(Bio submitted by K. Gregg Prillaman, [email protected].)
Emma Christina Carlson, was born 4/17/1869 in Snostorp, Sweden (near the port city of Halmstad), the 4th of 5 children of Carl Andersson (3/24/1834 - 2/26/1887) and Anna Eliasson (7/21/1836 - 10/10/1916) who were married in Snostorp in January of 1857. As was typical at that time, Emma and her siblings took the last name "Carlson" from their father's 1st name. Her siblings were John (born about 1858), Ida (about 1861, married name Bruhn), Sven Peter (1865), and Anton Bernardt (1872).
Emma and her siblings grew up and went to school and the Lutheran Church in Snostorp. They had several cousins nearby, including her future husband John Anderson and his 6 brothers and sisters. (John's father Anders Eliasson was a brother of Emma's mother.)
Emma's father died in 1887 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery, as was her mother when she died in 1916. In March of 1888 her brothers Sven Peter and Anton Bernardt immigrated to the US - Anton settled in Hoopeston, IL while Sven Peter went on to Loomis, Neb. Emma stayed in Snostorp with her mother, brother Carl, and sister Ida until 1898 when she immigrated to the US. Following is more info about the 5 Carlson siblings:
• John Carlson: ~1859 - ?. Born and lived entire life in Snostorp, Sweden. No information about possible marriage and children. Buried in the Lutheran Church cemetery in Snostorp, as are his parents and sister Ida.
• Ida (Carlson) Bruhn: ~1861 - 1955. Born and lived entire life in Snostorp, Sweden. Married a man named Bruhn as some point but was widowed and living alone when Aleda Hendrickson visited her in Snostorp about 1952. No indication she had children. Buried in the Lutheran Church cemetery in Snostorp, as are her parents and brother John.
• Sven Peter "Pete" Carlson: 1/5/1865 - 1933. Born and grew up in Snostorp, Sweden. Immigrated to the US in March of 1888 with his brother Anton Bernardt. He may have lived in Hoopston, IL (where Anton settled) for a month or two, but before the end of 1888 he moved to Loomis, Neb. where he lived the rest of his life. Never married but was very close to his cousin, Anna "Annie" (Anderson) Hendrickson and her family (Otto, Reuben, and Aleda Hendrickson) who also lived in Loomis. Pete and Annie were 1st cousins and grew up just a block apart in Snostorp. He died in Loomis in March of 1933 and was buried in the Sandstrom Cemetery, Phelps County, Neb.
• Emma Christina (Carlson) Anderson: 4/17/1869 - 6/6/1935. Born and raised in Snostorp, Sweden. Immigrated to the U.S. in March of 1898 when her cousin, John Anderson, came from Wellington, Il to take her back to marry him. They sailed from Liverpool, England March 5, 1898 on the ocean liner Etruria and arrived at NY (Ellis Island) about March 12 - then took a train across the mid-west to Illinois. She lived with her brother Anton Bernardt in Hoopeston, IL for 2 years until she and John married 2/14/1900 at Lafayette, IN. She was 30 and John was 35. Emma and John lived near Wellington, IL and had 4 children Anna Alice (1900), Carl Walter (1902), and twins Hildur and Hilding (1904). (See more detail about their children below.) She died at her home in Wellington, IL on 6/6/1935 and was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery north of Hoopeston, IL. John was buried next to her when he died in 1947. All 4 of their children are also buried in Floral Hill.
• Anton Bernardt "Bernard" Carlson: 2/9/1872 - 4/2/1949. FaG 19449601. Immigrated to the US in March of 1888 with his brother Sven Peter and settled in Hoopeston, IL. Married Alma Natalie Swanson about 1897 and they had 7 children: Hugo Clarence (1898), Helmer G. (1900), Wilbert S. "Webb" (1902), C. Vernal Herbert (1905), Leslie L. (1907), Jean Marjorie Isabelle (1916), and Daryle C. (1920). Bernardt ran a drug store on the north side of Main St. in Hoopeston for many years. His children worked in the store with him and two of the sons (Webb and another) took over the drug store when Bernardt retired. Bernardt, his wife, and most of his children are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston.
Emma and John lived near Wellington all of their married life, the first several years on a small farm north of town on the Cissna Park road, then for many years on a large farm south of town on the road to the Hoopeston cemetery. John was a successful tenant farmer and a good investor who often loaned money to other farmers and local business. Emma was a wonderful mother to their 4 children:
1) Anna Alice (Anderson) Lane - born 12/27/1900. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1921. Went on to Illinois State Normal Teachers College (now Illinois State Univ.) in Bloomington to become a teacher. Graduated and returned to Wellington but could not find a teaching position so worked at various other jobs in Hoopeston. In early 1924 she met Lawrence Lewis "Pinkie" Lane, a Hoopeston WWI veteran whose first wife had died . They married 10/21/1924 and lived in Hoopeston the rest of their lives. Had 1 child, Brownie Virginia Lane (married name Kaag), born 11/19/1926. Pinkie died 2/5/1971. Anna continued living in Hoopeston until her death 2/5/1985 at age 84. Anna and Pinkie are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston near her parents.
2) Carl Walter Anderson (went by Walter) - born 12/7/1901. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1919. Farmed with his father and brother Hilding. Began dating Alfrieda S. "Freeda" Pearson in the early 1930s. Freeda had gone to Illinois State Normal Teachers College with Walter's sister, Anna, and taught at the Wellington Schools for more than 3 decades. Walter and Freeda married in 1934 or 1935 and had one child - Lorna Jean Anderson (married name Palmateer) born July, 1936. Walter and Frieda lived most of their married life on the farm on cemetery road south of Wellington where Walter had grown up. Then after they retired in the late 1960s they moved to a house in Hoopeston. Freeda died 11/26/1985 and Walter died 2/18/1987 at age 85. They are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston.
