(Bio submitted by K. Gregg Prillaman, [email protected].)
John Anderson was born 6/18/1864 on a farm near the town of Snostorp in Halland province, Sweden, the 2nd of 7 children of Anders Eliasson (9/12/1832 - 2/2/1891) and Anna Johanna Bengtsdotter (3/4/1835 - 5/5/1888). His parents were married 10/13/1858 and lived their entire married life in Snostorp. John's father's last name was Eliasson and his mother's was Bengtsdotter, but as was typical at that time, John and his siblings took their last name "Andersson" (shortened to "Anderson" in the US) from their father's 1st name. John's siblings were John B. (born 1862), Anna "Annie" (1867), Emma (1871), twins Augusta "Gustie" and August (1875), and Mathilda "Tilda" (1877).
Snostorp was a small farming community in southwestern Sweden close to the port city of Halmstad on the North Sea (near Denmark). That area of Sweden was part of Denmark until 1650 and was home to many of the Vikings who raided England, France, and other countries during the period 800 - 1100. The Vikings were "farmer-warriors" who planted their crops in the spring, pillaged Europe during the summer, then returned home for the fall harvest. We don't know for sure that John's ancestors were Vikings but it is very likely. It is also very likely for John's wife, Emma Carlson, whose ancestors were from the same area.
John and his siblings grew up on their parents' farm and attended school and the Lutheran Church in Snostorp. Several cousins named Carlson lived nearby, including Emma Christina Carlson who would later become John's wife. (Emma's mother and John's father were siblings.) John's mother died of consumption in May of 1888 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery (his father was buried next to her when he died in 1891). In his late teens and early 20s John drove a horse-drawn coach (taxi) in Halmstad. Then in 1887 or 1888 he and his brother John B. traveled by ship to the U.S. and then by railroad to the town of Wellington in Iroquois Co., IL (east central IL near the IN border) to explore opportunities for the family. They may have had relatives already living there as there were several Andersons and Carlsons in Iroquois Co. at that time. A great many Swedes were buying farmland along the new Illinois Central Railroad route that ran from Chicago to southern Illinois. The railroad had received huge grants of land from the Federal Govt. and was advertising land at bargain prices (about $10 per acre) in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. That prompted thousands of Swedes, Norwegians, and others to immigrate during the period 1880 - 1900. Wellington and Milford in Iroquois Co. were particularly popular with Swedes like the Andersons and the Carlsons.
John and John B. returned to Snostorp and in 1889 all 7 siblings immigrated to the US. John was age 25, John B. 27, Anna 22, Emma 17, Augusta and August 14, and Mathilda 12. None of them spoke English when they arrived but were able to get along in the large Swedish community. They initially lived together on a farm north of Wellington where John, John B., and August worked as tenant farmers. Over time the siblings married and went different directions, but they always remained a close family and frequently visited one another at their homes in Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, and North Dakota. Following is some information about each:
• John B. Anderson (Johan Birger Andersson in Swedish): 5/7/1862 - 8/22/1926. FaG #129151452. Came to the US in 1889 at age 27 with his 6 siblings. Initially lived on farm north of Wellington with his brothers and sisters, then in 1891 married Swedish immigrant Jennie Christian Peterson (1865-1952) and moved to a farm near Milford, IL. They had 5 children: Herman W. (1892), Esther J. (1894, married name Freeman), Ellen Sadalia (1895, married name Rosenberger), J. Arthur (1901), and Seigel A. (1902). Moved to a farm near Stockland, IL in the early 1900s and remained in Stockland the rest of their lives. John died in 1926 at age 64. Jennie remained in Stockland or nearby towns until her death in 1952 at age 87. They are buried in the Sugar Creek Cemetery in Stockland, Iroquois Co., IL along with all 5 of their children. Several other Andersons who may be relatives are also in that cemetery.
• John (Johan in Swedish) Anderson: 6/18/1864 - 7/7/1947. Arrived in the US in 1889 (age 25) with his siblings and lived in or near Wellington, IL the rest of his life. Married his Swedish immigrant cousin Emma Christina Carlson, 2/14/1900 (11 years after he immigrated), and they had 4 children: Anna Alice (1900), Carl Walter (1901), and twins Hilding August and Hildur (1904). They initially lived on a farm on the Cissna Park road NW of Wellington then about 1912 moved to a larger farm south of Wellington on the road to Floral Hill cemetery. About 1934 they moved to a house in Wellington where Emma died 6/6/1935 at age 66. John remained a widower until his death 7/7/1947 at age 83. They are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston, IL, as are all 4 of their children. (See more detailed info below)
• Anna "Annie" (Anderson) Hendrickson: 12/29/1867 - 3/27/1951. FaG #41049502. Immigrated to the US in 1889 at age 22 and lived with her siblings on a farm north of Wellington, IL. Married Swedish immigrant, August "Otto" Hendrickson, about 1896 and moved to Nebraska where they farmed near the towns of Loomis and Holdrege. They had 2 children - Reuben E. (1897 - 1969) and Aleda S. (1906 - 2003). Reuben married a woman whose first name was Lydia; unknown whether they had children. Aleda did not marry but had a very interesting career as a photographer.. Otto died 8/28/1943 at age 77. Annie remained a widow until she died 3/27/1951 at age 83. Annie, Otto, Aleda, Reuben and Lydia are all buried in the Moses Hill Cemetery in Loomis, Neb. along with several other Hendricksons.
• Emma "Emmy" (Anderson) Nelson: 5/16/1871 - 3/3/1957. FaG #101576189. Immigrated to the US in 1889 at age 17 and lived with her siblings on a farm north of Wellington, Iroquois Co., IL. Married Charles O. "Olie" Nelson (1863-1943) about 1896 and they had 6 children: Ruth V. (1897-after 1941, married name Martin), Judith A. C. (1900-1920, did not marry), Esther L. (1902, married name Adsit), Naomi E. (1904-1974, married name Hilgart), Chester O. (1907-1973), and Kermit A. (1909 - 1998). Charles was a farmer and they lived on a farm near Fountain Creek in Iroquois Co. for many years. Then in the late 1920s he became an insurance agent and they moved to Milford, IL. Charles died in 1943 at age 79 and was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Milford next to their daughter Judith who had died in 1920 at age 19. After Charles died, Emma moved to Kalamazoo, MI to live with or near her daughter Naomi and husband Arthur Hilgart. Emma was living in Kalamazoo when she attended John Anderson's funeral in 1947. Emma died 3/3/1957 at age 85 and was buried next to Charles and Judith in the Maple Grove Cemetery. Their daughter Ruth (and husband William A. Martin). daughter Esther (and husband Harold C. Adsit), and their son Chester (and wife Lenora) are also buried there.
