CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameBetsey REIMERS [8045], [8018]
Birth PlaceSweden
Immi Date1866 [8047]
Census Date11 Aug 1870 [8045] Age: 25
Census PlaceUnion Grove, Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date8 Jun 1880 [8046] Age: 35
Census PlaceUnion Grove, Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date16 Jun 1900 [8047] Age: 55
Census PlaceUnion Grove Twp., Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
Death Date5 May 1917 [1498, MEMORIAL# 114303797] Age: 72
Death PlaceMorrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
Burial PlaceMorrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States [1498, MEMORIAL# 114303797]
MemoGrove Hill Cemetery
Alias/AKABessie RHYMER [8022]
Alt.SpellingBetsy [8046], [8047]
Misc. Notes
10 children [8022] [8047]
A Swedish farm hand living with them in Union Grove in 1870 was named John RIMERS [sic], probably related to Bessie. [8045]
Spouses
Birth PlaceLörby, Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden
Bapt Date25 Feb 1827 Age: <1
Bapt PlaceMjällby, Blekinge, Sweden
Emig Date21 Apr 1854 [8016], [8047] Age: 27
Emig PlaceMjällby, Blekinge, Sweden
MemoUnfortunately, moving-out records for this parish don’t exist for 1854 (at least not on Ancestry), so the household examination record is the only reference to this event. 1900 census sayas 1855.
Census Date11 Aug 1870 [8045] Age: 43
Census PlaceUnion Grove, Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
Natu Date13 Sep 1878 [8055] Age: 51
Natu PlaceMorrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date8 Jun 1880 [8046] Age: 53
Census PlaceUnion Grove, Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date16 Jun 1900 [8047] Age: 73
Census PlaceUnion Grove Twp., Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
Death Date6 Mar 1911 [1498, MEMORIAL# 114303836], [8022] Age: 84
Death PlaceWhiteside Co., Illinois, United States
MemoFindagrave says 7th of March, but computing from age at death given in the obituary, results in the 6th (84yr. 61d.)
Burial PlaceMorrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois, United States
MemoGrove Hill Cemetery
Alt.SpellingJohn HAMMAR [8045]
OccupationFarmer [8045]
FatherPehr JÖNSSON (1787-)
MotherKersta NILSDOTTER (1801-)
Research
Death record not found in Illinois Statewide Death Index.

If he arrived in 1854-55, where was he at the 1860 census? He would have been listed as single prior to 1868.
Marr Date16 Sep 1868 [8018], [8022]
Marr PlaceWhiteside Co., Illinois, United States
ChildrenMary (1869-1922)
 Prentice (1871-1960)
 Emily Catherine (1874-1957)
 Frank Oscar (1875-1961)
 John Edwin (1877-1953)
 Minnie (1879-1966)
 Alfred H. (1880-1958)
 Edith (1883-)
 Clara (1885-)
 Julia (1888-)
Last Modified 15 Sep 2020Created 8 Nov 2024 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 8 Nov 2024
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