3) Hildur (Anderson) Goodwine - born 8/21/1904. Twin of Hilding. Her middle name may hav e been Augusta. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1922. Lived with her parents and brothers on the family farm between Wellington and Hoopeston until her mother became ill in 1933 or 1934 and her parents moved to a house in Wellington. Hildur continued living on the farm with her brothers but went to Wellington every day to care for her parents. After her mother died in 1935 Hildur moved into the house in Wellington to take care of her father. In the Fall of 1940 Pinkie Lane (her brother-in-law) introduced Hildur to Dice Goodwine from Rossville who was a widower with two teenagers, Harold Dice Goodwine (6/13/1925 - 6/26/1994) and Winifred "Winnie" (Goodwine) Kelley (10/16/1926 - 9/4/1989). Hildur and Dice were married on 6/4/1941. They did not have children together but Hildur was a good step mother to Harold Dice and Winnie. She was also very close to her niece, Brownie (Lane) Kaag, and was like a 2nd mother to Brownie and a 2nd grandmother to Brownie's children. For the first 10 years Hildur and Dice lived on a farm east of Rossville where Dice raised crops and cattle. Then about 1952 they moved to the Honeywell Apartments in Hoopeston and about 1955 to a stone house they had built at 725 East Maple St. Dice died 9/1/1975 at age 76 and was buried in the Hoopeston Cemetery. Hildur remained in the house on Maple Street for 2 or 3 years, then about 1978 sold the house and moved to an apartment on the south side of Rte. 9 (east of the intersection with Rte. 1). Then in 2001 (age 97) she moved into an apartment at the Country Terrace assisted living facility in Hoopeston. She lived there for 9 years and celebrated her 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, and 105th birthdays at Country Terrace surrounded by a wide array of family and friends. Hildur died 1/13/2010 at age 105 and was buried at Floral Hill Cemetery next to Dice.
4) Hilding August Anderson - born 8/21/1904. Twin of Hildur. Attended Wellington schools. and graduated from Wellington High School in 1922. Married Elizabeth M. "Beth" Marshall 9/2/1937. Beth grew up in Hoopeston (daughter of Charles and Margaret (Duncan) Marshall) and was a teacher. They had no children but were close to Hilding's nieces Brownie and Lorna Jean, and to Elizabeth's family in California. Hilding was a farmer and he and Beth initially lived on the farm on cemetery road south of Wellington where Hilding had grown up. He and his brother, Walter, tenant farmed that land. Then in 1952 Hilding and Beth bought a farm outside Boswell, IN. Hilding died 9/26/1977 at age 73 and was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston. Beth continued to live on the farm near Boswell until 1987 when she moved to Carpinteria, CA to be near her brother Eugene Duncan Marshall. After her brother died, she moved (1999) to Mission Viejo, CA to be near two of her nephews and their families. Beth died 8/9/2002 (age 94) at Mission Viejo. Her body was brought back to Hoopeston and buried next to Hilding at Floral Hill Cemetery.
Following are two obituaries for Emma that were published in the Hoopeston Chronical Herald newspaper.
#1. Wellington Woman Dies This Morning. Mrs. John Anderson Will Be Buried Sunday. (Hoopeston, IL Chronicle Herald Newspaper June 6, 1935).
Death at 9:15 o'clock this morning (Thursday, June 6, 1935) claimed the life of Mrs. John Anderson, 66, of Wellington and mother of Mrs. Lawrence lane of this city, who has been ill since last December with heart trouble. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Wellington Methodist Episcopal Church. Interment will be in the Floral Hill Cemetery here. Emma Christena Anderson was born April 17, 1869 at Holmstad (should be Snostorp), Sweden. Her parents were Carl and Anna (Elison) Anderson (should be Carl Andersson and Anna Johanna Eliasson). She leaves her husband and the following children: Anna, wife of Lawrence Lane of Hoopeston; Walter Anderson of Wellington; and Hilding and Hildur Anderson, at home (Wellington). Also surviving are two brothers Bernard (should be Bernardt) Carlson of Hoopeston and John Carlson in Sweden; one sister Mrs. Ida Brown (should be Bruhn) in Sweden; and one grandchild Brownie Virginia Lane of Hoopeston. Mrs. Anderson's body, brought to the Hamilton undertaking establishment here, will be returned to the home after being prepared for burial.
#2. Anderson Rites at Wellington Followed by Burial in Floral Hill Cemetery. (Hoopeston, IL Chronicle Herald Monday, June 10, 1935)
The body of Mrs. John Anderson, 66 year old resident of Wellington, was interred in the Floral Hill cemetery here Sunday afternoon (June 9, 1935) after funeral services at 2 o'clock at the Wellington M. E. (Methodist Episcopal) Church. Serving as pall bearers were: Gus Carlson, Otto Stiller, Louis Johnson, Robert Berg, John Sundberg, and Andrew Gothberg, all of Wellington vicinity. Rev. Preston Horst, Wellington pastor, delivered the funeral discourse. A quartet composed of Edna Hostetler, Leona Pruitt, M.F. Merritt and Hubert Echard sang "Rock of Ages", "Hark, Hark, My Soul" and "Thy Will Be Done" with miss Jeanne Merritt playing the piano accompaniment. Those in charge of the flowers were: Bertha Briggs, Lois Briggs, Geraldine Figg, Charlotte Sistler, Gertrude Sistler, Fern Hollen, Ma---ine (name obscured) Stewart, June Johnson and Mildred Swovland. Mrs. Anderson died at her home Thursday morning (June 6, 1935) after a several months' illness from heart trouble. She was a native of Sweden.
