Big Finds in Sweden

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Here we have some of the Swedish records that tell the tale of the life and death of Christina Jonasdotter, mother of Johan August "Gust" Johansson Berggren/BORGREEN.

Birth 20 Feb 1826 in Ljunga, Kronoberg, Sweden

Death 21 Sep 1898 in Ljunga, Kronoberg, Sweden

Parents were Jonas Andersson and Lisa Nilsdotter

Married to Johan Peter Nilsson Wilander 1830-1859

He died of drunkenness, autopsied, doomed to be quietly buried.

Christina's son Axel was born of this marriage but "Gust" was born 5 years after the death of Christina's husband, Johan Peter. "Gust" is recorded as illegitimate, in all Swedish church records.

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