• Augusta "Gustie" (Anderson) Grimson: 5/15/1875 - 3/24/1926. Twin of August Anderson. Immigrated to US in 1889 at age 14 and lived at least 5 years with John and her other siblings on a farm north of Wellington, IL. We have no info about her 20s and 30s. If she married, she was probably widowed because in her late 30s or early 40s (between 1911 and 1918) she married Danish immigrant Carl Wilhelm Christian Grimson who was a cabinetmaker in Chicago. She was Carl's 2nd wife and became step-mother to his son George Edward who was born 1/1/1909. Carl's 1st wife, Adina, had died after the 1910 Census. The 1920 Census shows Augusta (age 45), Carl (40), and George (12) living on Nelson Street in Chicago. It also shows her birth year as 1875 and her immigration from Sweden in 1889. Augusta died in Chicago 3/24/1926 at age 50. Family notes say she was brought back to Wellington by train and buried in Floral Hill Cemetery south of town. We have not yet found a stone for her under Grimson or Anderson at Floral Hill, so either her stone disappeared over the years or she may have been buried with a 1st husband. The 1930 Census shows Carl married again, but his 3rd wife (Paulina) died in 1935. Augusta's stepson George Grimson became an accountant and moved to England, where he died in 1963.
• Sven August "August" Anderson: 5/15/1875 - 8/31/1961. FaG #96147498. Immigrated with his siblings in 1889 at age 14 and lived most of his life on farms near Wellington and Milford, IL. Married Swedish immigrant, Clara A. Enbom (or Embom) in 1903. They had 14 children: Helen A. (1903, married name Treadway), Gladys M. (1905, married name?), Lillian R. (1906, did not marry), Edwin (1909), Gertrude L. (1910, married name Dahlen), Russell (1913), Lester A. "Andy" (1914), Dorothy E. (1916, married name Olson), Evelyn C. (1917, married name Hallaron), August Jr. "Pete" (1919), John C. (1921), Carl R. (1923), Mary A. (1926, did not marry), and Sydney "Sid" (1929). Clara died in 1937 at age 53 and August in 1961 at age 86. They are buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Milford, IL, as are several of their children.
• Mathilda "Tilda" (Anderson) Gothberg: 9/11/1877 - 3/10/1958. FaG # 26100137. Immigrated in 1889 at age 12 and lived with her siblings on the farm north of Wellington, IL. Married another Swedish immigrant who lived in Wellington, Otto William Gothberg (1875 - 1959), on 10/2/1897. They had two daughters: Edith Johanna (married name ?) born 8/2/1900 and Alice Maria (married name Ferguson) born 10/23/1904. Tilda and Otto moved to Grand Forks County, North Dakota about 1906 and lived there the rest of their lives. They were in the town of Grand Turtle for the 1910 Census, Lakeville in 1920, Turtle River in 1930, Levant in 1940, and later in Manvel. Otto worked as a farmer/laborer and Tilda as a housekeeper. Otto died 8/21/1959 and Tilda 3/10/1958. They are buried in the Memorial South Park Cemetery in Grand Forks , ND, as is their daughter Alice Maria. Alice Maria married Warden Ferguson 11/10/1923 and died 3/26/1998 in Grand Forks, ND. No additional info on Edith Johanna.
John's future wife, Emma Christina Carlson, was born 4/17/1869 on a farm near Snostorp, Sweden, the 4th of 5 children of Carl Andersson (3/24/1834 - 2/26/1887) and Anna Eliasson (7/21/1836 - 10/10/1916). As was the custom, she and her siblings took their last name (Carlson) from their father's 1st name. Her siblings were John Carlson (born ~1858), Ida (Carlson) Bruhn (~1861), Sven Peter Carlson (1865), and Anton Bernhardt Carlson (1872). Emma's father died in 1887 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery (her mother was buried next to him when she died in 1916). In March of 1888 her brothers Sven Peter and Anton Bernhardt immigrated to the US. Anton settled in Hoopeston, IL while Sven Peter went on to Loomis, Nebraska. Emma remained in Snostorp with her mother, brother John and sister Ida until early 1898 when her cousin, John Anderson, traveled to Snostorp from Wellington, IL to take Emma back to marry him. Emma, John, and a 7-year-old boy named Henning Johanson traveled by ship from Halmstad, Sweden to Liverpool, England and then took the ocean liner Etruria from Liverpool to New York City. They left Liverpool on March 5 and arrived at NY (Ellis Island) about March 12, then took a train from NY to Illinois. Emma lived with her brother Bernardt who ran a drug store in Hoopeston for about 2 years until she and John were married on Valentines Day, 2/14/1900, at Lafayette, IN. She was 30 and John was 35.
John and Emma lived in Wellington, IL the rest of their lives, 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 in July of 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 August. (Her middle name was probably 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 worked to be 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 - 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 96) 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 is John's Obituary published in the Hoopeston Chronicle Herald newspaper 7/12/1947
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church in Wellington Saturday afternoon (July 12, 1947) for John Anderson, 83, aged and highly respected resident of that community. Mr. Anderson passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dice Goodwine (Hildur Anderson), at Cheneyville, at 3:30 pm Wednesday, July 9.
Rev. Chester Sheldon, pastor of the Wellington church, officiated at the funeral service. Hymns "Sunrise" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" were sung by Mrs. Jack Hodge and Mrs. Forest Burton, accompanied by Mrs. Carl Clements at the piano. Interment was at Floral Hill cemetery. Pall bearers were Messrs. Edward Briggs, Maurice Lockhart, Clyde Gillins, Warren Lockhart, Clovis Hollin and Harry Leverenz. Floral tributes were in charge of Lois Armstrong, Gladys and Jeanette Leverenz, Mae Briggs, Mildrid Sproll, Pearl Gillins, Jane Gray, Pauline Lockhart, Vivian Clements and Irene Briggs.
The following obituary was read at the funeral service:
"John Anderson was born in Halmstad (Snostorp), Sweden on June 18,1864 and departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dice Goodwine, near Cheneyville on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, July 9, 1947, aged 83 years and 21 days.
At the age of 15 he was confirmed in the Swedish Lutheran faith, to which he remained true until his death. In 1889 Mr. Anderson left Sweden for America, coming to the Wellington community where he made his home. On February 14, 1900 he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Carlson, also a native of Sweden. To this union four children were born: Anna, wife of Lawrence Lane of Hoopeston; Walter and Hilding of Wellington; and Hildur, wife of Dice Goodwine of Rossville. Two grandchildren, Brownie Lane Kaag and Lorna Jean Anderson, also remain to mourn his passing.
Mr. Anderson also leaves three sisters: Mrs. August Hendrickson (Anna) of Loomis, Nebr.; Mrs. Tilda Gothberg (Mathilda) of Manvel, North Dakota; and Mrs. Emma Nelson of Kalamazoo, Michigan; and one brother, August Anderson of Milford. Mrs. Anderson (John's wife Emma) passed away at her home in Wellington on June 6, 1935. One sister, Augusta Grimson and one brother, John B. Anderson also preceded him in death."
Mr. Anderson was a devoted father, a kind neighbor, and a good citizen; one who will be sadly missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. Those who came from a distance to attend the funeral were Mrs. C. O. Nelson (John's sister Emma) and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hilgart (John's sister Emma's daughter Naomi) of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Mrs. Rudolph Dahlen (August Anderson's daughter Gertrude), Mrs. George Hallaron (August Anderson's daughter Evelyn), Carl and George Grimson of Chicago (husband and step-son of John's dead sister Augusta Grimson).
