My Trails into the Past

Johannes Eliasson Lundquist was born 8 Aug 1824 in Grolanda, Skaraborg län, Vastergotland, Sweden to Elias Pehrsson and Kjerstin Ericsdotter. [1] He married three times in his lifetime. The first marriage was in his parish in Sweden. At the age of twenty-one, Johannes married Eva Charlotta Johansdotter, on 12 December 1845 in Fivlered Parish, Älvsborg län, Vastergotland, Sweden. [2]  They had at least three children: Josephina Alberina Wilhelmina, born 16 Sep 1846, Gustaf Adolph, born 23 Feb 1848, and Emile, born 26 Apr 1850. 1845 Marriage of Johannes Eliason Lundquist to Eva Charlotta Johannesdotter, Fivlered Parish The family immigrated to the United States in 1852, arriving in New York on 12 July. [3]  Sometime before 1856, Eva Charlotta died. According to a testimony from Johannes’ third wife, Charlotta died at Princeton, Illinois, prior to the Civil War. [4] A possible cause of death was cholera, during an epidemic. [5] The county clerk of Bureau C...