Scott!
I believe I have found Eric in the US census 1900 with wife Jessie and two children living in Maple Ridge, Insanti.
I had a closer look of the scanned image and it indicates that Eric was 33 years old and if you look carefully, he was actually born in
1866 (although it may be interpreted as 1868) which is in line with the stated age versus the date of the census.
Direct link to Familysearch and the scanned image:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11762-145197-69?cc=1325221&wc=MMPJ- WV4:n74908439
The California, Death Index, 1905-1939 indicates that Erik G Johnson was 37 years when he passed away on July 21, 1905, in other words born in 1867, this is of course IF his date of birth (December 26) is consistent with the truth...
Direct link to Familysearch and the Californian, Death index:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-26181-10675-78?cc=1932433&wc=14216 746
A third source is his gravestone whith the inscription Dec 26 1867. Find A Grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=johnson&GSfn=eric&GSbyrel= all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=6&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=27701062&df=all&
With the sources available for emigrants from Sweden, I have not been able to find any Erik Gustav born on December 26, 1867 or 1868 and with a father namned Johan/Johannes/Jonas/Jöns/Jan nor any Erik Gustav born on the dates given who left Sweden with his father's patronymic, e.g Johansson, Jansson etc.
However, I do find a candidate in the following person;
Erik Gustaf Gustafsson (Jönsson), born December 26, 1866 (same year as stated in the 1900 cencus) in Hällestad county, Östergötland.
He emigrates in
1881 from Hällestad together with his parents Gustaf Jönsson and Ulrika Sofia Andersdotter and three brothers. (Source; EmiWeb). Erik Gustaf - together with his brothers - are listed as 'Gustafsson Jönsson', a patronymic and their father's last name. In America it would obviously be more natural that the whole family uses the name 'Johnson'.
This is the family taken from the
Swedish census 1880 living in Prestköp, Hällestad, Östergötland:
Jönsson, Gustaf Torpare
b. 1833 in Hällestad (Östergötlands län, Östergötland)
Man, married, father
Prestköp
Hällestad (Östergötlands län, Östergötland)
Andersdotter, Ulrika Sofia b. 1841 in Tjällmo (Östergötlands län, Östergötland)
H.
Woman, married, mother
Erik Gustaf b. 1866 in Hällestad (Östergötlands län, Östergötland)
S.
Man, single, child
Carl Axel b. 1869 in Hällestad (Östergötlands län, Östergötland)
S.
Man, single, child
Frans Emanuel b. 1871 in Hällestad (Östergötlands län, Östergötland)
S.
Man, single, child
David b. 1879 in Hällestad (Östergötlands län, Östergötland)
S.
Boy, child
It may be worthwhile to try to find the family in the USA. Did they all settled in Minnesota?
(Meddelandet ändrat av hjor 2013-02-06 10:24)