14 Johannes Blomgren

Tenant farmer.

Pedigree Chart

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Mother:

Born:

1812-12-25 Fivlered, Västergötland. [1]

Residence:

from 1838 to 1852 Lockås under Håltan, Fivlered, Västergötland. [1]

Killed a man:

1839-12-26 Fällesbacka, Fivlered, Västergötland. [2]

In a fight after an argument, he gave his opponent a deadly blow to the head. The district court sentenced him to death (decapitation by axe), but he appealed and instead had to serve 28 days on bread and water.

Emigrated:

1852 USA. [1]

Dead:

about 1880 USA. [3]

Sometime around 1880, the church records start calling his wife Martha a widow. So, it's possible that someone in the U.S. informed his family that he'd died, or perhaps he'd stayed in touch but the letters eventually stopped coming so they assumed he'd died. We'll probably never find out, as we don't even know where in the U.S. he lived.

Marriage with 15 Martha Eriksdotter (1809 - 1896)

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