Help: confirmation/birth/parentage records

[Mike Anderson]

The attached image is of a confirmation bible that is the only primary sourced information we have for Axel Andersson and Hilda Maria before migrating to America; my paternal great-great grandparents. I'm looking to find documentation on their parentage.

Translation and orientation(credit:S. Anderson):
Inscription in Axel Andersson's Bible A New Testament Bible in the Swedish language was given to Stuart Duerr Anderson by his father, George Allund Anderson Jr. (GAA Jr). It is missing all pages before page 7 in Matthew 2:7 and all pages after page 538 in Revelation 20:3. The inscription is inside the front cover. All lines but the last are in the hand of Dean Westberg of Sandseryds Church. The last line, written in a child's hand in 1919, is probably due to GAA Jr, who was then 6 years old. Sandseryds Church is located near the Jönköping Airport in Norrahammar, Jönköping Municipality, Småland, Sweden, 9 km southwest of Jönköping city. Bårarp is located in Lekeryd, Jönköping Municipality, Småland, Sweden, 23 km east of Jönköping city. Hilda Maria is likely Hilda Maria Johansson, who later married Axel and bore five children, including GAA Sr, the father of GAA Jr. Denna Heliga Bok afverlemnas till Axel Andersson i Bårarp på dess Confirmationes dag i Sandseryds Kyrka dena 6 juni 1858 F Westberg prost Philosophie Magister Axel Andersson är född den 4 Desember 1842 Hilda Maria är född den 22 oktober 1848 (illegible) 1919 – 1858 = 61 This Holy Book (Bible) was presented to Axel Andersson of Bårarp on his Confirmation Day in Sandseryds Church, June 6, 1858. (signed) F. Westberg Dean Master of Philosophy Axel Andersson was born December 4, 1842. Hilda Maria was born October 22, 1848.
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The closest I've come to locating any possible information is in a Swedish language post made here by Lotta Nordin (Lotta) on 2004-05-04, identifying a Hilda Maria born on the same date as is recorded to parents in Båarp Norrgården in Sandseryd:
Anders Johan Jonasson, born 1821 29/5 in Sandseryd, and
Maja Stina Danielsdotter, born 1825 4/6 in Ödestugu.
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Conjectural information:
Within the family, Axel is identified as having the middle name Andrew(Anders);
The tombstone of Axel lists his birth as 1843;
The supposed migration date of Axel and Hilda is 1870 with one son, Karl, born in 1869 beforehand in Sweden.

Greetings,
-Mike

[KG Hammarlund]

DOB for Axel Alfrid Anderrson is given on your page as1842 4/12 and he can be found in the birth records. His parents were Anders Magnusson and Maja Andersdotter in Lillåsa, Sandseryd:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022740_00086

His family (with parents' birth data) here:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022730_00065

[Mike Anderson]

Incredible, thank you!

Is there any information on Hilda Maria; is she indeed the daughter of Anders Johan Jonasson and Maja Stina Danielsdotter?

[KG Hammarlund]

If the Hilda Maria who was born in Sandseryd 1848 22/10 is the person you are looking for, her parents were, as you've found already, Anders Johan Jonasson and Maja Stina Danielsdotter in Bårarp Norregård, Sandseryd.

Her birth record:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022740_00097

The family in the parish records:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022728_00149

[Jörgen Tollesson]

I doubt the text is written by the priest I. G. Westberg. The whole text is written by the same hand, including Hilda Maria's name and birthdate (which of course is not written in 1858). And Axel wasn't living in Bårarp in 1858, he was living with his parents in Lilla Åsa. It must have been written later. By Axel himself? Here is an example of Westberg's own signature:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0035506_00044

Here is a list of the children that was confirmated in 1858, including Axel Andersson in Lillåsa. And it says they were all given the New Testament:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022725_00162 (Sandseryd AI:6, p. 146)

Axel's full name is Axel Alfrid (Alfred) Andersson. And here is the correct link to his birth record:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022740_00085 (Sandseryd C:2, p. 155)

Axel was a farmer in Bårarp Norregård with his wife Hilda Maria Andersdotter and their daughter Hilma Maria when they emigrated to America in 1869:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022732_00162 (Sandseryd AI:13, p. 160)

Here is Hilda Maria Andersdotter's birth record:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022740_00097 (Sandseryd C:2, p. 179)

And here she is with her parents and siblings, and Axel as a farm-hand:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022731_00131 (Sandseryd AI:12, p. 141)

Hilda's sister Anna Justina emigrated together with Hilda and Axel.

Bårarp is located in Sandseryd parish:
https://minkarta.lantmateriet.se/?e=447412&n=6400274&z=9
(Bårarp in Lekeryd parish is another place.)

And here is Lilla Åsa (Lillåsa) in the same parish:
https://minkarta.lantmateriet.se/?e=446118&n=6395866&z=11

[KG Hammarlund]

A few more ancestry data

Hilda Maria's parents:

Anders Johan with parents and siblings
(Anders Johan's name given as Anders Jaen)
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022724_00095

Maja Stina with parents and siblings
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0023699_00233


Anders Magnusson's parents:

Magnus Andersson with parents and siblings
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0022722_00208

Maja (Maria Christina) Andersdotter with parents and siblings in Finnabygget, Byarum:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0021144_00053

[Mike Anderson]

As far as I can tell, this is the first time this branch of the wider 'Anderson' name has been linked to back to the old world, thank you all for bringing a whole new round of questions and stories to the forefront!...and hopefully digitizing enough information to make it easier for others