Holt, Andrew emigrated 1852

[Anna Holloway]

Holt, Andrew (Anders H?lt) 1852
 
My maternal great-grandfather came to the U.S. to Carver County, Minnesota, in 1852. He was from Skaraborgs Lan. He may be the same person as Anders Anderson Hult from Bitterna, Skaraborgs län. One of his wives, my great-grandmother, was probably Clara Carlson. I have a churchbook in Swedish from East Union Lutheran Church in Carver County, but there are at least two Anders or Andrew Hults in it. One was a judge in Minnesota. That one was not my grandfather. (My paternal great-grandparents are Andrew and Maja Stina Wallace--the story is that he was an Anderson, changed his name to Wallin, and the Union army changed it to Wallace at the time of the  Civil War.) I'm coming to Sweden briefly and would like to visit the towns of my ancestors! --Anna Wallace Holloway

[Anna Holloway]

Correction: Andrew Holt emigrated in 1854. He was born in 1827 in Skaraborgs lan. These dates are from a copy of his obituary, probably from the Minneapolis paper. --Anna