Individual Details

Cornelia Charlotta BENGTSSON

(11 May 1855 - 13 Mar 1909)

Bengtsson  is Swedish surname originating in a  patronymic, meaning son of Bengt, Bengt meaning Blessed. The name is sometimes written Bengtson  (a form frequently adopted by migrants to the United States).

Events

Birth11 May 1855Landskrona, Malmohus, (Skane), Sweden
Emigration3 Feb 1872Landskrona, Malmöhus(Skåne) Sweden to Tyskland, Germany
MarriageAbt 1874Heinrich "Henry" MADSEN
Alt name1889Charlotte MATSON
Emigration11 Oct 1889from the Port of Hamburg to North American via Liverpool. Destination Pender, Nebraska - Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein), Preußen (Germany)
Arrival1890Hamburg (Nordamerika via Liverpool)
Census-shared1900(Otto Louis MADSEN) Pender Precinct, Thurston, Nebraska, United States
Death13 Mar 1909Pender Precinct, Thurston County, Nebraska
BurialRose Hill Cemetery, Pender, Nebraska, United States

Families

SpouseHeinrich "Henry" MADSEN (1848 - 1895)
ChildClara C. "Christina" MADSEN (1876 - 1947)
ChildCarl MADSEN (1877 - )
ChildEdith V. MADISON (1880 - 1969)
ChildOtto Louis MADSEN (1882 - 1935)
ChildEmil Thomas MADSEN ( - 1945)
ChildGeorge H. MADSEN (1885 - 1914)
ChildBerta Christina MADSEN (1888 - 1959)
ChildElla Constance MADSEN (1891 - 1980)
ChildCora MADSEN (1892 - )
ChildHarriett "Babe" "Babe" MADSEN (1895 - 1960)
SpouseAnders ANDERSON (1836 - )

Notes

Birth


Emigration

There were two young girls born on May 11, 1855 in Landskrona, Malmöhus (Skåne), who migrated per the Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991.

Cornelia Charlotta Bengtsson migrated to Germany on February 3, 1872 and Cornelia Christina Bengtsson migrated to Denmark on February 27, 1873. Both listed their occupation as maids (Piga).







Marriage

They had ten children in 20 years.

Alt name

The alternative name of Charlotte Matson 31, and her children: Clara Matson 13, Carl Matson 12, Ida Matson 8, Olis Matson 6, Emil Matson 4, George Matson 3, Bertha Matson 2 are from the Ship [Hamburd's] records. Ship Name: HamburgCaptain: Krabbo, E.Shipping Clerk: M. Otto W. Möller, später Inh. Firma Ch. J. M. WulkowShipping line: H. J. Perlbach & Co.Ship Type: DampfschiffShip Flag: DeutschlandAccommodation: ohne AngabeVolume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 080

Emigration

Under the name of Charlotte Matson 31, and her children: Clara Matson 13, Carl Matson 12, Ida Matson 8, Olis Matson 6, Emil Matson 4, George Matson 3, Bertha Matson 2 left Germany for Pender, Nebraska. The name Charlotte Matson is from the Ship [Hamburg's] records.

Endnotes

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2. , Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: n.p., n.d.).

3. Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991.

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5. Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008), Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: S_13157.

6. 1900 United States Census, , , , Clara Madusen in household of Cornelia Madusen, Pender Precinct, Thurston, Nebraska, United Statesng ; NARA microfilm publication citing sheet 12A, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T623; FHL microfilm 1,240,941.

7. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLS-S2GS : 13 December 2015), Cornelia C. Madsen, 1909; Burial, Pender, Thurston, Nebraska, United States of America, Rose Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 80569525, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..