Johanna Andersdotter
Johanna Andersdotter was born on 09 Sep 1837 in Rakåsa Mellomgården, Fölene, Älvsborgs lån, Västergötland as the second child of Anders Persson and Ingeborg Ephraimsdotter. She had six siblings, namely: Lasse, Samuel, Benjamin, Maja-Stina, Andrew Peter Anderson, and Britta Stina. She died on 30 Mar 1917 in Rakåsa Svensgården, Fölene, Sweden.
Johanna Andersdotter was buried in Fölene, Sweden.
Petter Johansson
Petter Johansson was born on 27 Dec 1830 in Horsby Kvädaregården Tarsled’, Sweden as the third child of Johannes Hansson-Fager and Anna Pettersdotter. He had four siblings, namely: Johanna, Catrina, Carl, and Johannes. He died on 09 May 1900 in Rakåsa Svensgården, Fölene, Sweden.
Petter Johansson was buried in Fölene, Sweden.
Petter Johansson and Johanna Andersdotter had the following children:
- Johannes Pettersson was born on 09 Mar 1859 in Fölene, Rakåsa Mellomgården. He died on 10 Mar 1943 in Fölene, Rakåsa Mellomgården.
- August Pettersson was born on 20 Mar 1862 in Rakåsa Mellomgården, Fölene, Älvsborgs lån, Västergötland, Sweden. He died on 19 Aug 1958 in Hosp. in Rapid City SD. He married Albertina Sandahl on 09 Aug 1908 in Rapid City, SD. He married Alice Hensall Putnam on 20 Jun 1929 in Pennington CO, SD.
- Svante Pettersson was born on 13 Jul 1864 in Rakåsa Mellomgården, Fölene, Älvsborgs lån, Västergötland, Sweden. He died on 22 May 1915 in Skottstorp, Eggvena. He married Emma Mathilda Blom on 30 Dec 1887.
- Lars John Peterson was born on 22 Sep 1868 in Rakåsa Mellomgården, Fölene, Älvsborgs lån, Västergötland, Sweden. He died on 18 Aug 1958 in Hosp. in Rapid City SD. He married Delena Belle Hibbs on 01 Oct 1898 in Rapid City, SD.
- Herman Pettersson was born on 19 Apr 1874 in Rakåsa Mellomgården, Fölene, Älvsborgs lån, Västergötland. He died on 01 Sep 1963 in Rakåsa Svensgården, Fölene, Älvsborgs lån, Västergötland. He married Emma Lovisa Fagersson on 02 Oct 1896 in Remmene.
- Carl Albert Pettersson was born on 28 May 1877 in Rakåsa Mellomgården, Fölene, Älvsborgs lån, Västergötland. He died on 18 Jan 1880 in Rakåsa Mellomgården, Fölene, Älvsborgs lån, Västergötland.
Anders and Ingeborg Persson
Emigration
Anders and Ingeborg emigrated from Sweden in 1860 and arrived in New York on August 10, 1860. From there they traveled to Carver Co. in Minnesota.
Lasse, their oldest son and our great, great grandfather had immigrated to Carver Co. in 1856. He was known as Lars in the US.
Of their seven children, all emigrated except Johanna.
Samuel Anderson is ancestor of Randy Honebrink
Benjamin Anderson is ancestor of Mellgren’s.
Maja-Stina adopted her sister’s daughter, Hanna. Hanna did not have children.
Andrew Peter changed his name to Felt and is ancestor of Joan Felt.
Britta Stina Anderson died when she was 31.
Johanna stayed in Sweden. She married Petter Johansson and two of their sons, Lars John and August immigrated to South Dakota. Their son Svante Pettersson, who stayed in Sweden, is ancestor of Viktoria.
NOTES BY ALICE (WIESE) ALLEN – Sometime in the 1990s or early 2000s
‘In the red house to the right, Kjell-Ove and Annika Hermansson live. Kjell-Ove is the son of Josef Hermansson -> Herman Pettersson -> Johanna Andersdotter (sister of Lars Anderson). In the little house in front of the bigger house, Johanna actually lived her last years in life. It is used as a garage today.
In the white house Kjell-Ove and Annika’s son Tobias lives with his wife Johanna and children. Tobias’ grandfather Josef and his wife Agnes lived there when I was a little girl.
Both farms are called Rakåsa Svensgården and are situated in Fölene parish.’
Viktoria Unosson July 2020
