Kjällsjö, Småland, Berga parish [Lagen parish]

[William Nelson]

My farmor was born in Kjällsjö, Småland, Berga parish [Lagen parish] near Ljungby in 1866. She came to America in 1885.
 
Is Kjällsjö a small city? [stad]
 
Her family had a farm in Kjällsjö. Is there a way to find out how large the farm was?
 
 Did Farmor far own the land? He was a  lantbrukare. His name was Salomon Stark.

[Judy Olson Baouab]

There is a by = village named Källsjö in Berga parish, Kronoberg län (county), Småland province according to the Rosenberg CD. Perhaps that is your Kjällsjö. If so, it is only a village and hardly is large enough to be a small city.
 
Is this your Salomon Stark? If so, he was a farm owner (hemmansegare, hemmansägare).
 
1890 Swedish Census
 
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Name:  Salomon Stark  
Homeparish:  Berga  
Residence:  Källsjö  
Page:  36    
Row:  21    
 
Fam. nr 1
 
Salomon Stark, b. 1832 in Berga, hemeg.  
wife Anna Katrina Andreasd:r, b. 1839 in Berga  
s. Klas Alfred, b. 1876 in Berga  
 
1880:
 
You can see Salomon using his patronymic name. He wasn't listed with Stark. You didn't name your farmor. Is she listed? The only person born in 1866 was male.
 
Homeparish:  Berga  
Residence:  Källsjö  
County:  Kronoberg  
Page:  45    
Row:  3    
 
Fam. nr 1
 
Salomon Magnusson, b. 1832 in Berga Kronobergs län, Hemmansägare  
wife Anna Katrina Andreasdotter, b. 1839 in Berga Kronobergs län  
Maria Kristina, b. 1863 in Berga Kronobergs län  
Johan Magnus, b. 1866 in Berga Kronobergs län  
Ida Mathilda, b. 1868 in Berga Kronobergs län  
Clas Alfred, b. 1876 in Berga Kronobergs län  
 
I see this person emigrating, according to  Emibas but she was born in 1863, not 1866, and she left in 1889, not 1885.
 
 
Post 251303
 
Salomonsdotter Stark, Maria Kristina
Hemmadotter (unmarried woman)
 
b. 3/30/1863 in Berga, Kronobergs län (Småland)
 
Emigrated 7/5/1889
from Stäckinge, Berga, Kronobergs län (Småland)
to Michigan, USA
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 372
 
Emibas migration file ID: Berga G 1889 065
 
Un-normalized versions:
 
Place of destination: Michigan
Country of destination: USA
 
Johan Magnus is also listed on Emibas.
 
Post 250970
 
Salomonsson Stark, Johan Magnus
Hemmason (unmarried man)
 
b. 4/9/1866 in Berga, Kronobergs län (Småland)
 
Emigrated 4/2/1886
from Stäckinge, Berga, Kronobergs län (Småland)
to Amerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 372
 
Emibas migration file ID: Berga G 1886 042
 
Tell us who your farmor was.
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

1900:
 
Homeparish:  Berga  
Residence:  Källsjö  
County:  Kronoberg  
Page:  60    
Row:  12    
 
Fam. nr 1
 
Salomon Magnusson Stark, b. 1832 in Berga Kronobergs län, Hemmansägare  
wife Anna Katrina Andreasdotter, b. 1839 in Berga Kronobergs län  
Klas Alfrid, b. 1876 in Berga Kronobergs län  
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

I think this is Maria Kristina on the Emihamn database (Swedish port registrations) but she didn't use Stark.
 
First name: MARIA
Last name: SALOMONSON
Age: 26     Gender: K
Parish: BERGA     County: G
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1889 07 12
Destination: ESCANABA
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 39:477:28927
 
Judy