Tekla Cornelia Jonson, 18701873 (aged 2 years)

Name
Tekla Cornelia Jonson
Given names
Tekla Cornelia
Surname
Jonson
Birth March 2, 1870
Note: Letter written by Gordon Whiting. It is not dated, but probably written in the 1980s. It is entitl…
Birth of a sisterHilma Josefina Jonson
April 15, 1871 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a half-sisterHilma Josefina Jonson
April 15, 1871 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a sisterHilma Josefina Jonson
April 15, 1871 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a half-sisterHilma Josefina Jonson
April 15, 1871 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a sisterAlma Elvira Jonson
November 25, 1872 (aged 2 years)
Note:      Letter written by Gordon Whiting, not dated, but  probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled…
Birth of a half-sisterAlma Elvira Jonson
November 25, 1872 (aged 2 years)
Note:      Letter written by Gordon Whiting, not dated, but  probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled…
Birth of a sisterAlma Elvira Jonson
November 25, 1872 (aged 2 years)
Note:      Letter written by Gordon Whiting, not dated, but  probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled…
Birth of a half-sisterAlma Elvira Jonson
November 25, 1872 (aged 2 years)
Note:      Letter written by Gordon Whiting, not dated, but  probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled…
Death February 26, 1873 (aged 2 years)
Unique identifier
68F7D282032F4A33B017E34DE523420DB069

Last change July 16, 2019

Family with parents
father
mother
18451929
Birth: August 8, 1845 25 38Malmo, Malmohus, Sweden
Death: February 13, 1929Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
Marriage
Marriage: Sweden
herself
18701873
Birth: March 2, 1870Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: February 26, 1873Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
3 years
younger sister
18721918
Birth: November 25, 1872Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: April 10, 1918
-20 months
younger sister
18711894
Birth: April 15, 1871Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: March 25, 1894Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States
Family with parents
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
mother
18451929
Birth: August 8, 1845 25 38Malmo, Malmohus, Sweden
Death: February 13, 1929Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
Marriage
Marriage: September 13, 1878Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
-9 years
herself
18701873
Birth: March 2, 1870Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: February 26, 1873Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
14 months
younger sister
18711894
Birth: April 15, 1871Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: March 25, 1894Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States
20 months
younger sister
18721918
Birth: November 25, 1872Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: April 10, 1918
7 years
younger brother
18791970
Birth: September 25, 1879 60 34Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: December 24, 1970Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
14 months
younger brother
18801970
Birth: November 20, 1880 61 35Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: February 17, 1970
20 months
younger brother
18821934
Birth: July 4, 1882 62 36Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: October 12, 1934
2 years
younger brother
18841949
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 24, 1949Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States
0 months
younger brother
18841885
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: February 11, 1885Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
19 months
younger brother
18861960
Birth: March 23, 1886 66 40Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 19, 1960San Bernardino, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
18891960
Birth: July 20, 1889Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Death: October 15, 1960Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 months
younger sister
18891985
Birth: September 4, 1889 70 44Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: June 3, 1985Los Angeles, California, United States
Father’s family with Ann Eliza Howland
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
18231896
Birth: June 18, 1823 29 32Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
Death: May 17, 1896Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 1, 1840Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
12 months
half-sister
18411847
Birth: January 7, 1841 21 17Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: November 23, 1847Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
21 months
half-brother
18421844
Birth: October 5, 1842 23 19Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: September 14, 1844Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
2 years
half-sister
18441933
Birth: October 28, 1844 25 21Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: October 31, 1933Sun River, Cascade, Montana, USA
2 years
half-sister
18461847
Birth: October 9, 1846 27 23Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Death: May 12, 1847Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
17 months
half-sister
18481867
Birth: March 9, 1848 28 24Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Death: September 26, 1867Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
23 months
half-brother
18501876
Birth: January 28, 1850 30 26Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: October 5, 1876St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
2 years
half-sister
18521914
Birth: January 19, 1852 32 28Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA
Death: April 18, 1914
2 years
half-brother
18541854
Birth: January 23, 1854 34 30Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: October 27, 1854Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
20 months
half-sister
18551857
Birth: September 29, 1855 36 32Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 3, 1857Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
0 months
half-brother
18551933
Birth: September 29, 1855 36 32Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: June 7, 1933Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
2 years
half-sister
18571857
Birth: December 31, 1857 38 34Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: December 31, 1857Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
14 months
half-brother
18591933
Birth: February 28, 1859 39 35Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: March 29, 1933Woodruff, Rich, Utah, USA
2 years
half-sister
18611861
Birth: April 24, 1861 41 37Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: April 24, 1861Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
13 months
half-brother
18621933
Birth: May 19, 1862 42 38Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: October 31, 1933Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
22 months
half-sister
18641864
Birth: March 10, 1864 44 40Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: March 10, 1864Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
2 years
half-brother
18661918
Birth: May 6, 1866 46 42Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: December 26, 1918
Father’s family with Amanda Polly Savage
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
18361915
Birth: August 23, 1836 24 21Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Death: July 15, 1915Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: December 18, 1853Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
4 years
half-brother
18581924
Birth: January 13, 1858 38 21Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: February 27, 1924Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
6 years
half-sister
18631863
Birth: November 12, 1863 44 27Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: December 13, 1863
0 months
half-sister
18631945
Birth: November 12, 1863 44 27Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: May 29, 1945Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
3 years
half-brother
18661866
Birth: May 4, 1866 46 29Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: August 31, 1866
Father’s family with Catherine McCleve
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
18361869
Birth: September 17, 1836 29 21Belfast, Down, Ireland
Death: December 19, 1869Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: December 18, 1853Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Divorce
Divorce:
16 months
half-brother
18551931
Birth: April 21, 1855 35 18Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 25, 1931Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Father’s family with Johana Ulrika Lundgren
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
maternal grandmother
18071883
Birth: March 13, 1807Vor Frue Sogn, København, København, Denmark
Death: November 9, 1883Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Marriage
Marriage: July 8, 1880Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Birth

