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Went missing: Elof Johansson from Småland to USA 1888
Posted by: Hans-Göran Ankarcrona (ID *****2638) Date: August 04, 2006 at 00:38:41
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Did he ever reach the New World?
Your thoughts are welcome.

Elof Johansson, *1849 at Torpa Hospitalsgård, Dänningelanda parish, Kronoberg's län, Småland, Sweden. Married 1870 with Rebecka Pettersdotter. 1 child, Anna, *1873. Remarried 1875 with Eva Sofia, 6 children.
Convicted and jailed for forgery 1883 at Malmö and Långholmen (Stockholm) for 3 years. Released 1886. Got license from the parish for emigration 1888. Noted in the church archives in Växjö as "probably in America" (according to left-behind wife).


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