Emma Christina Carlson, was born 4/17/1869 in Snostorp, Sweden (near the port city of Halmstad), the 4th of 5 children of Carl Andersson (3/24/1834 - 2/26/1887) and Anna Eliasson (7/21/1836 - 10/10/1916) who were married in Snostorp in January of 1857. As was typical at that time, Emma and her siblings took the last name "Carlson" from their father's 1st name. Her siblings were John (born about 1858), Ida (about 1861, married name Bruhn), Sven Peter (1865), and Anton Bernardt (1872).
Emma and her siblings grew up and went to school and the Lutheran Church in Snostorp. They had several cousins nearby, including her future husband John Anderson and his 6 brothers and sisters. (John's father Anders Eliasson was a brother of Emma's mother.)
Emma's father died in 1887 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery, as was her mother when she died in 1916. In March of 1888 her brothers Sven Peter and Anton Bernardt immigrated to the US - Anton settled in Hoopeston, IL while Sven Peter went on to Loomis, Neb. Emma stayed in Snostorp with her mother, brother Carl, and sister Ida until 1898 when she immigrated to the US. Following is more info about the 5 Carlson siblings:
• John Carlson: ~1859 - ?. Born and lived entire life in Snostorp, Sweden. No information about possible marriage and children. Buried in the Lutheran Church cemetery in Snostorp, as are his parents and sister Ida.
• Ida (Carlson) Bruhn: ~1861 - 1955. Born and lived entire life in Snostorp, Sweden. Married a man named Bruhn as some point but was widowed and living alone when Aleda Hendrickson visited her in Snostorp about 1952. No indication she had children. Buried in the Lutheran Church cemetery in Snostorp, as are her parents and brother John.
• Sven Peter "Pete" Carlson: 1/5/1865 - 1933. Born and grew up in Snostorp, Sweden. Immigrated to the US in March of 1888 with his brother Anton Bernardt. He may have lived in Hoopston, IL (where Anton settled) for a month or two, but before the end of 1888 he moved to Loomis, Neb. where he lived the rest of his life. Never married but was very close to his cousin, Anna "Annie" (Anderson) Hendrickson and her family (Otto, Reuben, and Aleda Hendrickson) who also lived in Loomis. Pete and Annie were 1st cousins and grew up just a block apart in Snostorp. He died in Loomis in March of 1933 and was buried in the Sandstrom Cemetery, Phelps County, Neb.
• Emma Christina (Carlson) Anderson: 4/17/1869 - 6/6/1935. Born and raised in Snostorp, Sweden. Immigrated to the U.S. in March of 1898 when her cousin, John Anderson, came from Wellington, Il to take her back to marry him. They sailed from Liverpool, England March 5, 1898 on the ocean liner Etruria and arrived at NY (Ellis Island) about March 12 - then took a train across the mid-west to Illinois. She lived with her brother Anton Bernardt in Hoopeston, IL for 2 years until she and John married 2/14/1900 at Lafayette, IN. She was 30 and John was 35. Emma and John lived near Wellington, IL and had 4 children Anna Alice (1900), Carl Walter (1902), and twins Hildur and Hilding (1904). (See more detail about their children below.) She died at her home in Wellington, IL on 6/6/1935 and was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery north of Hoopeston, IL. John was buried next to her when he died in 1947. All 4 of their children are also buried in Floral Hill.
• Anton Bernardt "Bernard" Carlson: 2/9/1872 - 4/2/1949. FaG 19449601. Immigrated to the US in March of 1888 with his brother Sven Peter and settled in Hoopeston, IL. Married Alma Natalie Swanson about 1897 and they had 7 children: Hugo Clarence (1898), Helmer G. (1900), Wilbert S. "Webb" (1902), C. Vernal Herbert (1905), Leslie L. (1907), Jean Marjorie Isabelle (1916), and Daryle C. (1920). Bernardt ran a drug store on the north side of Main St. in Hoopeston for many years. His children worked in the store with him and two of the sons (Webb and another) took over the drug store when Bernardt retired. Bernardt, his wife, and most of his children are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston.
Emma and John lived near Wellington all of their married life, the first several years on a small farm north of town on the Cissna Park road, then for many years on a large farm south of town on the road to the Hoopeston cemetery. John was a successful tenant farmer and a good investor who often loaned money to other farmers and local business. Emma was a wonderful mother to their 4 children:
1) Anna Alice (Anderson) Lane - born 12/27/1900. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1921. Went on to Illinois State Normal Teachers College (now Illinois State Univ.) in Bloomington to become a teacher. Graduated and returned to Wellington but could not find a teaching position so worked at various other jobs in Hoopeston. In early 1924 she met Lawrence Lewis "Pinkie" Lane, a Hoopeston WWI veteran whose first wife had died . They married 10/21/1924 and lived in Hoopeston the rest of their lives. Had 1 child, Brownie Virginia Lane (married name Kaag), born 11/19/1926. Pinkie died 2/5/1971. Anna continued living in Hoopeston until her death 2/5/1985 at age 84. Anna and Pinkie are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston near her parents.
2) Carl Walter Anderson (went by Walter) - born 12/7/1901. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1919. Farmed with his father and brother Hilding. Began dating Alfrieda S. "Freeda" Pearson in the early 1930s. Freeda had gone to Illinois State Normal Teachers College with Walter's sister, Anna, and taught at the Wellington Schools for more than 3 decades. Walter and Freeda married in 1934 or 1935 and had one child - Lorna Jean Anderson (married name Palmateer) born July, 1936. Walter and Frieda lived most of their married life on the farm on cemetery road south of Wellington where Walter had grown up. Then after they retired in the late 1960s they moved to a house in Hoopeston. Freeda died 11/26/1985 and Walter died 2/18/1987 at age 85. They are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston.
