Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion - 1900

[Lee Himan]

The photo below - taken around 1900 - includes the Anderson sisters, Hilda (left) and Clara (front,center), who were first cousins of my grandmother.  These two young women were missionaries who died in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion in China.
 
I believe they may have been born in Ljung Parish, Ostergotland.  I also think the mothers of the Anderson sisters and my grandmother were sisters; and their parents were Jonas Jonsson(b.19-7-1809) and Stina Mansdotter(b.12-3-1813). They were born, married, and died in Ljung Parish.
 
Jonas and Stina married March 12, 1841 and were the parents of seven children: Stina Maja(b.9-5-1841), Johanna(b.12-3-1843), Gustava Louisa(b.19-11-1844), Anna Sofia(b.10-9-1847), Clara Albertina(b.11-2-1849), Johan Fredrik(b.23-1-1850), Elfrida Matilda(b.27-3-1854).
 
It is my hope that Ljung Parish records might confirm the relationships and might in some way provide some background.
 
`image(Martyrs-1900)

[Chris Bingefors]

Lee,
 
The photos can, unfortunately, only be about 80 kB, or they are rejected by the system. Use the Bifoga följande button. We are curious!

[Ann-Mari Bäckman]

Lee,
 
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Ann-Mari

[Ann-Mari Bäckman]

This is the photo:
 

 
Ann-Mari

[Ann-Mari Bäckman]

Can anyone help Lee with the question, if Hilda Andersson and Clara Andersson were daughters of any of Jonas Jonsson\s 19/7 1809, Ljung, Östergötland and Stina Månsdotter\s 12/3 1813, children?
 
AI:9 Prästtomta, Ljung, Östergötland, 1856-1962
 
Jonas Jonsson 1809
Stina Månsdotter 1813
Children:
Stina Maja 1841 9/5       married to Anders Fredrik Karlsson b.1841
Johanna 1843 12/3
Gustava Lovisa 1844 29/11
(Anna Sofia ded 1858)
Clara Albertina 1849 11/2
Johan Fredrik 1850 23/11   to North America 21/4 1869
Elfrida Matilda 1854 23/3  to North America 1870
 
Can any of the daughters be a mother of Clara and Frida?
 
Kan någon reda ut om Hanna och Klara Andersson skulle vara döttrar till någon av döttrarna till Jonas Jonsson och Stina Månsdotter?

[Chris Bingefors]

The history of the people in the photo is written in Swedish here: http://www.ilanga.se/mission.html
I have been away and not had the time to do research, but Hilda was born 20 Dec 1872 in Ljung  and Clara 23 Dec 1876. Clara went to America in 1893 and then on to China. Hilda went to America in 1890 and found God and then turned to missionary work. The people in the photo all perished in the rebellion, except NJ Fridström who died later of Typhoid fever. I think there was a TV-program about them about a year or so ago?
According to the 1890 census, Clara (Klara Sofia) was the daughter of Stina Maja Jonsdotter (one of Jonas´children) and Anders Fredrik Karlsson, crofter in Haraldsberg,  Ljung:
 
Karlsson, Anders Fredr.   1841   Far
Jonsd:r, Stina Maja   1841   Mor
(Barn), Adolf Fredrik   1874   Barn
(Barn), Klara Sofia   1876   Barn
(Barn), Gustaf Albert   1879   Barn
(Barn), Alfrida Maria   1883   Barn

[Chris Bingefors]

The photo is a composite, as Lee points out in a mail. It was probably produced as a Martyr´s memory, that is what the text says and thus composed for that reason.

[Urban Blomstedt]

Fantastiskt! Är "nära" släkt med detta gäng. Flickornas bror och lillasyster finns här. Gustav Albert Andersson föddes i Bullerstorp i Ljung 7 juni 1879. När han 1902 åker till Nordamerika finns familjen i Karlsberg Flistad. Han hamnar så småningom i Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois och gifter sig där 1909 med Fanny Klara Krans (1879-1971) De får fyra barn. Phil (1910-1973), Frances (1913-1995), Florence (1915-2010) och Robert Martin född 1921.

I november 1920 åker Albert hem för att hälsa på sin mor och sannolikt hämta sin del av arvet efter sin far. I februari 1921 lämnar han åter Flistad. Båda gångerna åker Albert med det svenskflaggade fartyget Drottningholm. Hans föräldrar var Alfred Fredrik Karlsson (1841-1914) och Stina Maja Jonsdotter (1841-1922) Hans mor dör av svält och utfattig 1922. Stina var syster med min mormors farfar Johan Fredrik (1850-1927 se bild från Krutbruket)

De hade fyra systrar som for till Iowa omkring 1869. Albert hade 7 syskon som alla utom en åkte till Amerika omkring 1900. Det yngsta barnet Alfrida Maria (1883-1963) gifte sig i Flistad 1905 med Frans Otto Åberg. Se annat inlägg från Krisberg Kulla.

Albert är industriarbetare och de verkar bo på bondgård. Men han startar eget före 1930. Han blir nästan 100 år och avlider i dec 1977. Han ligger begravd på Scandinavian Cementry, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA.