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Titel: Spaak family from Djursdala - emigration in 1849
Skrivet av: Judy Olson Baouab skrivet 2006-07-21, 03:06
Hi Sofia,
From the above mentioned book:
pages 357-358
3192-3196. Lars Magnus Spaak, farmer from Gransjöbo in Djursdala Parish (Kalm.), b. in Djursdala 23 Sept. 1817, s. Lars Peter Spaak, farmer, and Carin Mosesdotter. He was m. to Anna Christina Dyk, b. in Gransjöbo 4 Feb. 1818, dau. Nils Dyk, farmer, and Anna Cajsa Mosesdotter. They had the following children, all b. in Djursdala -- Lars Joachim (see note 3194); Nils Fabian, b. 28 November 1840; Anders Magnus Alfred (see note 3196); Christina Cathrina, b. 27 Aug. 1844; August Wilhelm. b. 4 June 1846 and Alexander, b. 30 April 1849. The three youngest children can be found, separated from the rest of the family (see notes 3220-3222). The family emigr. to Chicago, where they affiliated with the St. Ansgarius Episcopal Church. Two of the children d. there --- Nils Fabian in Dec. 1851 and Alexander 7 April 1851. In the same year the family moved to Princeton, IL, where Lars Magnus Spaak d. 25 Nov. 1875. VLA; SA; SI, I, p. 298; Princeton Lutheran Church Archives; JP, pp. 185, 376.
page 358
3194. Lars Joachim Spaak, b. in Djursdala 20 March 1839. s. Lars Magnus Spaak (see note 3192). He called himself John Spake in the U.S. and settled in Princeton, IL, where for a time he was engaged in the pharmaceutical business. In 1861 he served six months in the Union Army in the Civil War. He m. Hedda Maria Damm (Mary Stem), b. in Asby Parish (Ög.)8 December 1840, who arrived in the U.S. in 1852. Lars Joachim Spaak later in life went to California, where he d. ---VLA: JP, p. 376; Princeton Lutheran Church Archives.
page 358
3196. Anders Magnus Alfred Spaak, b. in Djursdala 21 Aug. 1842. s. Lars Magnus Spaak (see note 3192). He called himself Andrew Spake in the U.S. and d. in 1887. --- VLA: information courtesy Palmer Spake Anderson.
page 359
3220-3222. Despite the surname Gonsson, these three children are the three missing youngsters of Lars Magnus Spaak and Anna Christina Dyk, separated from them on the manifest (see note 3192) --- Christina Catharina, August Wilhelm, and Alexander. Christina Catharina is identical to Christina Spake, who married Jonas F. Anderson, b. 7 Sept. 1841 who emigr. in 1856 from Böle, Ockelbo Parish (Gävl.)They res. in Galesburg, IL. --- JP, p. 352; Elsa Lagavik, The Carolina Manifest of 1856; SAG, 1987, pp. 20, 24.