Michael Jonsson [1455]

   Other names for Michael were Mikal, Mekal Johnson, Mickall Johnson, Mikael Johnson, Mikeal Johnson, Mikel Johnson and Mikael Jonsson.

  Birth Notes:

Siknäs.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: Siksjönäs, 1834-1839, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden.

2. Residence: Siksjönäs, 1840-1846, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden.

3. Residence: Riksjönäs, 1847-1856, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden.

4. Residence: Siksjönäs, 1857-1861, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden.

5. Living, 1861-1866, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden. They were boställslösa [homeless] for a few years before settling in Westanbäck.

6. Residence: Westanbäck, 11 Nov 1865, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden.

7. Residence: Westanbäck, 1867-1876, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden. He was a settler.

8. Occupation: farmer, 1877-1887, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden.

9. Residence: Westanbäck, 1877-1886, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden.

10. Residence: Westanbäck, 1886-1887, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden.

11. Emigration, 26 Feb 1887, Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden. The family left Sweden for Tronheim, Norway, where they registered on April 6th 1887. They departed on April 7th 1887 on the S/S Hero (2) for Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull on the Wilson Line. Once in Hull, they transfered to Liverpool where they boarded the S/S Italy. They arrived at the port of New York on April 27th 1887.

12. Immigration, 27 Apr 1887, United States. Arrived at Port of New York.

13. Census, Jul 1895, Spruce, Roseau, Minnesota, United States. Johnson, Michael, 61, male, white, Sweden, resident of this state: 8 years and 2 months, resident of this enumeration district: 6 years, farmer
Johnson, Caroline, 53, female, white, Sweden
Johnson, Eva Gustava, 23, female, white, Sweden
Johnson, Nils Oscar, 17, male, white, Sweden
Johnson, Hulda T, 15, female, white, Sweden
Johnson, Alexander, 13, male, white, Sweden
Johnson, Per August, 11, male, white, Sweden
Johnson, Josephine, 10, female, white, Sweden

14. Census, 22 Jun 1900, Spruce, Roseau, Minnesota, United States. Town of Spruce
Dwelling no. 122, family no. 125:
Johnson, Michael, head of household, born Jan 1834, 66 years old, married 40 years, born in Sweden, parents Swedish, naturalized 1887, 12 years in the US, farmer, can read and write but not speak English, owns his own farm.
Johnson, Annie, wife, born Apr 1842, 58 years old, married 40 years, mother of 13 children - 11 living, born in Sweden, parents Swedish, naturalized 1887, 12 years in the US, can read and write but not speak English.
Johnson, Alex, son, born Dec 1882, 17 years old, born in Sweden, parents Swedish, 12 years in the US, can read and write and speak English.
Johnson, Hulda, daughter, born Oct 1880, 19 years old, born in Sweden, parents Swedish, 12 years in the US, can read and write and speak English.
Johnson, Josephine, daughter, born Feb 1887, 15 years old, born in Sweden, parents Swedish, 12 years in the US, can read and write and speak English.
Dwelling no. 123, family no. 126:
Johnson, Oskar, head of the household, born Feb 1878, 22 years old, single, born in Sweden, parents Swedish, 12 years in the US, farm laborer, can read and write and speak English.

15. Occupation: farmer, 22 Jun 1900, Spruce, Roseau, Minnesota, United States.

16. Census, 10 Jun 1905, Spruce, Roseau, Minnesota, United States. Johnson Mikael, male, 71, white, born in Sweden, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, residence in this state: 17 years, residence in this enumeration district: 13 years, farmer
Johnson Anna K., male, 63, white, born in Sweden, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, residence in this state: 17 years, residence in this enumeration district: 13 years, farmer
Johnson Peter, male, 22, white, born in Sweden, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, residence in this state: 17 years, residence in this enumeration district: 13 years, farm laborer

17. Census, 26 Apr 1910, Spruce, Roseau, Minnesota, United States. Johnson, Mikeal, head, male, white, 75, married once, married for 47 years, born in Sweden, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, immigration to the US in 1887, naturalized, speaks swedish, retired, own income, can read and write
Johnson, Anna C., wife, female, white, 67, married once, married for 47 years, mother of 13 children, 9 children still living, born in Sweden, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, immigration to the US in 1887, speaks swedish, occupation: none, can read and write

Michael married Anna Carolina Mårtensdotter [1456] [MRIN: 411], daughter of Mårten Ersson [1473] and Brita Stina Isacsdotter [1474], on 21 Apr 1861 in Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden. (Anna Carolina Mårtensdotter [1456] was born on 20 May 1842 in Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden, christened on 2 Jun 1842 in Vilhelmina Församling, Åsele Härad, Västerbottens Län, Sweden and died on 29 May 1928 in Spruce, Roseau, Minnesota, United States.)