Lennberg

[Karen Kelsey]

Is Lennberg a common name?  I am having trouble finding enough background information to enter a query.  All I know is that my grt-grandmother's last name was Lennberg, and her family came from Sweden prior 1860.  They appear on the 1880 census (Illinois, Cook County, Proviso township) as the following:
Leopold Lennberg (spelled Lenberg using the Ancestry search engine)- 58 years old
Johanna Lennberg 58 years old. They have three children, ranging in age from 17 - 21, and all were born in Illinois - so that's how I know that the parents immigrated prior to 1860.  I do not know if they married here or in Sweden, but I cannot find their marriage in any Illinois databases.  They must have been born around 1822.
   If there are dozens of Lennbergs who emigrated prior to 1860, then I will try to find citizenship documents to see if those hold any hint of their exact date of emigration.  Thanks!

[Lisbeth Thorlid Gustafsson]

Karen. There are about 17 Lennbergs on the CD - Emigrants.  
I also found one; Johanna Lennberg, 31 years old, who was an American citizent and her destination as Chicago, she left Gothenburg in 1894 6th of April.
Maybe she just had been at home visiting the relatives?
Lisbeth

[Karen Kelsey]

Thanks, Lisbeth!  I could not find Johanna Lennberg in the Ellis Island database for 1894, but I am sure that is the correct family.  They came to the U.S. early, and had at least 4 chidlren.  My morfar remarried after my mormor died young.  This Lennberg connection is from the step-mother's family.  My mother talked about her own mother, but never about her step-mother, so it is nice to learn something about them!

[Karen Kelsey]

Thanks to help from this forum, I have found that the name of my ancestor was ANIAN LEOPOLD LEMBERG, according to church records.  He was born in Skenninge on 14-Nov 1822, and arrived in the U.S. in 1852.  He married Johanna Andersdotter, born in Sweden 2-April 1822, but I am unsure where she came from.  They married here in the U.S., and she had come here before Anian Leopold.  The family spelled the named LENNBERG on their death certificates, but it is clearly listed as Lemberg on the early church records.  Is there any hope of finding information about Anian Leopold Lemberg in the emigration records?  Also, I have been told that there is more than one Skenninge.  Would this be from Ostergotland?

[Anders Kyhle]

Yes, it is  Skänninge in Östergötland.  
Anian Leopold was the son of shoemaker Lemberg and his wife Anna Åberg (Åborg?) according to Skänninge C:3 page 234, GID 373.10.58700.
 
There are complete clerical surveys (HFL)covering this period so finding the parent's places of birth will probably be easy. By following the family in the HFL you may be able to find a clue to where Johanna is from as well.

[Britt-Marie Waller]

Message to Karen Kelsey: Hi Karen! I have looked at Anian Leopolds birth in Skänninge too... C:3 Skänninge *1822-11-14 (baptised 17/11) Parents: Shoemaker Lemberg and Anna Åberg in Sp....(difficult to read..)
 
In the archives in Vadstena where I do my research, there is a register for Skänninge where all shoemakers in the city and other professions are listed. I used this to find out exactly where the family lived. I went through all the shoemakers and found them at last.  
 
AI:13 Skänninge p 94
Shoemaker G. Fr. Lennberg born 1779-05-06 Älvestad (E)=Östergötland
Wife Johanna Åbergsson b. 1783-03-12 Skänninge
S. G. Wilhelm b 1811-10-13 Skänninge
S. Fritz Johan b 1816-04-22  
D. Clara Matilda b 1819-09-16  
S. Anian Leopold b 1822-11-15! (this is not correct..)Skänninge
Mother-in-law Joh. Helena Åbergsson (Norström) born 1747-05-22 Skänninge
 
The family lives at a quarter called Sprättebrunnskvarteret no 129.  
 
In the next parishrecord AI:15 p 98 the mother Johanna Åbergsson is said to die 1828-01-22. According to the deathbook C:3 p 606 she dies this date of pulmonary consumption. Age 44.  
 
Her mother dies of old age problems, 83 years old, 1830-09-25 Johanna Helena Åbergsson, widow after a customsjanitor. (C:3, p 618).
 
G Fr Lennberg (it says Lennberg in every other parishrecord, only when Anian is born it´s spelled Lemberg) moves to Mjölby parish in 1833 with the children Anian and Clara. Mjölby is situated close to Skänninge (7 km).  
 
C:2 Skänninge p 400 *1783-03-18 Johanna
Janitor Jan Jonas Åbergs and madame Jan Lena Norströms (30 yrs) daugther.  
 
C:2 Skänninge p 298: Marriage
1774-12-02 Janitor Johan Jonas Åberg and widow Jana Lena Norström.
 
Jana=Johanna
Lena=Helena
 
C:2 Skänninge p 31 *1747-06-22 Johanna Helena
Child of carpenter Oluf Norström.  
 