Letter written by Gordon Whiting. It is not dated, but probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled: SWEDISH RECORDS LOCATED FOR JOANNA CHRISTINA PALSSON'S DAUGHTERS. I will quote that part that pertains to these three girls. I quote: "The Swedish birth records for Tekla Cornelia, Hilma Josefina, and Alma Elvira have been located. They were the first three daughters of Anna Christina Palsson,... wife of Phineas Wolcott Cook who married him September 13, 1878. All three of the girls were born well before this in Caroli Parish, Malmo Sweden. The birthdates for the three girls are: Tekla Cornelia, 2 March 1870, Hilma Josefina, 15 April 1871, Alma Elvira, 25 Nov 1872 Johanna Christina's occupation is given as "Maid." No information about the father of the children is supplied in these records. "

Note

BIRTH #201047 Barbara Whiting's verification notes She appears as the daughter of Johanna Christina Palsdotter with her father's name not given.) I have copies of the registers showing the births of these three girls. All of them list Johanna Christina as unmarried. We do not like to think that these children were born without the benefit of marriage, but in Scandinavia that is quite common and has been for many years. It was probably accepted by that culture. She was sealed to Phineas Wolcott Cook and Johanna Christina Pålsson

RESEARCH Letter written by Gordon Whiting. It is not dated, but probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled: SWEDISH RECORDS LOCATED FOR JOANNA CHRISTINA PALSSON'S DAUGHTERS. I will quote that part that pertains to these three girls. I quote: "The Swedish birth records for Tecla Cornelia, Hilma Josefina, and Alma Elvira have been located. They were the first three daughters of Anna Christina Palsson,... wife of Phineas Wolcott Cook who married him September 13, 1878. All three of the girls were born well before this in Caroli Parish, Malmo Sweden. The birthdates for the three girls are: Tekla Cornelia, 2 March 1870, Hilma Josefina, 15 April 1871, Alma Elvira, 25 Nov 1872 Johanna Christina's occupation is given as "Maid." No information about the father of the children is supplied in these records. "

DEATH The death date of Tekla Cornelia is also recorded in that parish. She died 26 February 1873, four days before she would have completed her third year of life. (Source: #917913 p. 262-263 Malmo Clerical Survey. ) NAME: The spelling of the girl's names given above is the spelling given in the parish register and on her parish Clerical Census. Alma Elvira's name later came to be written by some as Alice Alvira; but her mother and the Swedish authorities always wrote it as indicated. Johanna Christian's surname is given in these records not as "Palsson" but as"Palsdotter". The Swedes in Malmo in the 1870s still held to the practice of altering surnames with each generation by using the father's first name to create the surname for the child and completing that surname with each generation by using the father's first name to create the surname for the child and completing that surname with either "son" or " dotter." End of quote. A married woman usually did not take the surname of her husband, but used her maiden name throughout her life.

SWEDISH RECORDS Letter written by Gordon Whiting, not dated, but probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled: SWEDISH RECORDS LOCATED FOR ANNA CHRISTINA PALSSON'S DAUGHTERS. Part of it pertains to these three girls: "The Swedish birth records for Tekla Cornelia, Hilma Josefina, and Alma Elvira have been located. They were the first three daughters of Anna Christina Palsson,... wife of Phineas Wolcott Cook who married him September 13, 1878. All three of the girls were born well before this in Caroli Parish, Malmo Sweden. The birthdates for the three girls are: Tekla Cornelia, 2 March 1870 Hilma Josefina, 15 April 1871 Alma Elvira, 25 Nov 1872 "Johanna Christina's occupation is given as "Maid." No information about the father of the children is supplied in these records. "The spelling of the girl's names given above is the spelling given in the parish register and on her parish Clerical Census. Alma Elvira's name later came to be written by some as Alice Alvira; but her mother and the Swedish authorities always wrote it as indicated. "Johanna Christian's surname is given in these records not as "Palsson" but as"Palsdotter." The Swedes in Malmo in the 1870s still held to the practice of altering surnames with each generation by using the father's first name to create the surname for the child and completing that surname with either "son" or " dotter." "I have copies of the registers showing the births of these three girls. All of them list Johanna Christina as unmarried. We do not like to think that these children were born without the benefit of marriage, but in Scandinavia that is quite common and has been for many years. It was probably accepted by that culture." End of quote. We have found it was common for a married woman to use he maiden surname throughout her life.

