Jonsberg and Västra Harg

[Ishbel Cormack]

Approximately how far are the parishes churches of Jonsberg and Västra Harg from Hannäs parish church in km?

[Sam Blixt]

Hi Ishbel,
 
The distance between the churches, as the crow flies, is about 97 kilometres or 60 miles.
 
Regards/Sam Blixt/Oskarshamn

[Anders Andersson]

97 km is between Jonsberg and Västra Harg.
Between Jonsberg and Hannäs: 51 km.
Between Västra Harg and Hannäs: 65 km.

[Ishbel Cormack]

Thank you Anders and Sam: The Hannäs church records indicate that my grandmother lived in Jonsberg and then Västra Harg before she returned to her home in Hannäs parish and left for America.  
Would it be a usual thing for people to travel
that far for work in 1880-1885? I think she must have gone by train.

[Karin Selldin]

Hi Ishbel,
If your grandmother went to Jonsberg in 1880-1885, she didn't travel by train. There was no railway to Jonsberg at that time. The railway on Vikbolandet (that part of Östergötland) wasn't built until 1895. The last train went in 1960. Nowadays buses replace the trains and before 1895 people probably went by horse and carriage or by foot.
Regards Karin