John Anderson was born 6/18/1864 on a farm near the town of Snostorp in Halland province, Sweden, the 2nd of 7 children of Anders Eliasson (9/12/1832 - 2/2/1891) and Anna Johanna Bengtsdotter (3/4/1835 - 5/5/1888). His parents were married 10/13/1858 and lived their entire married life in Snostorp. John's father's last name was Eliasson and his mother's was Bengtsdotter, but as was typical at that time, John and his siblings took their last name "Andersson" (shortened to "Anderson" in the US) from their father's 1st name. John's siblings were John B. (born 1862), Anna "Annie" (1867), Emma (1871), twins Augusta "Gustie" and August (1875), and Mathilda "Tilda" (1877).
Snostorp was a small farming community in southwestern Sweden close to the port city of Halmstad on the North Sea (near Denmark). That area of Sweden was part of Denmark until 1650 and was home to many of the Vikings who raided England, France, and other countries during the period 800 - 1100. The Vikings were "farmer-warriors" who planted their crops in the spring, pillaged Europe during the summer, then returned home for the fall harvest. We don't know for sure that John's ancestors were Vikings but it is very likely. It is also very likely for John's wife, Emma Carlson, whose ancestors were from the same area.
John and his siblings grew up on their parents' farm and attended school and the Lutheran Church in Snostorp. Several cousins named Carlson lived nearby, including Emma Christina Carlson who would later become John's wife. (Emma's mother and John's father were siblings.) John's mother died of consumption in May of 1888 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery (his father was buried next to her when he died in 1891). In his late teens and early 20s John drove a horse-drawn coach (taxi) in Halmstad. Then in 1887 or 1888 he and his brother John B. traveled by ship to the U.S. and then by railroad to the town of Wellington in Iroquois Co., IL (east central IL near the IN border) to explore opportunities for the family. They may have had relatives already living there as there were several Andersons and Carlsons in Iroquois Co. at that time. A great many Swedes were buying farmland along the new Illinois Central Railroad route that ran from Chicago to southern Illinois. The railroad had received huge grants of land from the Federal Govt. and was advertising land at bargain prices (about $10 per acre) in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. That prompted thousands of Swedes, Norwegians, and others to immigrate during the period 1880 - 1900. Wellington and Milford in Iroquois Co. were particularly popular with Swedes like the Andersons and the Carlsons.
John and John B. returned to Snostorp and in 1889 all 7 siblings immigrated to the US. John was age 25, John B. 27, Anna 22, Emma 17, Augusta and August 14, and Mathilda 12. None of them spoke English when they arrived but were able to get along in the large Swedish community. They initially lived together on a farm north of Wellington where John, John B., and August worked as tenant farmers. Over time the siblings married and went different directions, but they always remained a close family and frequently visited one another at their homes in Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, and North Dakota. Following is some information about each:
• John B. Anderson (Johan Birger Andersson in Swedish): 5/7/1862 - 8/22/1926. FaG #129151452. Came to the US in 1889 at age 27 with his 6 siblings. Initially lived on farm north of Wellington with his brothers and sisters, then in 1891 married Swedish immigrant Jennie Christian Peterson (1865-1952) and moved to a farm near Milford, IL. They had 5 children: Herman W. (1892), Esther J. (1894, married name Freeman), Ellen Sadalia (1895, married name Rosenberger), J. Arthur (1901), and Seigel A. (1902). Moved to a farm near Stockland, IL in the early 1900s and remained in Stockland the rest of their lives. John died in 1926 at age 64. Jennie remained in Stockland or nearby towns until her death in 1952 at age 87. They are buried in the Sugar Creek Cemetery in Stockland, Iroquois Co., IL along with all 5 of their children. Several other Andersons who may be relatives are also in that cemetery.
• John (Johan in Swedish) Anderson: 6/18/1864 - 7/7/1947. Arrived in the US in 1889 (age 25) with his siblings and lived in or near Wellington, IL the rest of his life. Married his Swedish immigrant cousin Emma Christina Carlson, 2/14/1900 (11 years after he immigrated), and they had 4 children: Anna Alice (1900), Carl Walter (1901), and twins Hilding August and Hildur (1904). They initially lived on a farm on the Cissna Park road NW of Wellington then about 1912 moved to a larger farm south of Wellington on the road to Floral Hill cemetery. About 1934 they moved to a house in Wellington where Emma died 6/6/1935 at age 66. John remained a widower until his death 7/7/1947 at age 83. They are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston, IL, as are all 4 of their children. (See more detailed info below)
• Anna "Annie" (Anderson) Hendrickson: 12/29/1867 - 3/27/1951. FaG #41049502. Immigrated to the US in 1889 at age 22 and lived with her siblings on a farm north of Wellington, IL. Married Swedish immigrant, August "Otto" Hendrickson, about 1896 and moved to Nebraska where they farmed near the towns of Loomis and Holdrege. They had 2 children - Reuben E. (1897 - 1969) and Aleda S. (1906 - 2003). Reuben married a woman whose first name was Lydia; unknown whether they had children. Aleda did not marry but had a very interesting career as a photographer.. Otto died 8/28/1943 at age 77. Annie remained a widow until she died 3/27/1951 at age 83. Annie, Otto, Aleda, Reuben and Lydia are all buried in the Moses Hill Cemetery in Loomis, Neb. along with several other Hendricksons.
• Emma "Emmy" (Anderson) Nelson: 5/16/1871 - 3/3/1957. FaG #101576189. Immigrated to the US in 1889 at age 17 and lived with her siblings on a farm north of Wellington, Iroquois Co., IL. Married Charles O. "Olie" Nelson (1863-1943) about 1896 and they had 6 children: Ruth V. (1897-after 1941, married name Martin), Judith A. C. (1900-1920, did not marry), Esther L. (1902, married name Adsit), Naomi E. (1904-1974, married name Hilgart), Chester O. (1907-1973), and Kermit A. (1909 - 1998). Charles was a farmer and they lived on a farm near Fountain Creek in Iroquois Co. for many years. Then in the late 1920s he became an insurance agent and they moved to Milford, IL. Charles died in 1943 at age 79 and was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Milford next to their daughter Judith who had died in 1920 at age 19. After Charles died, Emma moved to Kalamazoo, MI to live with or near her daughter Naomi and husband Arthur Hilgart. Emma was living in Kalamazoo when she attended John Anderson's funeral in 1947. Emma died 3/3/1957 at age 85 and was buried next to Charles and Judith in the Maple Grove Cemetery. Their daughter Ruth (and husband William A. Martin). daughter Esther (and husband Harold C. Adsit), and their son Chester (and wife Lenora) are also buried there.