RESEARCH: On her work sheet Barbara Whiting wrote: "No archives. IGI Wyoming, Idaho, Utah No marriage found for Hilma. No archives Main or Patrons for Shurtliff."

JOHANNA'S DAUGHTERS The following is taken from a letter written by Eva Covey Madsen, daughter of Idalia Cook Madsen, to Josinette Whiting, daughter of Carl Cook. "I understand that Johanna Christina Palsson spent the last years of her life in the home of her daughter Idalia. This gave her opportunity to spend much time with her granddaughter Eva." The letter is dated 15 Nov 1985. "Now I'll try to remember all I can about grandmother's daughters. Teckla, I'm quite sure was the eldest and she died in Sweden before grandmother came to this country. The man who grandmother married in Sweden and who was the father of all three girls was Jim Jensen, a blacksmith who made a good living but drank too much. He and grandmother joined the church at the same time in Sweden. (May 1871). He said he thought that if he came to America, to Zion, he would be able to break his drinking habit living around the Saints. He sold most of what he had to pay his fare on the ship and then said he would work and send money for grandma and her family to come later on. What happened was that he never went as far as Zion. He stayed in the east of the country and plain deserted her. I believe he stayed in Chicago, Ill. (The last letter was from Chicago). "I'm sure you know the story about Phineas sending money for her to come to the U.S.A. But as far as I know, she never heard from Jim Jensen again. "Hilma and Alie are listed in the Sailing Records in the Church Historian's Office as follows: Poulson, Johanne C age (33); Poulson, Hilma J. (4 1/2); Poulson, Alma C (3 1/2) FROM SKANE CONFERENCE 1878: June 29--Sailed from Liverpool, England on the ship 'NEVADA' and arrived at New York City on July 10th. The Company continued their journey by rail in charge of Capt. John Cook, and arrived at Salt Lake City July 18th. "The age of Hilma and Alie (I never heard her called Alma.) I have heard her called Alvira or Elvira by Uncle Mose. At any rate Teckla would likely be a year or so older than Hilma. Malmo, Sweden is the only place I remember grandmother saying she lived. Although she said once that her father wanted her to come over to Copenhagen, Denmark to work where he was working. It is my understanding that when she was married to Jim Jensen she lived in Malmo. "I am quite sure that Hilma's Temple work is done. Mother has told me that grandmother brought her with her to Logan when she was about three or four years old and that grandma did Hilma's Temple work and had mother stand proxy for the baby that died when Aunt Hilma was shot. Uncle Mose says in the history he wrote for me that the natural father of Uncle Del (Hilma's son) was named Harry Kinport. He never married her though and later Aunt Hilma married...Thomas Spencer, Weiser, Idaho. Mother was always upset because grandma had Hilma sealed to a man named Pete Lee. Josinette, you may remember him. I do just barely. Mom said Hilma couldn't stand him. Knowing how much grandmother loved Hilma I can't imagine why she would have done if she knew Hilma didn't like him! Tis a puzzlement! They lived & I think she died in Weiser, Idaho. "I doubt that Aunt Alie's work has been done because she lived until grandmother was older and I don't remember her doing Temple work when she stayed with us in Salt Lake. She used to go to meeting lots of times in the Tabernacle and took me with her several times, but I don't have any recollection of her talking about doing temple work at that point in her life, although she did a lot in the Logan Temple early on. In fact when Maud was working so much in the Logan Temple I asked her to see if she could find any record of grandmother's family work being done in their records. She couldn't, although she found many that she and grandfather had done on his family. Sounds a little one sided?" "Aunt Alie and Uncle George Shurtleff, although they were married when Alie was very young, had a wonderful marriage, a big family (4 boys and 1 girl) and Uncle George was so good to her. He was a fine man. I have a marriage date of July 1888. If this is accurate she was only 14 yrs. old. That sounds younger than I thought., I thought she was about 16. I sent family group sheets with mother one summer a long time ago and I have some information on this family if you need it. Although it is very sketchy as far as Uncle George and Aunt Alie are concerned. Her name on the family group sheet they filled out is Alice Almira Poulson Jensen Shurtleff. Alie, was the way mother and grandmother spoke of her. As long as I can remember they lived on a ranch close to Payette, Idaho. "I have been reading from your father's record. On page 19, 4th paragraph from the top he says Hilma's husband was Dr. William Spencer. I'm not sure which first name is correct. Uncle Mose put it one way and Uncle Carl another--take your pick. That paragraph gives a good account of the accident that killed Aunt Hilma. He has death dates and places for both Alie and Hilma, but I do believe Aunt Alie died in Payette and not Weiser. "I just remembered that Pete did Adelbert LeRoy Cook's endowment 25 May 1977." END QUOTATION FROM EVA'S LETTER SEALING: Sealed 19 Feb 1914 in Logan. (source: Barbara Whiting's verification notes and newfamilysearch) Also sealed 18 Feb 1986 in Salt Lake. (Barbara's verification notes)

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