Notes for Maria Eliasdotter
Maria Eliasdotter was born on
recorded in 1828 Church Register of Births:
Den
6 dennes föddes Pigan Hanna Nilsdotters oäkta Dotter i Filborna, som den 9
derpåföljande
döptes
i prestgården och kallades Maria.
Faddarna voro Ladufogden Per Trulsdotters hustru
Hanna
Nilsdotter. Husmannen Per Nilsson och dess hustru Olu andersdotter i Filborna
Moderns ålder 26 år.
The
translation reads:
1828
The
6th this month the illegitimate daughter of the maid Hanna Nilsdotter was born
Filborna,
who
on the 9th nextc oming was christened in the vicarage and was called Maria. The
witnesses
were
Ladufogde Per Trulsdotter's wife Hanna Nilsdotter. The husman Per Nilsson and
his wife
Olu
Andersdotter in Filborna. The mother's age is 26 years.
The
witnessess were Hanna Nilsdotter, wife of Per Trulsson and Per Nilsson and his
wife
Olu
Andersdotter in Filborna. Since both
Hanna's and Elias' surname was Nilsson/Nilsdotter,
it
difficult to know if the witnesses are relatives of her or him. However, Per Nilsson may be Hanna's brother.
Hanna
moved back to her parents house in 1824 when she gave birth to her first
daughter Johanna.
Hanna
and Johanna lived with Hanna's
parents, Nils Persson and Lucia (Lusse)
Olsdotter.
On
house
leaving her daughter Maria to be raised by her parents.
Maria
lived in Filborna with her grandparents
until their deaths. Lucia died
Nils
Persson’s widow Lucia Oldsdotter born 1762 2/3 in Mörarp Parish
Granddaughter
Maria born 1828 6/9 in
In
1849, Maria married Anders Möllergren on
Together,
they had nine children, seven of whom lived.
Husförhör
1866-1875 This husförhör shows Nils and
Ingrid leaving home for parts of
Lina
and Anna leaving for
By
the time Anders died on
Marie
Eliasdotter Möllergren is found in the 1890 Census in the parish of Helsingborg
Landförsamiling.
Her
maiden name is given as Eliasdotter, birth year 1828. It states she is widowed
and living alone. She
has
been widowed for five years.
1890
ANNO
Parish:
Helsingborgs lands
Maria
Möllergren f. Eliasdotter f. 1828 Hbrg
About
the person
About
the household
Homeparish:
Helsingborgs lands
Residence:
Ladugårdshus 8.
County:
Malmöhus
Year of birth: 1828
Place
of birth:
Parish
of birth: Hbrg
Country
of birth:
Occupation:
Enka
Title:
Marital
status: E (Widow/Widower)
Gender:
K (Woman)
Family
status:
Family
status code: E (Single)
SVARvolume: 000218 Card nr: 2 Page: 31 Row: 7
Persons
in the household Fam nr: 1 Maria Möllergren f. Eliasdotter f. 1828, Enka
Maria received her Church letter (flyttningsbetyg
or permission to travel) on
At
the age of 63, Maria emigrated to the
In
this country, Marie Möllergren lived
with her daughter Johanna Marie for a number of years
and
even after Johanna's marriage to Alfons Bonde in 1898 in
shows
Maria living with her daughter Johanna and son in law Alfons. Her age is given
as 72, and
confirms that she was born in September of
1828. It also says that she could
neither read,
write
nor speak English. Her year of emigration is 1892 and she never became a
citizen.
The census states that she is the mother of
one living child. However, she was the
mother
of
nine children, seven living.
In
1906, Maria went to live with her oldest daughter Ida (Ingrid) Mollergren
Nelson and her
family
at their home in
on
as
Ida was sick and died a few weeks after her mother. Maria was 93 years old when
she died.
A
copy of the handwriting signature of Marie Möllergren is among records in the
National Archives
in
of
Ben Nelson, the husband of her daughter Ida (Ingrid) Möllergren.
According to Harriet
Johnson
Harris Marie Möllergren was a tiny,
little lady.
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