• Augusta "Gustie" (Anderson) Grimson: 5/15/1875 - 3/24/1926. Twin of August Anderson. Immigrated to US in 1889 at age 14 and lived at least 5 years with John and her other siblings on a farm north of Wellington, IL. We have no info about her 20s and 30s. If she married, she was probably widowed because in her late 30s or early 40s (between 1911 and 1918) she married Danish immigrant Carl Wilhelm Christian Grimson who was a cabinetmaker in Chicago. She was Carl's 2nd wife and became step-mother to his son George Edward who was born 1/1/1909. Carl's 1st wife, Adina, had died after the 1910 Census. The 1920 Census shows Augusta (age 45), Carl (40), and George (12) living on Nelson Street in Chicago. It also shows her birth year as 1875 and her immigration from Sweden in 1889. Augusta died in Chicago 3/24/1926 at age 50. Family notes say she was brought back to Wellington by train and buried in Floral Hill Cemetery south of town. We have not yet found a stone for her under Grimson or Anderson at Floral Hill, so either her stone disappeared over the years or she may have been buried with a 1st husband. The 1930 Census shows Carl married again, but his 3rd wife (Paulina) died in 1935. Augusta's stepson George Grimson became an accountant and moved to England, where he died in 1963.
• Sven August "August" Anderson: 5/15/1875 - 8/31/1961. FaG #96147498. Immigrated with his siblings in 1889 at age 14 and lived most of his life on farms near Wellington and Milford, IL. Married Swedish immigrant, Clara A. Enbom (or Embom) in 1903. They had 14 children: Helen A. (1903, married name Treadway), Gladys M. (1905, married name?), Lillian R. (1906, did not marry), Edwin (1909), Gertrude L. (1910, married name Dahlen), Russell (1913), Lester A. "Andy" (1914), Dorothy E. (1916, married name Olson), Evelyn C. (1917, married name Hallaron), August Jr. "Pete" (1919), John C. (1921), Carl R. (1923), Mary A. (1926, did not marry), and Sydney "Sid" (1929). Clara died in 1937 at age 53 and August in 1961 at age 86. They are buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Milford, IL, as are several of their children.
• Mathilda "Tilda" (Anderson) Gothberg: 9/11/1877 - 3/10/1958. FaG # 26100137. Immigrated in 1889 at age 12 and lived with her siblings on the farm north of Wellington, IL. Married another Swedish immigrant who lived in Wellington, Otto William Gothberg (1875 - 1959), on 10/2/1897. They had two daughters: Edith Johanna (married name ?) born 8/2/1900 and Alice Maria (married name Ferguson) born 10/23/1904. Tilda and Otto moved to Grand Forks County, North Dakota about 1906 and lived there the rest of their lives. They were in the town of Grand Turtle for the 1910 Census, Lakeville in 1920, Turtle River in 1930, Levant in 1940, and later in Manvel. Otto worked as a farmer/laborer and Tilda as a housekeeper. Otto died 8/21/1959 and Tilda 3/10/1958. They are buried in the Memorial South Park Cemetery in Grand Forks , ND, as is their daughter Alice Maria. Alice Maria married Warden Ferguson 11/10/1923 and died 3/26/1998 in Grand Forks, ND. No additional info on Edith Johanna.
John's future wife, Emma Christina Carlson, was born 4/17/1869 on a farm near Snostorp, Sweden, the 4th of 5 children of Carl Andersson (3/24/1834 - 2/26/1887) and Anna Eliasson (7/21/1836 - 10/10/1916). As was the custom, she and her siblings took their last name (Carlson) from their father's 1st name. Her siblings were John Carlson (born ~1858), Ida (Carlson) Bruhn (~1861), Sven Peter Carlson (1865), and Anton Bernhardt Carlson (1872). Emma's father died in 1887 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery (her mother was buried next to him when she died in 1916). In March of 1888 her brothers Sven Peter and Anton Bernhardt immigrated to the US. Anton settled in Hoopeston, IL while Sven Peter went on to Loomis, Nebraska. Emma remained in Snostorp with her mother, brother John and sister Ida until early 1898 when her cousin, John Anderson, traveled to Snostorp from Wellington, IL to take Emma back to marry him. Emma, John, and a 7-year-old boy named Henning Johanson traveled by ship from Halmstad, Sweden to Liverpool, England and then took the ocean liner Etruria from Liverpool to New York City. They left Liverpool on March 5 and arrived at NY (Ellis Island) about March 12, then took a train from NY to Illinois. Emma lived with her brother Bernardt who ran a drug store in Hoopeston for about 2 years until she and John were married on Valentines Day, 2/14/1900, at Lafayette, IN. She was 30 and John was 35.
John and Emma lived in Wellington, IL the rest of their lives, 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 in July of 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 August. (Her middle name was probably 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 worked to be 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 - 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 96) 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 is John's Obituary published in the Hoopeston Chronicle Herald newspaper 7/12/1947
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church in Wellington Saturday afternoon (July 12, 1947) for John Anderson, 83, aged and highly respected resident of that community. Mr. Anderson passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dice Goodwine (Hildur Anderson), at Cheneyville, at 3:30 pm Wednesday, July 9.
Rev. Chester Sheldon, pastor of the Wellington church, officiated at the funeral service. Hymns "Sunrise" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" were sung by Mrs. Jack Hodge and Mrs. Forest Burton, accompanied by Mrs. Carl Clements at the piano. Interment was at Floral Hill cemetery. Pall bearers were Messrs. Edward Briggs, Maurice Lockhart, Clyde Gillins, Warren Lockhart, Clovis Hollin and Harry Leverenz. Floral tributes were in charge of Lois Armstrong, Gladys and Jeanette Leverenz, Mae Briggs, Mildrid Sproll, Pearl Gillins, Jane Gray, Pauline Lockhart, Vivian Clements and Irene Briggs.
The following obituary was read at the funeral service:
"John Anderson was born in Halmstad (Snostorp), Sweden on June 18,1864 and departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dice Goodwine, near Cheneyville on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, July 9, 1947, aged 83 years and 21 days.
At the age of 15 he was confirmed in the Swedish Lutheran faith, to which he remained true until his death. In 1889 Mr. Anderson left Sweden for America, coming to the Wellington community where he made his home. On February 14, 1900 he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Carlson, also a native of Sweden. To this union four children were born: Anna, wife of Lawrence Lane of Hoopeston; Walter and Hilding of Wellington; and Hildur, wife of Dice Goodwine of Rossville. Two grandchildren, Brownie Lane Kaag and Lorna Jean Anderson, also remain to mourn his passing.
Mr. Anderson also leaves three sisters: Mrs. August Hendrickson (Anna) of Loomis, Nebr.; Mrs. Tilda Gothberg (Mathilda) of Manvel, North Dakota; and Mrs. Emma Nelson of Kalamazoo, Michigan; and one brother, August Anderson of Milford. Mrs. Anderson (John's wife Emma) passed away at her home in Wellington on June 6, 1935. One sister, Augusta Grimson and one brother, John B. Anderson also preceded him in death."
Mr. Anderson was a devoted father, a kind neighbor, and a good citizen; one who will be sadly missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. Those who came from a distance to attend the funeral were Mrs. C. O. Nelson (John's sister Emma) and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hilgart (John's sister Emma's daughter Naomi) of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Mrs. Rudolph Dahlen (August Anderson's daughter Gertrude), Mrs. George Hallaron (August Anderson's daughter Evelyn), Carl and George Grimson of Chicago (husband and step-son of John's dead sister Augusta Grimson).