3) Hildur (Anderson) Goodwine - born 8/21/1904. Twin of Hilding. Her middle name may hav e been Augusta. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1922. Lived with her parents and brothers on the family farm between Wellington and Hoopeston until her mother became ill in 1933 or 1934 and her parents moved to a house in Wellington. Hildur continued living on the farm with her brothers but went to Wellington every day to care for her parents. After her mother died in 1935 Hildur moved into the house in Wellington to take care of her father. In the Fall of 1940 Pinkie Lane (her brother-in-law) introduced Hildur to Dice Goodwine from Rossville who was a widower with two teenagers, Harold Dice Goodwine (6/13/1925 - 6/26/1994) and Winifred "Winnie" (Goodwine) Kelley (10/16/1926 - 9/4/1989). Hildur and Dice were married on 6/4/1941. They did not have children together but Hildur was a good step mother to Harold Dice and Winnie. She was also very close to her niece, Brownie (Lane) Kaag, and was like a 2nd mother to Brownie and a 2nd grandmother to Brownie's children. For the first 10 years Hildur and Dice lived on a farm east of Rossville where Dice raised crops and cattle. Then about 1952 they moved to the Honeywell Apartments in Hoopeston and about 1955 to a stone house they had built at 725 East Maple St. Dice died 9/1/1975 at age 76 and was buried in the Hoopeston Cemetery. Hildur remained in the house on Maple Street for 2 or 3 years, then about 1978 sold the house and moved to an apartment on the south side of Rte. 9 (east of the intersection with Rte. 1). Then in 2001 (age 97) she moved into an apartment at the Country Terrace assisted living facility in Hoopeston. She lived there for 9 years and celebrated her 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, and 105th birthdays at Country Terrace surrounded by a wide array of family and friends. Hildur died 1/13/2010 at age 105 and was buried at Floral Hill Cemetery next to Dice.
4) Hilding August Anderson - born 8/21/1904. Twin of Hildur. Attended Wellington schools. and graduated from Wellington High School in 1922. Married Elizabeth M. "Beth" Marshall 9/2/1937. Beth grew up in Hoopeston (daughter of Charles and Margaret (Duncan) Marshall) and was a teacher. They had no children but were close to Hilding's nieces Brownie and Lorna Jean, and to Elizabeth's family in California. Hilding was a farmer and he and Beth initially lived on the farm on cemetery road south of Wellington where Hilding had grown up. He and his brother, Walter, tenant farmed that land. Then in 1952 Hilding and Beth bought a farm outside Boswell, IN. Hilding died 9/26/1977 at age 73 and was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston. Beth continued to live on the farm near Boswell until 1987 when she moved to Carpinteria, CA to be near her brother Eugene Duncan Marshall. After her brother died, she moved (1999) to Mission Viejo, CA to be near two of her nephews and their families. Beth died 8/9/2002 (age 94) at Mission Viejo. Her body was brought back to Hoopeston and buried next to Hilding at Floral Hill Cemetery.
Following are two obituaries for Emma that were published in the Hoopeston Chronical Herald newspaper.
#1. Wellington Woman Dies This Morning. Mrs. John Anderson Will Be Buried Sunday. (Hoopeston, IL Chronicle Herald Newspaper June 6, 1935).
Death at 9:15 o'clock this morning (Thursday, June 6, 1935) claimed the life of Mrs. John Anderson, 66, of Wellington and mother of Mrs. Lawrence lane of this city, who has been ill since last December with heart trouble. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Wellington Methodist Episcopal Church. Interment will be in the Floral Hill Cemetery here. Emma Christena Anderson was born April 17, 1869 at Holmstad (should be Snostorp), Sweden. Her parents were Carl and Anna (Elison) Anderson (should be Carl Andersson and Anna Johanna Eliasson). She leaves her husband and the following children: Anna, wife of Lawrence Lane of Hoopeston; Walter Anderson of Wellington; and Hilding and Hildur Anderson, at home (Wellington). Also surviving are two brothers Bernard (should be Bernardt) Carlson of Hoopeston and John Carlson in Sweden; one sister Mrs. Ida Brown (should be Bruhn) in Sweden; and one grandchild Brownie Virginia Lane of Hoopeston. Mrs. Anderson's body, brought to the Hamilton undertaking establishment here, will be returned to the home after being prepared for burial.
#2. Anderson Rites at Wellington Followed by Burial in Floral Hill Cemetery. (Hoopeston, IL Chronicle Herald Monday, June 10, 1935)
The body of Mrs. John Anderson, 66 year old resident of Wellington, was interred in the Floral Hill cemetery here Sunday afternoon (June 9, 1935) after funeral services at 2 o'clock at the Wellington M. E. (Methodist Episcopal) Church. Serving as pall bearers were: Gus Carlson, Otto Stiller, Louis Johnson, Robert Berg, John Sundberg, and Andrew Gothberg, all of Wellington vicinity. Rev. Preston Horst, Wellington pastor, delivered the funeral discourse. A quartet composed of Edna Hostetler, Leona Pruitt, M.F. Merritt and Hubert Echard sang "Rock of Ages", "Hark, Hark, My Soul" and "Thy Will Be Done" with miss Jeanne Merritt playing the piano accompaniment. Those in charge of the flowers were: Bertha Briggs, Lois Briggs, Geraldine Figg, Charlotte Sistler, Gertrude Sistler, Fern Hollen, Ma---ine (name obscured) Stewart, June Johnson and Mildred Swovland. Mrs. Anderson died at her home Thursday morning (June 6, 1935) after a several months' illness from heart trouble. She was a native of Sweden.
