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"The History of East Sweden" - By Diane Johnson

Copy of an essay written by Diane Johnson, depicting the journey of Swedish immigrants, Charles Conard and Mina (Gustafson) Johnson, to the East Sweden area in 1887, where they, and other Swedish immigrants, played important roles in the development of a thriving community.

Date: 1950

Creator: Johnson, Diane

Item Type: Text

[History of East Sweden, Texas]

Narrative history of East Sweden in Mcculloch County, Texas detailing the people who moved to the area and ran the local businesses. The author includes anecdotes from her childhood in the area and some information about her children who at the time of writing were fighting in World War II.

Date: September 25, 1942

Creator: Engdahl, Katie

Item Type: Text

History of the Charles Conrad Johanson Family

Photocopy of a handwritten document. "The History of the Charles Conrad Johanson Family," by Drusilla Johanson Miller traces the Johanson family's history back to Sweden in 1842 and the Andrew Johann Johnson family's Swedish history back to 1861 and then follows the journeys of both men as they emigrate from Sweden into Texas, eventually settling in the East Sweden, Fairview, and Brady Communities of McCulloch County, where their families merged with the 1906 marriage in Brady of their children… more

Date: 1976~

Creator: Miller, Drusilla Johanson

Item Type: Text

The Journey from Sweden to America

Booklet discussing the history of the Blomstrom family from their time in Sweden to their arrival in America. It includes photographs and illustrations of the family, as well as the coat of arms for Laurentz Blomstom; also included are genealogy lists and family histories.

Date: 2005~

Creator: Blomstrom, Helen Spiers

Item Type: Book

[Letter From Alan H. Winquist to Carlton Lundgren, May 28, 1983]

Letter from Alan H. Winquist to Carlton Lundgren discussing an inscription in Lundgren's family bible which he had asked Winquist to translate. The letter also mentions a newspaper article in the Brady Herald featuring Winquist.

Date: May 28, 1983

Creator: Winquist, Alan H.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Anson T. Dewey to the East Sweden Presbyterian Church, November, 1945]

Letter from Pastor Anson T. Dewey to his church, calling for the participation in donations for wartime needs. A small donation envelope and a small folded document titled, "Worldwide Bible Reading" are enclosed with the letter.

Date: November 1945

Creator: Dewey, Anson T.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Camilla Asplund to Cecil Nelin, September 6, 1988]

Letter from Camilla Asplund to Cecil Nelin discussing Carl J. Nelin's background and ancestry. Camilla is affiliated with the Swedish agency, SVAR.

Date: September 6, 1988

Creator: Asplund, Camilla

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cecil R. Nelin to Agda Hansson, June 7, 1989]

Letter from Cecil R. Nelin to Agda Hansson discussing SVAR's ancestry investigative services and pricing. The letter is in response to a previous letter from Agda Hansson.

Date: June 7, 1989

Creator: Nelin, Cecil R.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Forskarcentrum I Ramsele, 1988~]

Letter from Forskarcentrum I Ramsele, proposing ancestry investigation services at the hourly rate of $25.

Date: 1988~

Creator: Ramsele, Forskarcentrum I

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Ray Thornton to Mr. Hurd, September 20, 2006]

Typed letter from Ray Thornton to Mr. Hurd, discussing their time spent together at the East Sweden Cemetery on Labor Day. At this event, Hurd shared what he knew with Thornton about the Hurd and Engdahl families of East Sweden.

Date: September 20, 2006

Creator: Thornton, Ray

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Rosa C. Branning to Lenore, September 7, 1992]

Letter from Rosa Commander Branning to Lenore (last name missing), reminiscing about Rosa's childhood in the West Sweden area during the 1920s and 1930s, especially the occasions she was at her Grandma Helge's home on Bear Creek, which Rosa describes with great detail, and both the good and the bad times she shared with her extensive family.

Date: September 7, 1992

Creator: Branning, Rosa C.

Item Type: Letter

[Luella Lundgren's Writing Journal]

Notebook containing the school work of Luella Lundgren with assignments dated from January 24, 1918 and 1926. The notebook includes stories, a letter, and handwriting exercises.

Date: 1918

Creator: Lundgren, Luella

Item Type: Text

[Marriage License for E. J. Helge and Louise Hanson]

Marriage License No. 3123 issued by McCulloch County, Texas, to Mr. E. J. Helge and Miss Louise Hanson on 1924-12-10 and returned and filed with the county clerk on 1924-12-13.