(Bio submitted by K. Gregg Prillaman, [email protected].)
John Anderson was born 6/18/1864 on a farm near the town of Snostorp in Halland province, Sweden, the 2nd of 7 children of Anders Eliasson (9/12/1832 - 2/2/1891) and Anna Johanna Bengtsdotter (3/4/1835 - 5/5/1888). His parents were married 10/13/1858 and lived their entire married life in Snostorp. John's father's last name was Eliasson and his mother's was Bengtsdotter, but as was typical at that time, John and his siblings took their last name "Andersson" (shortened to "Anderson" in the US) from their father's 1st name. John's siblings were John B. (born 1862), Anna "Annie" (1867), Emma (1871), twins Augusta "Gustie" and August (1875), and Mathilda "Tilda" (1877).
Snostorp was a small farming community in southwestern Sweden close to the port city of Halmstad on the North Sea (near Denmark). That area of Sweden was part of Denmark until 1650 and was home to many of the Vikings who raided England, France, and other countries during the period 800 - 1100. The Vikings were "farmer-warriors" who planted their crops in the spring, pillaged Europe during the summer, then returned home for the fall harvest. We don't know for sure that John's ancestors were Vikings but it is very likely. It is also very likely for John's wife, Emma Carlson, whose ancestors were from the same area.
John and his siblings grew up on their parents' farm and attended school and the Lutheran Church in Snostorp. Several cousins named Carlson lived nearby, including Emma Christina Carlson who would later become John's wife. (Emma's mother and John's father were siblings.) John's mother died of consumption in May of 1888 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery (his father was buried next to her when he died in 1891). In his late teens and early 20s John drove a horse-drawn coach (taxi) in Halmstad. Then in 1887 or 1888 he and his brother John B. traveled by ship to the U.S. and then by railroad to the town of Wellington in Iroquois Co., IL (east central IL near the IN border) to explore opportunities for the family. They may have had relatives already living there as there were several Andersons and Carlsons in Iroquois Co. at that time. A great many Swedes were buying farmland along the new Illinois Central Railroad route that ran from Chicago to southern Illinois. The railroad had received huge grants of land from the Federal Govt. and was advertising land at bargain prices (about $10 per acre) in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. That prompted thousands of Swedes, Norwegians, and others to immigrate during the period 1880 - 1900. Wellington and Milford in Iroquois Co. were particularly popular with Swedes like the Andersons and the Carlsons.
John and John B. returned to Snostorp and in 1889 all 7 siblings immigrated to the US. John was age 25, John B. 27, Anna 22, Emma 17, Augusta and August 14, and Mathilda 12. None of them spoke English when they arrived but were able to get along in the large Swedish community. They initially lived together on a farm north of Wellington where John, John B., and August worked as tenant farmers. Over time the siblings married and went different directions, but they always remained a close family and frequently visited one another at their homes in Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, and North Dakota. Following is some information about each:
• John B. Anderson (Johan Birger Andersson in Swedish): 5/7/1862 - 8/22/1926. FaG #129151452. Came to the US in 1889 at age 27 with his 6 siblings. Initially lived on farm north of Wellington with his brothers and sisters, then in 1891 married Swedish immigrant Jennie Christian Peterson (1865-1952) and moved to a farm near Milford, IL. They had 5 children: Herman W. (1892), Esther J. (1894, married name Freeman), Ellen Sadalia (1895, married name Rosenberger), J. Arthur (1901), and Seigel A. (1902). Moved to a farm near Stockland, IL in the early 1900s and remained in Stockland the rest of their lives. John died in 1926 at age 64. Jennie remained in Stockland or nearby towns until her death in 1952 at age 87. They are buried in the Sugar Creek Cemetery in Stockland, Iroquois Co., IL along with all 5 of their children. Several other Andersons who may be relatives are also in that cemetery.
• John (Johan in Swedish) Anderson: 6/18/1864 - 7/7/1947. Arrived in the US in 1889 (age 25) with his siblings and lived in or near Wellington, IL the rest of his life. Married his Swedish immigrant cousin Emma Christina Carlson, 2/14/1900 (11 years after he immigrated), and they had 4 children: Anna Alice (1900), Carl Walter (1901), and twins Hilding August and Hildur (1904). They initially lived on a farm on the Cissna Park road NW of Wellington then about 1912 moved to a larger farm south of Wellington on the road to Floral Hill cemetery. About 1934 they moved to a house in Wellington where Emma died 6/6/1935 at age 66. John remained a widower until his death 7/7/1947 at age 83. They are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston, IL, as are all 4 of their children. (See more detailed info below)
• Anna "Annie" (Anderson) Hendrickson: 12/29/1867 - 3/27/1951. FaG #41049502. Immigrated to the US in 1889 at age 22 and lived with her siblings on a farm north of Wellington, IL. Married Swedish immigrant, August "Otto" Hendrickson, about 1896 and moved to Nebraska where they farmed near the towns of Loomis and Holdrege. They had 2 children - Reuben E. (1897 - 1969) and Aleda S. (1906 - 2003). Reuben married a woman whose first name was Lydia; unknown whether they had children. Aleda did not marry but had a very interesting career as a photographer.. Otto died 8/28/1943 at age 77. Annie remained a widow until she died 3/27/1951 at age 83. Annie, Otto, Aleda, Reuben and Lydia are all buried in the Moses Hill Cemetery in Loomis, Neb. along with several other Hendricksons.
• Emma "Emmy" (Anderson) Nelson: 5/16/1871 - 3/3/1957. FaG #101576189. Immigrated to the US in 1889 at age 17 and lived with her siblings on a farm north of Wellington, Iroquois Co., IL. Married Charles O. "Olie" Nelson (1863-1943) about 1896 and they had 6 children: Ruth V. (1897-after 1941, married name Martin), Judith A. C. (1900-1920, did not marry), Esther L. (1902, married name Adsit), Naomi E. (1904-1974, married name Hilgart), Chester O. (1907-1973), and Kermit A. (1909 - 1998). Charles was a farmer and they lived on a farm near Fountain Creek in Iroquois Co. for many years. Then in the late 1920s he became an insurance agent and they moved to Milford, IL. Charles died in 1943 at age 79 and was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Milford next to their daughter Judith who had died in 1920 at age 19. After Charles died, Emma moved to Kalamazoo, MI to live with or near her daughter Naomi and husband Arthur Hilgart. Emma was living in Kalamazoo when she attended John Anderson's funeral in 1947. Emma died 3/3/1957 at age 85 and was buried next to Charles and Judith in the Maple Grove Cemetery. Their daughter Ruth (and husband William A. Martin). daughter Esther (and husband Harold C. Adsit), and their son Chester (and wife Lenora) are also buried there.
