Family Group Sheet - Catherina Wilhelmina Petronella Skoglund / Dahlgren / Silen

born : 16 July 1828 Sweden

died : 1878 Victoria, Illinois

Parents of Catherina Wilhelmina Petronella Skoglund

Mother: Beata Maria Strom (Anna Catharina Rogstadia, Martin Rogstadius, Lars, Mans Martensson, Marten Eriksson, Erik Palsson)

born 11 Dec 1785 in Farila Parish, Gavleborg Lan,Sweden
died 1847 in Bishop Hill,Henry, Illinois

Spouse #1

Pehr ( Peter ) Jansson Dahlgren

died : 29 Apr 1848 in Henry Co., Illinois
son of : Jan Larsson and Anna Dahlgren

More About Pehr Jansson Dahlgren:
immigrated: 1846, From Sweden aboard the ship Charlotte
religion: Janssonist
occupation: Farmer,Blacksmith
Cause of Death: killed by an earth slide while working on a house

Notes for Pehr Jansson Dahlgren:
Pehr and Catharina escaped the Bishop Hill Colony with the aid of local farmers 18 months after he arrived. They were married in Galesburg, where he worked as a blacksmith until he could afford to buy a farm near Galva.
Almost 100 years later Mina Yocum and Glen Barrer realized that the local farmers had been Glen's ancestors.

Spouse #1

children

Louisa W. Dahlgren,
born 9 Apr 1852 in Knox Co., Ill.;
died 23 Mar 1932 in Chicago, Illinois
Mary Jane Dahlgren,
born 26 Sep 1856 in Galva,Henry Co., Illinois;
died 2 Feb 1930 in Cudahy Hospital,Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Spouse #2

Jan ( John ) Erik Olsson Silen

died : 26 Jul 1858 age 94
son of : Olof Olsson and Brita Carlsdotter

Pictures:
top:Louisa Dahlgren & Sophia Silen
left:Sophia
right:Jan (John)

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Sophia Matilda Silen, born 6 Sep 1860 in Victoria, Illinois; died 19 Jun 1941 in Grand Island, Nebraska
Arthur E. Silen, born Feb 1865; died Jan 1937 in Kearney, Nebraska. He married Ida S. Steburg 8 Jun 1898 in Kearney, Nebraska
Emma Silen, born 1871; died in Markle, Indiana. She married Emil Anderson
Ada Lorena Silen, born 23 Feb 1874 in Galva, Illinois; died 19 Feb 1965 in Belvidere,Illinois