in 85 (1885). Bringing up that record shows his wife Thilda Svensson and son Julius Teodor.

There are some notes to the right. I joined the SWEDEN mailing list where many wonderful people help you with translations and other things that pertain to Swedish genealogy. The response I get back about the notes is:

Lodger Jöns Beter Bengtsson's remark: belongs to year 1887 7th class of

conscripts. Certificate to America the 26th Mar(?) 1888(?).



It looks like this was written over some other remark.

This makes sense to me that he came to America in 1888 because I can't find him in the 1890 Swedish census.

I had to know if this was really his child and wife. So I look up the records and find he is the father of Julius and the husband of Thilda.

Click on the images to make them bigger.

Next I look for his wife and child in the census for the United States and Sweden.

Household Examination with child John Benson

I contacted the Genline translation service and here's what I received. First the translation of the 1874- 1884 years. It has Janne Wilh. Johansson as illegitimate before marriage. That would be a son born to Ingrid before she married Bengt. Another illegitimate child was born slightly under two years of Bengt's death. That child is Hilda Paulina who died just before her sixth birthday. John and his brother Charles (Carl) are sailors.

Here are the details:

GID: 1723.55.63900

Västra Karup parish Household record AI:22 1874-1884 page 433

Karup

Born Born in Married/ Vaccinate Came Moved

Name Date Parish Widowed Smallpox from year to

Ingrid Johansd. Hippias E.* 32 21/11 Karup 72 15/2 v

B-Janne Wilh. Johansson 56 24/3 ibm illegitimate before mariage

Carolina Bengtsd- 58 5/6 Engelholm 6/12 -75

Jöns Peter Sjöm.* 60 10/6 certificate sailor 16/2 -77

Carl Ernst Wilh. 63 4/5 workingcertificate 22/3 –79 p.822

Aron 69 26/5

Hilda Paulina 73 22/12 Dead 9/3 –79 illegitimate besause mother is widow

Carolina Bengtsd- 58 5/6 Engelholm 3/11-76 Helsingb.28/2-81

Carl Ernst Wilh. Sjöm. 63 4/5 p. 822 -81 sailorcertif. 9/3-81

Carolina Bengtsd- 58 5/6 Helsingb. 7/4 –81 Danmark 25/11-81

Nils Pet. Hippias Sjöm. 4927/7

Paulus Hippias Arb.* 51 4/11 N.Vram 24/11-74

Paulus Hippias Arb. 51 4/11 Ut. Sed. 11/11-80

B-*: Barn = Child (children)

E*: Änka = Widow

Sjöm.* :Sailor

Arb.* : Worker

Under character and private notes: (Fräjd och enskilda anteckningar)

Paulus Hippias : Sentenced for theft to 18 month Fortification. Ended (discharge) 7/5 –69. The certification was written by Bengt Pet. Nilsson in Hovs parish. Paulus went 1875 to Kopenhagen and came back here in Jan. 1880.

Next the translation of the image of 1884-1894. There John and Charles (Carl) are sailors and Aron is a solider. The moved to field for John and Janne have page numbers. John is found on page 1038, moving there in 1885.

Here are the details:

GID:1723.41.6500

Västra Karup parish Household record AI:25 1884-1894 page 451

Karup

Born Born in Married/ Vaccinate Came Moved

Name Date Parish Widowed Smallpox from year to

E.* Ingrid Johansd.Hippias 32 21/11 Karup 72 15/2 v

B-* Janne Wilh. Johansson 56 24/3 ibm* p. 449 85

Jöns Peter Sailor 60 10/6 ibm p. 1038 85

Aron Bengtsson Calin 69 26/5 ibm Calin was soldier Nr.8 10/1890 Amerika 8/4 92

CarlErnst Wilh. Sailor 63 4/5 ibm From 1887 belongs to 4:th soldier

Nils Peter Hippias 49 27/7 ibm 2(?) Ö.Läng 90

Paulus Hippias 51 4/11 ibm Sentenced for theft to 18 month

Fortification. Ended 7/5 –69 Dead 16 Febr. 1887

ibm* is mostly written in the househ. Records and means that it is at the same place as written above in this case, read, born in Karup.

Household Examination for Selma Antonsson

Next I look into the household examination records for Selma Antonson's family. I find them listed in Alvsborg for the years 1861 - 1872, 1873 - 1880, and 1881 - 1890.

Selma has brothers Gustuv Aldof and Karl Rudolf. She also has a sister Augusta Matilda. Augusta is mentioned as Selma's sister on the Ellis Island record when Selma came to the United States on July 28, 1917. Augusta's last name is difficult to determine. It may be Samson. She lives in Linnared Sweden.

All the birthdates are listed for each member of the family in the household examination records.

Usually when a line is drawn through a name that means the person has left the parish. The entry for the 1873 - 1880 record has a line drawn through everyone and a word written on the side that starts with fattig. Fattig means poor.

Household Examiniation for John Benson

The church kept track of everyone in the parish and each year held examinations to determine everyone's knowledge of the cathecism. These records contain records of the entire family similar to what is found in the U.S. census.

These records at Genline are not indexed. So you have to look at all the records for the parish until you find the one you want.

I was able to find John Benson and his family in the household examination records three times. Once for the years 1884 - 1894, 1874 - 1884, and 1867 - 1873.

It lists the family with John and his brothers Carl and Aaron. His mother Ingrid is listed with her birthday and with the name of Hippias. There are also three sisters listed, Christina, Caroline, and Hilda Paulene (died 1879). The father's name is Bengt Peter Larson Hippias (born July 27, 1821 in Karup and died Feb. 15, 1872).

Below the family are the names of people with a surname of Hippias. Could they be related?

There are notes that I can't read. Genline has a translation service that I'm going to look into.