C:2 Älvestad p 350 *1779-05-06 Gustaf Fredrich
Gardener Carl Lennberg and wife Lisa Johansdotter at Carlshof.
 
At last AI:1 p 14 Älvestad, Carlshof
(Owned by baron von Roxendorf/doff?)
Gardener Carl Lennberg born 1727
Wife Lisa Johansdotter b 1736
S. Johan Fredrik b 1759?
S....Wilhelm b 1773
S. Gustaf Fredrik b 1779
S. Anders Peter b 1782
D. Brita Lisa b 1765?
D. Anna Beata b 1770 (dead 1784?)
 
The family is said to move to Westerlösa, Mjölby parish in 1785.
 
Best regards
 
Britt-Marie
(from Motala, 18 km from Skänninge)

[Karen Kelsey]

Thank you so much!  I have learned a lot about this family and will use the information in my family history.

[Bo Nordenfors (Nob)]

Lennberg has been mentioned earlier at this message board (but in Swedish)- in 2000:
 
Lennberg, trädgårdsmästare
 
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Anbytarforum: Landskap: Östergötland: Efterlysningar: Lennberg, trädgårdsmästare

[Britt-Marie Waller]

To Karen Kelsey: I have read the discussion about Carl Lennberg, gardener=trädgårdsmästare in swedish. I will try and check the information given and then get back to you, I guess you can?t read the swedish language?  
 
Best regards
 
Britt-Marie

[Karen Kelsey]

No, I cannot read Swedish.  I wish I could!
Karen

[Britt-Marie Waller]

To Karen Kelsey: I will try to translate the discussion from 2000/2001 on efterlysningar Östergötland, Lennberg, trädgårdsmästare. Carl Lennberg is said to be born i Stora Malm, Södermanland 1726. He was married first to Sigrid Jonsdotter Knoop b 1735-04-10 Älvestad and died 1763-08-20 Älvestad. Second marriage to Elisabet(Lisa, Lisken) Johansdotter b 1737 in Fornåsa (E) dead 1807-12-18 Västra Lund, Amnada Ödegård, Älvestad. Carl Lennberg died in 1816-02-29 in sockenstugan in Sjögestad (E).
 
I have checked some of this information myself at the archives in Vadstena.  
 
AI:4 Älvestad p 84 Amnada Ödegård, Västra Lund
Old Gardener Carl Lennberg born 1726-11-26 Stora Malm. Moved from Stockholm 1754. Married 1764 (to Lisken...)Widower 1807.
Wife Lisken Johansdotter b 1737-11-01 Fornåsa (E), moved from Klockrike (E) 1756.
S. Anders Peter b 1782-01-03 Älvestad
Daugters-daughter? Lisa Maj Cederqvist b 1796-07-17 Norrköping (E), from Norrköping 1798.
Wife (to Anders P) Maja C Jaensdotter b 1779-08-31 Lönsås (E) married 1809.
 
C:2 Älvestad p 469 deathbook: 1807-12-18 Lisa Jaensdotter. Wife of gardener Carl Lennberg on Amnada properties, died of high fever. 71 yrs.
 
Johan=Jan=Jaen
 
C:1 Sjögestad p 253 deathbook: 1816-02-29 Gardener Carl Lennberg in sockenstugan Cause of death: old age. 89 yrs, 3 months, 3 days old.  
 
In Vadstena you can find some gränsförsamlingar = borderparishes....Stora Malm is available there though its situated in another district, Södermanland. I?v tried to find Carl Lennberg born at the given date, but could?nt find him there and not the years around this date either. I couldn?t find Lisa Johansdotter born i Fornåsa at given date and year. The parishrecords is not dependable in this period, sometimes it can be several wrong dates and it can be many years wrong in any direction.  
 
Perhaps you can get in touch with Christer Gustavsson or Joakim Ekberg, they have perhaps gotten more information since 2001?  
 
Best regards
 
Britt-Marie

[Karen Kelsey]

I thank you for translating the former entry.  I do not think that this Lennberg has any connection with my own Lennberg, which is spelled two ways in the Swed. records: Lemberg and Lennberg.  It is spelled two ways here in the U.S. too!  However, I thank you for translating the original entry - that was very thoughtful.

[Britt-Marie Waller]

To Karen Kelsey: Do you mean that Anian Leopold Lennberg is not your ancestor? Have you not checked this out right from the beginning? Carl Lennberg is grandfather to him and Gustav Fredrik Lennberg is Leopolds father, of this I?m certain. I hope this information given above can be of use to his real relatives in America and that my research was not in vane...
 
Britt-Marie

[Karen Kelsey]

I got very confused, and I apologize.  Yes, you are correct - the translation did include my own family.  I have printed this and now understand.  Thanks so much!