Date: December 13, 1924

Item Type: Legal Document

MCCHC_E6-01

Historical compilation for the Melvin Evangelical Free Church in McCulloch County, Texas. This report includes a photograph and illustration of the church followed by a short history of the church from its creation around 1910 until its reopening in 1993.

Date: 1993-11?

Creator: Malmstrom, Virginia

Item Type: Book

Metodist Episkopal-Kyrkans Psalmbok

Psalm book listing lyrics to various Methodist-Episcopal religious songs in Swedish.

Date: 1884

Item Type: Book

Minutes of Sweden Presbyterian Church

Minutes recorded from meetings within the Sweden Presbyterian Church. The meetings are dated and described as to what occurred during the meeting; at the bottom of the meeting descriptions are signatures from church officials.

Date: 1905/1910

Item Type: Book

Minutes of the Session of Sweden Rochelle, Texas Presbyterian Church

Minutes of session for the Presbyterian Church Sweden Rochelle, Texas. Each recorded meeting has a date, members in attendance, and a description of the matters that were discussed or jobs completed. The first few pages contain rules for minute taking and a disclosure from "the Book of Discipline."

Date: 1926-08-10/1977-07-10

Item Type: Book

Minutes of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of East Sweden, Texas

Minutes of session recorded by the officials at the Presbyterian Church in East Sweden, Texas. This book contains the dates of each meeting, who was in attendance, and what occurred during the meeting.

Date: 1905/1926

Item Type: Book

[News Article of a Wedding Anniversary, 1951]

Photocopy of a Brady Standard Herald news article reporting the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. August Young (including the names of their children) and tracing the couple's experiences in traveling from Sweden to America and McCulloch County and also noting changes in the county and Brady observed by them during the years of their residence.

Date: January 8, 1951

Item Type: Clipping

[Nilsson/Nelsin Family Biographical Notes, May 11, 1989]

A biographical account of the Nilsson/Nelin family that includes information about the family after sister Klara and brothers Carl John Eric arrived in America, as well as information copied from tombstones in the Vargy Chapel Cemetery during a visit by Cecil R. Nelin.

Date: May 11, 1989

Creator: Nelin, Cecil R.

Item Type: Text

Otto

Book discussing the life and times of Otto Henry Lund who came to America from Denmark. This book covers his journeys through Texas and his farming days and his marriage to Freda Young. Index begins on page 226.

Date: 1998

Creator: Dunn, Charlotte V. Lund, 1935-

Item Type: Book

[Photo of Children at the West Sweden School]

Photograph of nineteen students and two adults, likely the teachers, at the West Sweden School in McCulloch County, Texas. The children vary in age from elementary to teens and are wearing coats. "West Sweden School" is written on the back.

Date: 1925

Item Type: Photograph

[Photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren]

Cropped reprint photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren in a group of children, wearing a knit jacket. Lundgren appears to be eight or nine years old. Handwritten on back: "1925 Lynney Lincoln Lundgren West Sweden School."

Date: 1925

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of a Church Interior]

Photograph of the interior of the East Sweden Presbyterian Church. Pews are visible on the left and right. The center of the image shows a podium on a small stage, along with a piano. The walls are decorated with vertical-striped wallpaper above a wooden trim.

Date: 2006

Creator: Bobby, Hurd

Item Type: Photograph

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"The History of East Sweden" - By Diane Johnson

[History of East Sweden, Texas]

History of the Charles Conrad Johanson Family

The Journey from Sweden to America

[Letter From Alan H. Winquist to Carlton Lundgren, May 28, 1983]

[Letter from Anson T. Dewey to the East Sweden Presbyterian Church, November, 1945]

[Letter from Camilla Asplund to Cecil Nelin, September 6, 1988]

[Letter from Cecil R. Nelin to Agda Hansson, June 7, 1989]

[Letter from Forskarcentrum I Ramsele, 1988~]

[Letter from Ray Thornton to Mr. Hurd, September 20, 2006]

[Letter from Rosa C. Branning to Lenore, September 7, 1992]

[Luella Lundgren's Writing Journal]

[Marriage License for E. J. Helge and Louise Hanson]

MCCHC_E6-01

Metodist Episkopal-Kyrkans Psalmbok

Minutes of Sweden Presbyterian Church

Minutes of the Session of Sweden Rochelle, Texas Presbyterian Church

Minutes of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of East Sweden, Texas

[News Article of a Wedding Anniversary, 1951]

[Nilsson/Nelsin Family Biographical Notes, May 11, 1989]

Otto

[Photo of Children at the West Sweden School]

[Photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren]

[Photograph of a Church Interior]