Kling family- Gustaf and Johanna

[Karen Kelsey]

I have searched for the backgound of my Kling ancestors, but have not found much. I cannot discover where in Sweden they were from, or what city they came through when they arrived in the U.S.  They settled in Pecatonica, Winnebago County, IL, and there were two families of Klings in that little town.  I do not think that I have enough information, but I will post a question to see if I might get lucky!
 
Gust Kling and his wife, Johanna (maiden name unknown), emigrated from Sweden in 1869, according to the U.S. census.
Gust Kling - born 1826 in Sweden
Johanna Kling - born April 1824- Sweden
their children:
Mathilda Kling - born 1860- Sweden
Frank Kling (maybe Frans) - born 1865- Sweden
Olive Selma Kling- born April 1868- Sweden
 
They settled in Pecatonica, IL and took up farming.  I have not found obituaries yet.  I may have to search the naturalization records to find more information, but those I looked for were not on microfilm.
 
I know that I may not get an answer to this query, since I have so little information to proceed with.

[Chris Bingefors]

This is probably the mother and children, the fathe may have emigrated separately:
Daughter Selma Olivia:
Post 542423
 
Kling Gustafsdotter, Selma Olivia
Soldatdotter (unmarried woman)(soldiers daughter)
 
b. 4/2/1868 in Eriksberg, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
 
Emigrated 11/2/1868
from Plogskog, Eriksberg, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 107
 
Emibas migration file ID: Eriksberg P 1868 050
 
Mother:  
Post 542419
 
Eriksdotter, Johanna
Soldathustru (married woman)
 
b. 4/5/1824 in Norra Säm, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
 
Emigrated 11/2/1868
from Plogskog, Eriksberg, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 107
 
Emibas migration file ID: Eriksberg P 1868 046
 
Three more children:
Sofia Kling b 10 Feb 1849
 
Mathilda b 19 Jan 1859
 
Frans Ludvig b 9 Feb 1865
 
They are all Gustafsdotter or Gustafsson, meaning the the father is Gustaf Kling.

[Chris Bingefors]

The original book says that Gustaf Kling went to America without a certificate in 1868. That means that he ran away, being a soldier he was not supposed to leave without permission.
 
This is the last entry in the household examination book, the ink is a bit faded, but you can see there were more children:

[Chris Bingefors]

Johanna and the children did not leave Gothenburg until August 1869:
Efternamn:   KLING
Förnamn:     JOHANNA
Ålder:       44            Kön: K
Född: 1824/1825
Församling:  ERIKSBERG    Län: P
Titel/Anm:   H
Utresehamn:  GÖTEBORG
Utvandrdag:  1869 08 06
Destination: NEW YORK
Medåkande:   JA
Källkod:     2:155:3219

[Chris Bingefors]

Gustaf left with the two other children  
Post 542374
 
Kling, Gustaf
Soldat nr 956 (married man)
 
b. 9/15/1827 in Grolanda, Skaraborgs län (Västergötland)
 
Emigrated 1868
from Plogskog, Eriksberg, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 107
 
Emibas migration file ID: Eriksberg P 1868 001
 
with
Johan Erik b 22 June 1851
Augusta b 30 Dec 1853

[Karen Kelsey]

Thank you!  It is interesting to find something about this family, and I was able to find Johanna on the 1900 census - living with a son (who was not mentioned on the above census), Gust Kling, born in Nov 1846 in Sweden.  Johanna said that she had five children alive in 1900, but had given birth to 11 children.  The son she lived with emigrated in 1883, according to the census, which is not always accurate on those details.
 
Your information gives me a way to continue with this study.  I inherited a number of carte de viste photographs from the Kling and Rosengren families (Claus Rosengren, born in Sweden on 20 Jan 1862, married Selma Olivia Kling in Winnebago County, Illinois), but I had no idea of how to identify them or to learn about these ancestors.

[Karen Kelsey]

I made a mistake on the above entry.  The Gust Kling that I mentioned, emigrating in 1883, may not have been from the same family.  In 1900, Johanna Eriksdotter Kling lived with her daughter, Selma Olive Kling Rosengren and Selma's husband, Clause J. Rosengren.
 
It is easy to get confused with the Swedes in Rockford, Illinois because MANY of them settled in Rockford!