(Bio submitted by K. Gregg Prillaman, [email protected].)
Emma Christina Carlson, was born 4/17/1869 in Snostorp, Sweden (near the port city of Halmstad), the 4th of 5 children of Carl Andersson (3/24/1834 - 2/26/1887) and Anna Eliasson (7/21/1836 - 10/10/1916) who were married in Snostorp in January of 1857. As was typical at that time, Emma and her siblings took the last name "Carlson" from their father's 1st name. Her siblings were John (born about 1858), Ida (about 1861, married name Bruhn), Sven Peter (1865), and Anton Bernardt (1872).
Emma and her siblings grew up and went to school and the Lutheran Church in Snostorp. They had several cousins nearby, including her future husband John Anderson and his 6 brothers and sisters. (John's father Anders Eliasson was a brother of Emma's mother.)
Emma's father died in 1887 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery, as was her mother when she died in 1916. In March of 1888 her brothers Sven Peter and Anton Bernardt immigrated to the US - Anton settled in Hoopeston, IL while Sven Peter went on to Loomis, Neb. Emma stayed in Snostorp with her mother, brother Carl, and sister Ida until 1898 when she immigrated to the US. Following is more info about the 5 Carlson siblings:
• John Carlson: ~1859 - ?. Born and lived entire life in Snostorp, Sweden. No information about possible marriage and children. Buried in the Lutheran Church cemetery in Snostorp, as are his parents and sister Ida.
• Ida (Carlson) Bruhn: ~1861 - 1955. Born and lived entire life in Snostorp, Sweden. Married a man named Bruhn as some point but was widowed and living alone when Aleda Hendrickson visited her in Snostorp about 1952. No indication she had children. Buried in the Lutheran Church cemetery in Snostorp, as are her parents and brother John.
• Sven Peter "Pete" Carlson: 1/5/1865 - 1933. Born and grew up in Snostorp, Sweden. Immigrated to the US in March of 1888 with his brother Anton Bernardt. He may have lived in Hoopston, IL (where Anton settled) for a month or two, but before the end of 1888 he moved to Loomis, Neb. where he lived the rest of his life. Never married but was very close to his cousin, Anna "Annie" (Anderson) Hendrickson and her family (Otto, Reuben, and Aleda Hendrickson) who also lived in Loomis. Pete and Annie were 1st cousins and grew up just a block apart in Snostorp. He died in Loomis in March of 1933 and was buried in the Sandstrom Cemetery, Phelps County, Neb.
• Emma Christina (Carlson) Anderson: 4/17/1869 - 6/6/1935. Born and raised in Snostorp, Sweden. Immigrated to the U.S. in March of 1898 when her cousin, John Anderson, came from Wellington, Il to take her back to marry him. They sailed from Liverpool, England March 5, 1898 on the ocean liner Etruria and arrived at NY (Ellis Island) about March 12 - then took a train across the mid-west to Illinois. She lived with her brother Anton Bernardt in Hoopeston, IL for 2 years until she and John married 2/14/1900 at Lafayette, IN. She was 30 and John was 35. Emma and John lived near Wellington, IL and had 4 children Anna Alice (1900), Carl Walter (1902), and twins Hildur and Hilding (1904). (See more detail about their children below.) She died at her home in Wellington, IL on 6/6/1935 and was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery north of Hoopeston, IL. John was buried next to her when he died in 1947. All 4 of their children are also buried in Floral Hill.
• Anton Bernardt "Bernard" Carlson: 2/9/1872 - 4/2/1949. FaG 19449601. Immigrated to the US in March of 1888 with his brother Sven Peter and settled in Hoopeston, IL. Married Alma Natalie Swanson about 1897 and they had 7 children: Hugo Clarence (1898), Helmer G. (1900), Wilbert S. "Webb" (1902), C. Vernal Herbert (1905), Leslie L. (1907), Jean Marjorie Isabelle (1916), and Daryle C. (1920). Bernardt ran a drug store on the north side of Main St. in Hoopeston for many years. His children worked in the store with him and two of the sons (Webb and another) took over the drug store when Bernardt retired. Bernardt, his wife, and most of his children are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston.
Emma and John lived near Wellington all of their married life, the first several years on a small farm north of town on the Cissna Park road, then for many years on a large farm south of town on the road to the Hoopeston cemetery. John was a successful tenant farmer and a good investor who often loaned money to other farmers and local business. Emma was a wonderful mother to their 4 children:
1) Anna Alice (Anderson) Lane - born 12/27/1900. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1921. Went on to Illinois State Normal Teachers College (now Illinois State Univ.) in Bloomington to become a teacher. Graduated and returned to Wellington but could not find a teaching position so worked at various other jobs in Hoopeston. In early 1924 she met Lawrence Lewis "Pinkie" Lane, a Hoopeston WWI veteran whose first wife had died . They married 10/21/1924 and lived in Hoopeston the rest of their lives. Had 1 child, Brownie Virginia Lane (married name Kaag), born 11/19/1926. Pinkie died 2/5/1971. Anna continued living in Hoopeston until her death 2/5/1985 at age 84. Anna and Pinkie are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston near her parents.
2) Carl Walter Anderson (went by Walter) - born 12/7/1901. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1919. Farmed with his father and brother Hilding. Began dating Alfrieda S. "Freeda" Pearson in the early 1930s. Freeda had gone to Illinois State Normal Teachers College with Walter's sister, Anna, and taught at the Wellington Schools for more than 3 decades. Walter and Freeda married in 1934 or 1935 and had one child - Lorna Jean Anderson (married name Palmateer) born July, 1936. Walter and Frieda lived most of their married life on the farm on cemetery road south of Wellington where Walter had grown up. Then after they retired in the late 1960s they moved to a house in Hoopeston. Freeda died 11/26/1985 and Walter died 2/18/1987 at age 85. They are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston.
