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The search for ancestors : a Swedish-American family saga

Title
The search for ancestors : a Swedish-American family saga / H. Arnold Barton.
Author
Barton, H. Arnold (Hildor Arnold), 1929-2016.
Publication
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1979.

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Description
xi, 178 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
Sven Svensson (1817-1908) married Sara Marie Öhrn, and they emigrated from Sweden to land near West Dayton (now Dayton), Iowa in 1867. Descendants lived in Iowa, Illinois and elsewhere. Includes Swedish ancestry in the province of Småland, which contains the counties of Jönköping, Kronoberg and Kalmar.
Subject
  • Swenson family
  • Barton family
  • Barton, H. Arnold 1929-2016
  • Barton family
  • Barton, H. Arnold 1929-2016
  • Swenson family
  • Svenson
  • Swenson
  • Anderson
  • Barton
  • Nelson
  • Öhrn
  • Westerdal
  • Sweden > Genealogy
  • Sweden
  • Sweden, Jönköping > Genealogy
  • Sweden, Kronoberg > Genealogy
  • Sweden, Kalmar > Genealogy
Genre/Form
Genealogy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue : The search. -- All the way back to Noah. -- First link with the New World. -- One of nature's Americans. -- The master of Bullebo. -- Fresh beginnings on the prairie. -- Forerunners. -- A window into the past. -- The family go their ways. -- The passing of an era. -- Epilogue. -- Problems and sources. -- Notes. -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0809308932
  • 9780809308934
LCCN
78015537
OCLC
  • ocm04056527
  • 4056527
  • SCSB-36242
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library