• Augusta "Gustie" (Anderson) Grimson: 5/15/1875 - 3/24/1926. Twin of August Anderson. Immigrated to US in 1889 at age 14 and lived at least 5 years with John and her other siblings on a farm north of Wellington, IL. We have no info about her 20s and 30s. If she married, she was probably widowed because in her late 30s or early 40s (between 1911 and 1918) she married Danish immigrant Carl Wilhelm Christian Grimson who was a cabinetmaker in Chicago. She was Carl's 2nd wife and became step-mother to his son George Edward who was born 1/1/1909. Carl's 1st wife, Adina, had died after the 1910 Census. The 1920 Census shows Augusta (age 45), Carl (40), and George (12) living on Nelson Street in Chicago. It also shows her birth year as 1875 and her immigration from Sweden in 1889. Augusta died in Chicago 3/24/1926 at age 50. Family notes say she was brought back to Wellington by train and buried in Floral Hill Cemetery south of town. We have not yet found a stone for her under Grimson or Anderson at Floral Hill, so either her stone disappeared over the years or she may have been buried with a 1st husband. The 1930 Census shows Carl married again, but his 3rd wife (Paulina) died in 1935. Augusta's stepson George Grimson became an accountant and moved to England, where he died in 1963.
• Sven August "August" Anderson: 5/15/1875 - 8/31/1961. FaG #96147498. Immigrated with his siblings in 1889 at age 14 and lived most of his life on farms near Wellington and Milford, IL. Married Swedish immigrant, Clara A. Enbom (or Embom) in 1903. They had 14 children: Helen A. (1903, married name Treadway), Gladys M. (1905, married name?), Lillian R. (1906, did not marry), Edwin (1909), Gertrude L. (1910, married name Dahlen), Russell (1913), Lester A. "Andy" (1914), Dorothy E. (1916, married name Olson), Evelyn C. (1917, married name Hallaron), August Jr. "Pete" (1919), John C. (1921), Carl R. (1923), Mary A. (1926, did not marry), and Sydney "Sid" (1929). Clara died in 1937 at age 53 and August in 1961 at age 86. They are buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Milford, IL, as are several of their children.
• Mathilda "Tilda" (Anderson) Gothberg: 9/11/1877 - 3/10/1958. FaG # 26100137. Immigrated in 1889 at age 12 and lived with her siblings on the farm north of Wellington, IL. Married another Swedish immigrant who lived in Wellington, Otto William Gothberg (1875 - 1959), on 10/2/1897. They had two daughters: Edith Johanna (married name ?) born 8/2/1900 and Alice Maria (married name Ferguson) born 10/23/1904. Tilda and Otto moved to Grand Forks County, North Dakota about 1906 and lived there the rest of their lives. They were in the town of Grand Turtle for the 1910 Census, Lakeville in 1920, Turtle River in 1930, Levant in 1940, and later in Manvel. Otto worked as a farmer/laborer and Tilda as a housekeeper. Otto died 8/21/1959 and Tilda 3/10/1958. They are buried in the Memorial South Park Cemetery in Grand Forks , ND, as is their daughter Alice Maria. Alice Maria married Warden Ferguson 11/10/1923 and died 3/26/1998 in Grand Forks, ND. No additional info on Edith Johanna.
John's future wife, Emma Christina Carlson, was born 4/17/1869 on a farm near Snostorp, Sweden, the 4th of 5 children of Carl Andersson (3/24/1834 - 2/26/1887) and Anna Eliasson (7/21/1836 - 10/10/1916). As was the custom, she and her siblings took their last name (Carlson) from their father's 1st name. Her siblings were John Carlson (born ~1858), Ida (Carlson) Bruhn (~1861), Sven Peter Carlson (1865), and Anton Bernhardt Carlson (1872). Emma's father died in 1887 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery (her mother was buried next to him when she died in 1916). In March of 1888 her brothers Sven Peter and Anton Bernhardt immigrated to the US. Anton settled in Hoopeston, IL while Sven Peter went on to Loomis, Nebraska. Emma remained in Snostorp with her mother, brother John and sister Ida until early 1898 when her cousin, John Anderson, traveled to Snostorp from Wellington, IL to take Emma back to marry him. Emma, John, and a 7-year-old boy named Henning Johanson traveled by ship from Halmstad, Sweden to Liverpool, England and then took the ocean liner Etruria from Liverpool to New York City. They left Liverpool on March 5 and arrived at NY (Ellis Island) about March 12, then took a train from NY to Illinois. Emma lived with her brother Bernardt who ran a drug store in Hoopeston for about 2 years until she and John were married on Valentines Day, 2/14/1900, at Lafayette, IN. She was 30 and John was 35.
John and Emma lived in Wellington, IL the rest of their lives, 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 in July of 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 August. (Her middle name was probably 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 worked to be 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 - 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 96) 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 is John's Obituary published in the Hoopeston Chronicle Herald newspaper 7/12/1947
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church in Wellington Saturday afternoon (July 12, 1947) for John Anderson, 83, aged and highly respected resident of that community. Mr. Anderson passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dice Goodwine (Hildur Anderson), at Cheneyville, at 3:30 pm Wednesday, July 9.
Rev. Chester Sheldon, pastor of the Wellington church, officiated at the funeral service. Hymns "Sunrise" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" were sung by Mrs. Jack Hodge and Mrs. Forest Burton, accompanied by Mrs. Carl Clements at the piano. Interment was at Floral Hill cemetery. Pall bearers were Messrs. Edward Briggs, Maurice Lockhart, Clyde Gillins, Warren Lockhart, Clovis Hollin and Harry Leverenz. Floral tributes were in charge of Lois Armstrong, Gladys and Jeanette Leverenz, Mae Briggs, Mildrid Sproll, Pearl Gillins, Jane Gray, Pauline Lockhart, Vivian Clements and Irene Briggs.
The following obituary was read at the funeral service:
"John Anderson was born in Halmstad (Snostorp), Sweden on June 18,1864 and departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dice Goodwine, near Cheneyville on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, July 9, 1947, aged 83 years and 21 days.
At the age of 15 he was confirmed in the Swedish Lutheran faith, to which he remained true until his death. In 1889 Mr. Anderson left Sweden for America, coming to the Wellington community where he made his home. On February 14, 1900 he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Carlson, also a native of Sweden. To this union four children were born: Anna, wife of Lawrence Lane of Hoopeston; Walter and Hilding of Wellington; and Hildur, wife of Dice Goodwine of Rossville. Two grandchildren, Brownie Lane Kaag and Lorna Jean Anderson, also remain to mourn his passing.
Mr. Anderson also leaves three sisters: Mrs. August Hendrickson (Anna) of Loomis, Nebr.; Mrs. Tilda Gothberg (Mathilda) of Manvel, North Dakota; and Mrs. Emma Nelson of Kalamazoo, Michigan; and one brother, August Anderson of Milford. Mrs. Anderson (John's wife Emma) passed away at her home in Wellington on June 6, 1935. One sister, Augusta Grimson and one brother, John B. Anderson also preceded him in death."
Mr. Anderson was a devoted father, a kind neighbor, and a good citizen; one who will be sadly missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. Those who came from a distance to attend the funeral were Mrs. C. O. Nelson (John's sister Emma) and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hilgart (John's sister Emma's daughter Naomi) of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Mrs. Rudolph Dahlen (August Anderson's daughter Gertrude), Mrs. George Hallaron (August Anderson's daughter Evelyn), Carl and George Grimson of Chicago (husband and step-son of John's dead sister Augusta Grimson).