3) Hildur (Anderson) Goodwine - born 8/21/1904. Twin of Hilding. Her middle name may hav e been Augusta. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1922. Lived with her parents and brothers on the family farm between Wellington and Hoopeston until her mother became ill in 1933 or 1934 and her parents moved to a house in Wellington. Hildur continued living on the farm with her brothers but went to Wellington every day to care for her parents. After her mother died in 1935 Hildur moved into the house in Wellington to take care of her father. In the Fall of 1940 Pinkie Lane (her brother-in-law) introduced Hildur to Dice Goodwine from Rossville who was a widower with two teenagers, Harold Dice Goodwine (6/13/1925 - 6/26/1994) and Winifred "Winnie" (Goodwine) Kelley (10/16/1926 - 9/4/1989). Hildur and Dice were married on 6/4/1941. They did not have children together but Hildur was a good step mother to Harold Dice and Winnie. She was also very close to her niece, Brownie (Lane) Kaag, and was like a 2nd mother to Brownie and a 2nd grandmother to Brownie's children. For the first 10 years Hildur and Dice lived on a farm east of Rossville where Dice raised crops and cattle. Then about 1952 they moved to the Honeywell Apartments in Hoopeston and about 1955 to a stone house they had built at 725 East Maple St. Dice died 9/1/1975 at age 76 and was buried in the Hoopeston Cemetery. Hildur remained in the house on Maple Street for 2 or 3 years, then about 1978 sold the house and moved to an apartment on the south side of Rte. 9 (east of the intersection with Rte. 1). Then in 2001 (age 97) she moved into an apartment at the Country Terrace assisted living facility in Hoopeston. She lived there for 9 years and celebrated her 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, and 105th birthdays at Country Terrace surrounded by a wide array of family and friends. Hildur died 1/13/2010 at age 105 and was buried at Floral Hill Cemetery next to Dice.
4) Hilding August Anderson - born 8/21/1904. Twin of Hildur. Attended Wellington schools. and graduated from Wellington High School in 1922. Married Elizabeth M. "Beth" Marshall 9/2/1937. Beth grew up in Hoopeston (daughter of Charles and Margaret (Duncan) Marshall) and was a teacher. They had no children but were close to Hilding's nieces Brownie and Lorna Jean, and to Elizabeth's family in California. Hilding was a farmer and he and Beth initially lived on the farm on cemetery road south of Wellington where Hilding had grown up. He and his brother, Walter, tenant farmed that land. Then in 1952 Hilding and Beth bought a farm outside Boswell, IN. Hilding died 9/26/1977 at age 73 and was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston. Beth continued to live on the farm near Boswell until 1987 when she moved to Carpinteria, CA to be near her brother Eugene Duncan Marshall. After her brother died, she moved (1999) to Mission Viejo, CA to be near two of her nephews and their families. Beth died 8/9/2002 (age 94) at Mission Viejo. Her body was brought back to Hoopeston and buried next to Hilding at Floral Hill Cemetery.
Following are two obituaries for Emma that were published in the Hoopeston Chronical Herald newspaper.
#1. Wellington Woman Dies This Morning. Mrs. John Anderson Will Be Buried Sunday. (Hoopeston, IL Chronicle Herald Newspaper June 6, 1935).
Death at 9:15 o'clock this morning (Thursday, June 6, 1935) claimed the life of Mrs. John Anderson, 66, of Wellington and mother of Mrs. Lawrence lane of this city, who has been ill since last December with heart trouble. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Wellington Methodist Episcopal Church. Interment will be in the Floral Hill Cemetery here. Emma Christena Anderson was born April 17, 1869 at Holmstad (should be Snostorp), Sweden. Her parents were Carl and Anna (Elison) Anderson (should be Carl Andersson and Anna Johanna Eliasson). She leaves her husband and the following children: Anna, wife of Lawrence Lane of Hoopeston; Walter Anderson of Wellington; and Hilding and Hildur Anderson, at home (Wellington). Also surviving are two brothers Bernard (should be Bernardt) Carlson of Hoopeston and John Carlson in Sweden; one sister Mrs. Ida Brown (should be Bruhn) in Sweden; and one grandchild Brownie Virginia Lane of Hoopeston. Mrs. Anderson's body, brought to the Hamilton undertaking establishment here, will be returned to the home after being prepared for burial.
#2. Anderson Rites at Wellington Followed by Burial in Floral Hill Cemetery. (Hoopeston, IL Chronicle Herald Monday, June 10, 1935)
The body of Mrs. John Anderson, 66 year old resident of Wellington, was interred in the Floral Hill cemetery here Sunday afternoon (June 9, 1935) after funeral services at 2 o'clock at the Wellington M. E. (Methodist Episcopal) Church. Serving as pall bearers were: Gus Carlson, Otto Stiller, Louis Johnson, Robert Berg, John Sundberg, and Andrew Gothberg, all of Wellington vicinity. Rev. Preston Horst, Wellington pastor, delivered the funeral discourse. A quartet composed of Edna Hostetler, Leona Pruitt, M.F. Merritt and Hubert Echard sang "Rock of Ages", "Hark, Hark, My Soul" and "Thy Will Be Done" with miss Jeanne Merritt playing the piano accompaniment. Those in charge of the flowers were: Bertha Briggs, Lois Briggs, Geraldine Figg, Charlotte Sistler, Gertrude Sistler, Fern Hollen, Ma---ine (name obscured) Stewart, June Johnson and Mildred Swovland. Mrs. Anderson died at her home Thursday morning (June 6, 1935) after a several months' illness from heart trouble. She was a native of Sweden.
