Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theodore married Opal Eliza Wesner about Mar 1933. Opal (daughter of John Wesner and Esther Clarinda Hanson) was born on 14 Oct 1911; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Opal Wesner Boss
Obituary

Opal Wesner Boss October 14, 1911 - July 17, 2008 Opal Wesner Boss died at her Grand Junction home July 17, 2008. She was born in Denver, CO October 14, 1911, to John and Clarinda (Hanson) Wesner and grew up in the lower valley on the Uintah and Rio Grande railroads in Mack. Children had free rein of the town, enjoying sledding and ice skating in winter and roller skating, hiking and picnics on the river in the summer. She enjoyed riding the train during switching and the family had td travel passes, traveling often to visit relatives in the Midwest. Opal graduated from Fruita Union High School in 1929 and was an avid tennis player. She married Theodore Boss in 1933 and they established their home on the Redlands. In 1942-433, s she cared for the "farm" and two children while Ted was a forward surveyor on the Alcan Highway. Opal was the last surviving charter member of the Redlands Women's Club. This group of Redlands women raised funds serving dinners and purchaseed thhe Redlands Community Club in 1936. This building became the community center and hosted square dancing, potlucks, school programs, service and social clubs. She was an active participant in the Women's Club, Redlands Sunday School, 4-H, annd many Redlands activities. She loved the Redlands. Opal and Ted traveled in the US and Canada, often camping, and she later traveled overseas alone. She loved animals, travel and reading, was an excellent cook, gardener, and seamstress. She was employed at Singer Sewing Machine Company and Outwest Bootery. Opal was preceded in death by her husband Ted (1980), daughter Clara (2002), sister Gertrude Lumbert (1959), and her parents. Survived by daughters, Betty Shoemaker of Fort Collins, Judidith (Wayne) Hopper, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a niece. Cremation has taken place. No services are scheduled. Contributions may be made to Humane Society of Western. Colorado, Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado or the American Cancer Society . Her family thanks all friends who visited, called, or wrote during her illness.
Published in The Daily Sentinel on July 22, 2008
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John married Esther Clarinda Hanson on 27 Oct 1910. Esther (daughter of Lars Hansson and Lisa Stena Hultman) was born on 16 Dec 1882 in Riley, Kansas, USA; died on 3 Jan 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1885 Kansas State Census: 1885, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA

Notes:

Aunt Esther lived in Colorado.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FSFTID: K1GW-588
• _FSLINK: https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=K1GW-588
• Swedish HER: Between 1828 and 1834, Löthen, Hanebo, Gävleborg, Sweden
• Swedish HER: Between 1834 and 1837, Löthen, Hanebo, Gävleborg, Sweden
• Swedish HER: Between 1837 and 1839, Knisselbo, Hanebo, Gävleborg, Sweden
• Swedish HER: Between 1845 and 1848, Knisselbo, Hanebo, Gävleborg, Sweden
• Swedish HER: Between 1848 and 1850, Västansjö, Hanebo, Gävleborg, Sweden
• Swedish Move-Out: 1850, Hanebo, Gävleborg, Sweden
• 1860 Federal Census: 3 Jul 1860, Sparta, Knox, Illinois, USA
• 1865 Illinois State Census: 3 Jul 1865, Walnut Grove, Knox County, Illinois, USA
• 1870 Federal Census: 18 Aug 1870, Jackson, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA
• 1870 Federal Census Agriculture Schedule: 18 Aug 1870, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA
• 1875 Kansas State Census: 1 Mar 1875, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA
• Land: 1880, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA
• 1880 Federal Census: 17 Jun 1880, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA
• 1880 Federal Census: 18 Jun 1880, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA
• 1885 Kansas State Census: 1885, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA
• Obituary: 30 Jan 1895, Riley, Kansas, USA

Notes:

Here is information about Anna Hedlund, a young girl who left Hanebo on the same day that Lars did - perhaps they traveled together to the US?

from: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bishophill&id=I17

From the May 18, 1939 Galva News.
Anna Nystrom, Oldest Bishop Hill Lady, dies
Mrs. Anna Hedlund Nystrom, 96, oldest resident of the Bishop Hill community, died at 1:30 this morning in the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Vernice Nelson, north of Bishop Hill, following gradually failing health during the past several months. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Bishop Hill Methodist Church, in charge of Rev. H. J. Diercks.