John Anderson was born 6/18/1864 on a farm near the town of Snostorp in Halland province, Sweden, the 2nd of 7 children of Anders Eliasson (9/12/1832 - 2/2/1891) and Anna Johanna Bengtsdotter (3/4/1835 - 5/5/1888). His parents were married 10/13/1858 and lived their entire married life in Snostorp. John's father's last name was Eliasson and his mother's was Bengtsdotter, but as was typical at that time, John and his siblings took their last name "Andersson" (shortened to "Anderson" in the US) from their father's 1st name. John's siblings were John B. (born 1862), Anna "Annie" (1867), Emma (1871), twins Augusta "Gustie" and August (1875), and Mathilda "Tilda" (1877).
Snostorp was a small farming community in southwestern Sweden close to the port city of Halmstad on the North Sea (near Denmark). That area of Sweden was part of Denmark until 1650 and was home to many of the Vikings who raided England, France, and other countries during the period 800 - 1100. The Vikings were "farmer-warriors" who planted their crops in the spring, pillaged Europe during the summer, then returned home for the fall harvest. We don't know for sure that John's ancestors were Vikings but it is very likely. It is also very likely for John's wife, Emma Carlson, whose ancestors were from the same area.
John and his siblings grew up on their parents' farm and attended school and the Lutheran Church in Snostorp. Several cousins named Carlson lived nearby, including Emma Christina Carlson who would later become John's wife. (Emma's mother and John's father were siblings.) John's mother died of consumption in May of 1888 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery (his father was buried next to her when he died in 1891). In his late teens and early 20s John drove a horse-drawn coach (taxi) in Halmstad. Then in 1887 or 1888 he and his brother John B. traveled by ship to the U.S. and then by railroad to the town of Wellington in Iroquois Co., IL (east central IL near the IN border) to explore opportunities for the family. They may have had relatives already living there as there were several Andersons and Carlsons in Iroquois Co. at that time. A great many Swedes were buying farmland along the new Illinois Central Railroad route that ran from Chicago to southern Illinois. The railroad had received huge grants of land from the Federal Govt. and was advertising land at bargain prices (about $10 per acre) in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. That prompted thousands of Swedes, Norwegians, and others to immigrate during the period 1880 - 1900. Wellington and Milford in Iroquois Co. were particularly popular with Swedes like the Andersons and the Carlsons.
John and John B. returned to Snostorp and in 1889 all 7 siblings immigrated to the US. John was age 25, John B. 27, Anna 22, Emma 17, Augusta and August 14, and Mathilda 12. None of them spoke English when they arrived but were able to get along in the large Swedish community. They initially lived together on a farm north of Wellington where John, John B., and August worked as tenant farmers. Over time the siblings married and went different directions, but they always remained a close family and frequently visited one another at their homes in Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, and North Dakota. Following is some information about each:
• John B. Anderson (Johan Birger Andersson in Swedish): 5/7/1862 - 8/22/1926. FaG #129151452. Came to the US in 1889 at age 27 with his 6 siblings. Initially lived on farm north of Wellington with his brothers and sisters, then in 1891 married Swedish immigrant Jennie Christian Peterson (1865-1952) and moved to a farm near Milford, IL. They had 5 children: Herman W. (1892), Esther J. (1894, married name Freeman), Ellen Sadalia (1895, married name Rosenberger), J. Arthur (1901), and Seigel A. (1902). Moved to a farm near Stockland, IL in the early 1900s and remained in Stockland the rest of their lives. John died in 1926 at age 64. Jennie remained in Stockland or nearby towns until her death in 1952 at age 87. They are buried in the Sugar Creek Cemetery in Stockland, Iroquois Co., IL along with all 5 of their children. Several other Andersons who may be relatives are also in that cemetery.
• John (Johan in Swedish) Anderson: 6/18/1864 - 7/7/1947. Arrived in the US in 1889 (age 25) with his siblings and lived in or near Wellington, IL the rest of his life. Married his Swedish immigrant cousin Emma Christina Carlson, 2/14/1900 (11 years after he immigrated), and they had 4 children: Anna Alice (1900), Carl Walter (1901), and twins Hilding August and Hildur (1904). They initially lived on a farm on the Cissna Park road NW of Wellington then about 1912 moved to a larger farm south of Wellington on the road to Floral Hill cemetery. About 1934 they moved to a house in Wellington where Emma died 6/6/1935 at age 66. John remained a widower until his death 7/7/1947 at age 83. They are buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston, IL, as are all 4 of their children. (See more detailed info below)
• Anna "Annie" (Anderson) Hendrickson: 12/29/1867 - 3/27/1951. FaG #41049502. Immigrated to the US in 1889 at age 22 and lived with her siblings on a farm north of Wellington, IL. Married Swedish immigrant, August "Otto" Hendrickson, about 1896 and moved to Nebraska where they farmed near the towns of Loomis and Holdrege. They had 2 children - Reuben E. (1897 - 1969) and Aleda S. (1906 - 2003). Reuben married a woman whose first name was Lydia; unknown whether they had children. Aleda did not marry but had a very interesting career as a photographer.. Otto died 8/28/1943 at age 77. Annie remained a widow until she died 3/27/1951 at age 83. Annie, Otto, Aleda, Reuben and Lydia are all buried in the Moses Hill Cemetery in Loomis, Neb. along with several other Hendricksons.
• Emma "Emmy" (Anderson) Nelson: 5/16/1871 - 3/3/1957. FaG #101576189. Immigrated to the US in 1889 at age 17 and lived with her siblings on a farm north of Wellington, Iroquois Co., IL. Married Charles O. "Olie" Nelson (1863-1943) about 1896 and they had 6 children: Ruth V. (1897-after 1941, married name Martin), Judith A. C. (1900-1920, did not marry), Esther L. (1902, married name Adsit), Naomi E. (1904-1974, married name Hilgart), Chester O. (1907-1973), and Kermit A. (1909 - 1998). Charles was a farmer and they lived on a farm near Fountain Creek in Iroquois Co. for many years. Then in the late 1920s he became an insurance agent and they moved to Milford, IL. Charles died in 1943 at age 79 and was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Milford next to their daughter Judith who had died in 1920 at age 19. After Charles died, Emma moved to Kalamazoo, MI to live with or near her daughter Naomi and husband Arthur Hilgart. Emma was living in Kalamazoo when she attended John Anderson's funeral in 1947. Emma died 3/3/1957 at age 85 and was buried next to Charles and Judith in the Maple Grove Cemetery. Their daughter Ruth (and husband William A. Martin). daughter Esther (and husband Harold C. Adsit), and their son Chester (and wife Lenora) are also buried there.