Emma Christina Carlson, was born 4/17/1869 in Snostorp, Sweden (near the port city of Halmstad), the 4th of 5 children of Carl Andersson (3/24/1834 - 2/26/1887) and Anna Eliasson (7/21/1836 - 10/10/1916) who were married in Snostorp in January of 1857. As was typical at that time, Emma and her siblings took the last name "Carlson" from their father's 1st name. Her siblings were John (born about 1858), Ida (about 1861, married name Bruhn), Sven Peter (1865), and Anton Bernardt (1872).
Emma and her siblings grew up and went to school and the Lutheran Church in Snostorp. They had several cousins nearby, including her future husband John Anderson and his 6 brothers and sisters. (John's father Anders Eliasson was a brother of Emma's mother.)
Emma's father died in 1887 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery, as was her mother when she died in 1916. In March of 1888 her brothers Sven Peter and Anton Bernardt immigrated to the US - Anton settled in Hoopeston, IL while Sven Peter went on to Loomis, Neb. Emma stayed in Snostorp with her mother, brother Carl, and sister Ida until 1898 when she immigrated to the US. Following is more info about the 5 Carlson siblings:
• John Carlson: ~1859 - ?. Born and lived entire life in Snostorp, Sweden. No information about possible marriage and children. Buried in the Lutheran Church cemetery in Snostorp, as are his parents and sister Ida.
• Ida (Carlson) Bruhn: ~1861 - 1955. Born and lived entire life in Snostorp, Sweden. Married a man named Bruhn as some point but was widowed and living alone when Aleda Hendrickson visited her in Snostorp about 1952. No indication she had children. Buried in the Lutheran Church cemetery in Snostorp, as are her parents and brother John.
• Sven Peter "Pete" Carlson: 1/5/1865 - 1933. Born and grew up in Snostorp, Sweden. Immigrated to the US in March of 1888 with his brother Anton Bernardt. He may have lived in Hoopston, IL (where Anton settled) for a month or two, but before the end of 1888 he moved to Loomis, Neb. where he lived the rest of his life. Never married but was very close to his cousin, Anna "Annie" (Anderson) Hendrickson and her family (Otto, Reuben, and Aleda Hendrickson) who also lived in Loomis. Pete and Annie were 1st cousins and grew up just a block apart in Snostorp. He died in Loomis in March of 1933 and was buried in the Sandstrom Cemetery, Phelps County, Neb.
• Emma Christina (Carlson) Anderson: 4/17/1869 - 6/6/1935. Born and raised in Snostorp, Sweden. Immigrated to the U.S. in March of 1898 when her cousin, John Anderson, came from Wellington, Il to take her back to marry him. They sailed from Liverpool, England March 5, 1898 on the ocean liner Etruria and arrived at NY (Ellis Island) about March 12 - then took a train across the mid-west to Illinois. She lived with her brother Anton Bernardt in Hoopeston, IL for 2 years until she and John married 2/14/1900 at Lafayette, IN. She was 30 and John was 35. Emma and John lived near Wellington, IL and had 4 children Anna Alice (1900), Carl Walter (1902), and twins Hildur and Hilding (1904). (See more detail about their children below.) She died at her home in Wellington, IL on 6/6/1935 and was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery north of Hoopeston, IL. John was buried next to her when he died in 1947. All 4 of their children are also buried in Floral Hill.
• Anton Bernardt "Bernard" Carlson: 2/9/1872 - 4/2/1949. FaG 19449601. Immigrated to the US in March of 1888 with his brother Sven Peter and settled in Hoopeston, IL. Married Alma Natalie Swanson about 1897 and they had 7 children: Hugo Clarence (1898), Helmer G. (1900), Wilbert S. "Webb" (1902), C. Vernal Herbert (1905), Leslie L. (1907), Jean Marjorie Isabelle (1916), and Daryle C. (1920). Bernardt ran a drug store on the north side of Main St. in Hoopeston for many years. His children worked in the store with him and two of the sons (Webb and another) took over the drug store when Bernardt retired. Bernardt, his wife, and most of his children are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston.
Emma and John lived near Wellington all of their married life, the first several years on a small farm north of town on the Cissna Park road, then for many years on a large farm south of town on the road to the Hoopeston cemetery. John was a successful tenant farmer and a good investor who often loaned money to other farmers and local business. Emma was a wonderful mother to their 4 children:
1) Anna Alice (Anderson) Lane - born 12/27/1900. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1921. Went on to Illinois State Normal Teachers College (now Illinois State Univ.) in Bloomington to become a teacher. Graduated and returned to Wellington but could not find a teaching position so worked at various other jobs in Hoopeston. In early 1924 she met Lawrence Lewis "Pinkie" Lane, a Hoopeston WWI veteran whose first wife had died . They married 10/21/1924 and lived in Hoopeston the rest of their lives. Had 1 child, Brownie Virginia Lane (married name Kaag), born 11/19/1926. Pinkie died 2/5/1971. Anna continued living in Hoopeston until her death 2/5/1985 at age 84. Anna and Pinkie are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston near her parents.
2) Carl Walter Anderson (went by Walter) - born 12/7/1901. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1919. Farmed with his father and brother Hilding. Began dating Alfrieda S. "Freeda" Pearson in the early 1930s. Freeda had gone to Illinois State Normal Teachers College with Walter's sister, Anna, and taught at the Wellington Schools for more than 3 decades. Walter and Freeda married in 1934 or 1935 and had one child - Lorna Jean Anderson (married name Palmateer) born July, 1936. Walter and Frieda lived most of their married life on the farm on cemetery road south of Wellington where Walter had grown up. Then after they retired in the late 1960s they moved to a house in Hoopeston. Freeda died 11/26/1985 and Walter died 2/18/1987 at age 85. They are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston.