Anna Hedlund was born December 11, 1842 at Hannabo, Sweden, a daughter of Carl and Anna Hedlund, her twin brother, Andrew Hedlund, passing away at the age of five weeks. Three other brothers, Olof, Carl and Peter, also preceded her in death. Came to U.S. in 1850.

In 1850, when she was seven years old, she came to America with her parents and two brothers, Carl and Peter, the father being stricken with cholera during the trip and was buried in Lake Michigan. The group traveled from Chicago to Bishop Hillll by wagon and located in Red Oak where they lived in a log cabin. Later, the mother, Anna and brother Peter lived in the old church building for ten years and after the dissolution of the colony moved to a farm northwest of Bishop Hill known as the Hedlund homestead. (note: I think the homestead was probably northeast of Bishop Hill - BN)

Her marriage to Eric Nystrom took place in December, 1864, in Galva. Eric and his parents having come to United States on the same boat with the Hedlunds. Following their marriage they lived in Moline for a time and moved to a farm in the Bishoop Hill vicinity. Two daughters were born to them: Adaline (Mrs. David Aline), who died in Oregon in August, 1935, and Lillie (Mrs. Albert Lindstrom), who died in the Bishop Hill community in May, 1931. Mr. Nystrom died at Bishop Hill in January1911, at the age of 70. Her mother died at the age of 82.

In 1907 Mrs. Nystrom fractured her hip adn had since been handicapped physically. During the past 20 years she had lived alone in Bishop Hill, enjoying good health altho for two years past she had been spending the ime with her grandchildren and had been with Mrs. Nelson during the past nine weeks. Her friends and co-worker in the colony, Mrs. Elizabeth Hallfast, preceded her in death February this year at the age of 96.

11 Grandchildren Survive
Surviving are 11 grandchildren, as follows: Raymond Lindstrom, Vernice Nelson, Glen Lindstrom and Pearl Ericson, all of Bishop Hill and community; Francis, Rose, Herman, Anna, Lois, Clarence and Eleanor, children of Mrs. Aline, living in Washington and Oregon. During the past winter two of the grandsons from Oregon had visisted Mrs. Nystrom. Also surviving are 15 great-grandchildren, eight of them in Illinois. The son-in -law, Albert Lindstrom, also survives at Bishop Hill.

According to her obit in the Galesburg Daily Register Mail, May 23, 1939, after the family left the cabin in Red Oak, they lived in the "old church building for 10 years".

According to her obit in the Chicago Daily Tribune, May 19, 1939, "As a girl she worked in the colony's broom factory".

Buried:
GRid=68858985

Lars married Lisa Stena Hultman on 6 Feb 1859 in Mercer, Illinois, USA. Lisa (daughter of Jonas Peter Hultman and Anna Christina Johansdotter) was born on 30 Dec 1842 in Hälleryd Södergård, Stockaryd, Jönköping, Sweden; died on 11 Apr 1899 in Randolph, Riley, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fancy Creek Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, Riley, Kansas, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FSFTID: LZ4V-6BQ
• _FSLINK: https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LZ4V-6BQ
• Swedish HER: Between 1837 and 1844, Hälleryd Södergård, Stockaryd, Jönköping, Sweden; Jonas Petter Hultman household
• Swedish Move-Out: 19 Jan 1853, Vrigstad, Jönköping, Sweden
• Immigration: 24 Jul 1854, Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA; on the ship: Eleonore
• 1860 Federal Census: 3 Jul 1860, Sparta, Knox, Illinois, USA; Lewis Hanson household
• 1865 Illinois State Census: 3 Jul 1865, Walnut Grove, Knox County, Illinois, USA; Lewis Hanson household
• 1870 Federal Census: 18 Aug 1870, Jackson, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA; Louis Hanson household
• 1875 Kansas State Census: 1 Mar 1875, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA; Lews Hanson household
• 1880 Federal Census: 17 Jun 1880, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA; Louis Hanson household
• 1885 Kansas State Census: 1885, Jackson, Riley, Kansas, USA; Louis Hanson household
• Obituary: 11 Apr 1899, Riley, Kansas, USA; Randolph Enterprise, 13 Apr 1899

Notes:

1870 Federal Census:
Dwelling 179, Family 179

Hanson, Louis, 35,male, white, farmer
--Charlotte, 28, female, white, keeping house
--Emma, 10, female, white,at home
--Solomon, 8, male, white
--Edward, 3, male, white
--Julie, 1,female, white

Buried:
GRid=21245303