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My Great-grandmother
CHRISTINE LARSSON-SANDEEN, 03/05/1862 -
04/20/1961.
She was baptized Kjerstin but called Stina in Sweden. She
was born in Haga, Nås and died in Thief River Falls,
Minnesota. She was the daughter of Lars and Margreta
(Hallvardsdotter) Pehrsson. Margreta was Lars' second wife.
Christine was married 12/23 1883 to Ola
Nilsson-Sandén. He was born 11/29 1853 in Södra
Sandby, Skåne and died in Oklee, Minnesota. His
parents were Nils and Bengta (Påhlsdotter) Nilsson.
Nils was a farmer or sharecropper in Södra Sandby. In
the US Kjerstin and Ola changed the spelling of their
surname to Sandeen and her name to Christine.
In her youth, Christine learned dressmaking at the
Backmanska School in Hedemora. Her skill in that craft
served her well in later years when she was responsible for
clothing her nine children adequately.
According to his granddaughter, Orpha Gray, Ola and
brother Jons attended the University of Lund where Ola
graduated from the teaching faculty. In 1879, he moved to
Björbo in Floda, Dalarna, where he was hired as a
teacher on a temporary basis. Subsequently he moved to
Grangårde where he served in various village schools,
among them Morberget and Sunnansjö. His permanent post
was in Morberget where the family lived.
When and how Christine and Ola met is not known, but they
were married in Hedemora and then settled in Morberget.
There, their children Bettie, Evald and Emil were born.
Alida was born in her grandparents home in Lassbo, Hedemora
where Christine stayed prior to delivery.
Ola's brother Jöns had emigrated to the USA in 1882.
He strongly suggested that Ola and his family also should
leave Sweden and seek their fortune in America. He told them
that free and fertile farmland awaited them in Minnesota and
promised that everything would be arranged for them when
they arrived. Ola was easily convinced, but Christine was
sceptical and wanted to remain in Sweden.
Christine and Ola had nine children: Bettie
(1885), Alida (1886), Evald
(1887), Emil (1890), William
(1892), Harold (1896), Helen
(1899), Helga (1901) and
Viola (1904). In spite of the
family's hardships and meager circumstances, the children
received a good upbringing in religious spirit and became
upright and industrious folk.
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