3) Hildur (Anderson) Goodwine - born 8/21/1904. Twin of Hilding. Her middle name may hav e been Augusta. Attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington HS in 1922. Lived with her parents and brothers on the family farm between Wellington and Hoopeston until her mother became ill in 1933 or 1934 and her parents moved to a house in Wellington. Hildur continued living on the farm with her brothers but went to Wellington every day to care for her parents. After her mother died in 1935 Hildur moved into the house in Wellington to take care of her father. In the Fall of 1940 Pinkie Lane (her brother-in-law) introduced Hildur to Dice Goodwine from Rossville who was a widower with two teenagers, Harold Dice Goodwine (6/13/1925 - 6/26/1994) and Winifred "Winnie" (Goodwine) Kelley (10/16/1926 - 9/4/1989). Hildur and Dice were married on 6/4/1941. They did not have children together but Hildur was a good step mother to Harold Dice and Winnie. She was also very close to her niece, Brownie (Lane) Kaag, and was like a 2nd mother to Brownie and a 2nd grandmother to Brownie's children. For the first 10 years Hildur and Dice lived on a farm east of Rossville where Dice raised crops and cattle. Then about 1952 they moved to the Honeywell Apartments in Hoopeston and about 1955 to a stone house they had built at 725 East Maple St. Dice died 9/1/1975 at age 76 and was buried in the Hoopeston Cemetery. Hildur remained in the house on Maple Street for 2 or 3 years, then about 1978 sold the house and moved to an apartment on the south side of Rte. 9 (east of the intersection with Rte. 1). Then in 2001 (age 97) she moved into an apartment at the Country Terrace assisted living facility in Hoopeston. She lived there for 9 years and celebrated her 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, and 105th birthdays at Country Terrace surrounded by a wide array of family and friends. Hildur died 1/13/2010 at age 105 and was buried at Floral Hill Cemetery next to Dice.
4) Hilding August Anderson - born 8/21/1904. Twin of Hildur. Attended Wellington schools. and graduated from Wellington High School in 1922. Married Elizabeth M. "Beth" Marshall 9/2/1937. Beth grew up in Hoopeston (daughter of Charles and Margaret (Duncan) Marshall) and was a teacher. They had no children but were close to Hilding's nieces Brownie and Lorna Jean, and to Elizabeth's family in California. Hilding was a farmer and he and Beth initially lived on the farm on cemetery road south of Wellington where Hilding had grown up. He and his brother, Walter, tenant farmed that land. Then in 1952 Hilding and Beth bought a farm outside Boswell, IN. Hilding died 9/26/1977 at age 73 and was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston. Beth continued to live on the farm near Boswell until 1987 when she moved to Carpinteria, CA to be near her brother Eugene Duncan Marshall. After her brother died, she moved (1999) to Mission Viejo, CA to be near two of her nephews and their families. Beth died 8/9/2002 (age 94) at Mission Viejo. Her body was brought back to Hoopeston and buried next to Hilding at Floral Hill Cemetery.
Following are two obituaries for Emma that were published in the Hoopeston Chronical Herald newspaper.
#1. Wellington Woman Dies This Morning. Mrs. John Anderson Will Be Buried Sunday. (Hoopeston, IL Chronicle Herald Newspaper June 6, 1935).
Death at 9:15 o'clock this morning (Thursday, June 6, 1935) claimed the life of Mrs. John Anderson, 66, of Wellington and mother of Mrs. Lawrence lane of this city, who has been ill since last December with heart trouble. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Wellington Methodist Episcopal Church. Interment will be in the Floral Hill Cemetery here. Emma Christena Anderson was born April 17, 1869 at Holmstad (should be Snostorp), Sweden. Her parents were Carl and Anna (Elison) Anderson (should be Carl Andersson and Anna Johanna Eliasson). She leaves her husband and the following children: Anna, wife of Lawrence Lane of Hoopeston; Walter Anderson of Wellington; and Hilding and Hildur Anderson, at home (Wellington). Also surviving are two brothers Bernard (should be Bernardt) Carlson of Hoopeston and John Carlson in Sweden; one sister Mrs. Ida Brown (should be Bruhn) in Sweden; and one grandchild Brownie Virginia Lane of Hoopeston. Mrs. Anderson's body, brought to the Hamilton undertaking establishment here, will be returned to the home after being prepared for burial.
#2. Anderson Rites at Wellington Followed by Burial in Floral Hill Cemetery. (Hoopeston, IL Chronicle Herald Monday, June 10, 1935)
The body of Mrs. John Anderson, 66 year old resident of Wellington, was interred in the Floral Hill cemetery here Sunday afternoon (June 9, 1935) after funeral services at 2 o'clock at the Wellington M. E. (Methodist Episcopal) Church. Serving as pall bearers were: Gus Carlson, Otto Stiller, Louis Johnson, Robert Berg, John Sundberg, and Andrew Gothberg, all of Wellington vicinity. Rev. Preston Horst, Wellington pastor, delivered the funeral discourse. A quartet composed of Edna Hostetler, Leona Pruitt, M.F. Merritt and Hubert Echard sang "Rock of Ages", "Hark, Hark, My Soul" and "Thy Will Be Done" with miss Jeanne Merritt playing the piano accompaniment. Those in charge of the flowers were: Bertha Briggs, Lois Briggs, Geraldine Figg, Charlotte Sistler, Gertrude Sistler, Fern Hollen, Ma---ine (name obscured) Stewart, June Johnson and Mildred Swovland. Mrs. Anderson died at her home Thursday morning (June 6, 1935) after a several months' illness from heart trouble. She was a native of Sweden.
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