• Augusta "Gustie" (Anderson) Grimson: 5/15/1875 - 3/24/1926. Twin of August Anderson. Immigrated to US in 1889 at age 14 and lived at least 5 years with John and her other siblings on a farm north of Wellington, IL. We have no info about her 20s and 30s. If she married, she was probably widowed because in her late 30s or early 40s (between 1911 and 1918) she married Danish immigrant Carl Wilhelm Christian Grimson who was a cabinetmaker in Chicago. She was Carl's 2nd wife and became step-mother to his son George Edward who was born 1/1/1909. Carl's 1st wife, Adina, had died after the 1910 Census. The 1920 Census shows Augusta (age 45), Carl (40), and George (12) living on Nelson Street in Chicago. It also shows her birth year as 1875 and her immigration from Sweden in 1889. Augusta died in Chicago 3/24/1926 at age 50. Family notes say she was brought back to Wellington by train and buried in Floral Hill Cemetery south of town. We have not yet found a stone for her under Grimson or Anderson at Floral Hill, so either her stone disappeared over the years or she may have been buried with a 1st husband. The 1930 Census shows Carl married again, but his 3rd wife (Paulina) died in 1935. Augusta's stepson George Grimson became an accountant and moved to England, where he died in 1963.
• Sven August "August" Anderson: 5/15/1875 - 8/31/1961. FaG #96147498. Immigrated with his siblings in 1889 at age 14 and lived most of his life on farms near Wellington and Milford, IL. Married Swedish immigrant, Clara A. Enbom (or Embom) in 1903. They had 14 children: Helen A. (1903, married name Treadway), Gladys M. (1905, married name?), Lillian R. (1906, did not marry), Edwin (1909), Gertrude L. (1910, married name Dahlen), Russell (1913), Lester A. "Andy" (1914), Dorothy E. (1916, married name Olson), Evelyn C. (1917, married name Hallaron), August Jr. "Pete" (1919), John C. (1921), Carl R. (1923), Mary A. (1926, did not marry), and Sydney "Sid" (1929). Clara died in 1937 at age 53 and August in 1961 at age 86. They are buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Milford, IL, as are several of their children.
• Mathilda "Tilda" (Anderson) Gothberg: 9/11/1877 - 3/10/1958. FaG # 26100137. Immigrated in 1889 at age 12 and lived with her siblings on the farm north of Wellington, IL. Married another Swedish immigrant who lived in Wellington, Otto William Gothberg (1875 - 1959), on 10/2/1897. They had two daughters: Edith Johanna (married name ?) born 8/2/1900 and Alice Maria (married name Ferguson) born 10/23/1904. Tilda and Otto moved to Grand Forks County, North Dakota about 1906 and lived there the rest of their lives. They were in the town of Grand Turtle for the 1910 Census, Lakeville in 1920, Turtle River in 1930, Levant in 1940, and later in Manvel. Otto worked as a farmer/laborer and Tilda as a housekeeper. Otto died 8/21/1959 and Tilda 3/10/1958. They are buried in the Memorial South Park Cemetery in Grand Forks , ND, as is their daughter Alice Maria. Alice Maria married Warden Ferguson 11/10/1923 and died 3/26/1998 in Grand Forks, ND. No additional info on Edith Johanna.
John's future wife, Emma Christina Carlson, was born 4/17/1869 on a farm near Snostorp, Sweden, the 4th of 5 children of Carl Andersson (3/24/1834 - 2/26/1887) and Anna Eliasson (7/21/1836 - 10/10/1916). As was the custom, she and her siblings took their last name (Carlson) from their father's 1st name. Her siblings were John Carlson (born ~1858), Ida (Carlson) Bruhn (~1861), Sven Peter Carlson (1865), and Anton Bernhardt Carlson (1872). Emma's father died in 1887 and was buried in the Snostorp Lutheran Church cemetery (her mother was buried next to him when she died in 1916). In March of 1888 her brothers Sven Peter and Anton Bernhardt immigrated to the US. Anton settled in Hoopeston, IL while Sven Peter went on to Loomis, Nebraska. Emma remained in Snostorp with her mother, brother John and sister Ida until early 1898 when her cousin, John Anderson, traveled to Snostorp from Wellington, IL to take Emma back to marry him. Emma, John, and a 7-year-old boy named Henning Johanson traveled by ship from Halmstad, Sweden to Liverpool, England and then took the ocean liner Etruria from Liverpool to New York City. They left Liverpool on March 5 and arrived at NY (Ellis Island) about March 12, then took a train from NY to Illinois. Emma lived with her brother Bernardt who ran a drug store in Hoopeston for about 2 years until she and John were married on Valentines Day, 2/14/1900, at Lafayette, IN. She was 30 and John was 35.
John and Emma lived in Wellington, IL the rest of their lives, 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 in July of 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 August. (Her middle name was probably 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 worked to be 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 - 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 96) 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 is John's Obituary published in the Hoopeston Chronicle Herald newspaper 7/12/1947
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church in Wellington Saturday afternoon (July 12, 1947) for John Anderson, 83, aged and highly respected resident of that community. Mr. Anderson passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dice Goodwine (Hildur Anderson), at Cheneyville, at 3:30 pm Wednesday, July 9.
Rev. Chester Sheldon, pastor of the Wellington church, officiated at the funeral service. Hymns "Sunrise" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" were sung by Mrs. Jack Hodge and Mrs. Forest Burton, accompanied by Mrs. Carl Clements at the piano. Interment was at Floral Hill cemetery. Pall bearers were Messrs. Edward Briggs, Maurice Lockhart, Clyde Gillins, Warren Lockhart, Clovis Hollin and Harry Leverenz. Floral tributes were in charge of Lois Armstrong, Gladys and Jeanette Leverenz, Mae Briggs, Mildrid Sproll, Pearl Gillins, Jane Gray, Pauline Lockhart, Vivian Clements and Irene Briggs.
The following obituary was read at the funeral service:
"John Anderson was born in Halmstad (Snostorp), Sweden on June 18,1864 and departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dice Goodwine, near Cheneyville on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, July 9, 1947, aged 83 years and 21 days.
At the age of 15 he was confirmed in the Swedish Lutheran faith, to which he remained true until his death. In 1889 Mr. Anderson left Sweden for America, coming to the Wellington community where he made his home. On February 14, 1900 he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Carlson, also a native of Sweden. To this union four children were born: Anna, wife of Lawrence Lane of Hoopeston; Walter and Hilding of Wellington; and Hildur, wife of Dice Goodwine of Rossville. Two grandchildren, Brownie Lane Kaag and Lorna Jean Anderson, also remain to mourn his passing.
Mr. Anderson also leaves three sisters: Mrs. August Hendrickson (Anna) of Loomis, Nebr.; Mrs. Tilda Gothberg (Mathilda) of Manvel, North Dakota; and Mrs. Emma Nelson of Kalamazoo, Michigan; and one brother, August Anderson of Milford. Mrs. Anderson (John's wife Emma) passed away at her home in Wellington on June 6, 1935. One sister, Augusta Grimson and one brother, John B. Anderson also preceded him in death."
Mr. Anderson was a devoted father, a kind neighbor, and a good citizen; one who will be sadly missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. Those who came from a distance to attend the funeral were Mrs. C. O. Nelson (John's sister Emma) and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hilgart (John's sister Emma's daughter Naomi) of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Mrs. Rudolph Dahlen (August Anderson's daughter Gertrude), Mrs. George Hallaron (August Anderson's daughter Evelyn), Carl and George Grimson of Chicago (husband and step-son of John's dead sister Augusta Grimson).
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