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Biography of Nelin + Johnson Families
Biographical accounts about Carl John Nelin and P. N. Johnson by Dalmer E. Nelin, Carl John Nelin's widow and P. N. Johnson's daughter, who, during her 83rd year, observes that both men had come to America expecting to find a "pot of gold" in a "land of milk and honey."
Date:
[1958..2000]
Creator:
Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
C. J. Nelin Farm History
A history of the ownership of the C. J. Nelin farm from 1882-04-24 when it was purchased by Peter Getziller until 2000-03-?? when it was sold to Bobye Hurd.
Date:
[1958..2000]
Creator:
Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dalmer E. Nelin's Death Certificate]
Death Certificate of Dalmer Elizabeth Nelin, stating that she died in McCulloch County, Texas, on 1959-01-22 of "Coronary Thrombosis" as a result of a fractured left hip.
Date:
February 6, 1959
Creator:
Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]
Photograph of the seven Hanson sisters in the 1960s, lined up side-by-side next to a small building.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Genealogical Record, Ancestors, Relatives, Descendants
Genealogical record showing the family histories of the Steelhammer and another family of descendants from Friedrick Johann Otte. This record contains pedigree charts, and histories of individual family members; each individual is named in the index. Also included are various photographs of some of the family members.
Date:
1964
Creator:
Steelhammer, Ernest Ray
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Anniversary Program for the East Sweden Presbyterian Church, Texas]
75th Anniversary Service Program for the East Sweden Presbyterian Church, listing hymns and prayers to recite inside, and stating that the Order of the Service was based on the Service of the Fifteenth Anniversary on the back page.
Date:
July 17, 1966
Creator:
Hurd, Bobbye
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Decal Advertisement for "Stalhammars Maleri"]
Advertisement decal of a logo entitled "Stalhammars Maleri" which means "Stalhammars Painting." The image shows an artisan holding a brush in the center with the title printed in an oval shape.
Date:
1970?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Related to the Reunion of the West Sweden Church Confirmation Classes, 1930]
Notebook containing organizational information for a reunion of the confirmation classes of the West Sweden Church, held August 31, 1930, and letters from the invited alumni.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hanson, Harry; Hanson, Ruth; Dahlberg, Alice; Dahlberg, Leonard & Rose, Mrs. R. L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Family Register: Claus P. Engdahl and Wilhemina Erikson Engdahl & John J. Johnson and Nina Norman Johnson
Document listing the descendants of Claus P. Engdahl and Wilhemina Erikson Engdahl and John J. Johnson and Nina Norman Johnson. Each family member has their address and phone number included if known or is marked deceased. The children of Edward Reginald and Catherine Caroline Engdahl are listed first, then their siblings's children.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
From Sweden to America: Roots and Branches of the Steelhammer Family
Genealogical account of the Steelhammer family, covering the descendants of John Albert Steelhammer. Each page of the document covers the history of a particular family member.
Date:
{2013-10-19..2013-10-20}
Creator:
Steelhammer, Gilbert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Stable, Fairview, Texas]
Photograph of two men with three saddled horses and two men in a horse-drawn wagon in the early 1900s in Fairview outside the large Anders John Johnson barn that contained 10 animal stalls, a hay loft, and a garage for buggies, wagons, or implements.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Diane, Jones
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Anders John Johnson Home, Fairview, Texas]
Photograph of the Anders John Johnson Home (which was later moved into Brady) as it appeared in Fairview in the early 1900s.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Diane, Jones
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Henry Charles Johanson Home, East Sweden, Texas]
Photograph of the Henry Charles Johanson Home in East Sweden in the early 1900s, a place that his mother and father had left to move into Brady because his mother did not like it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jones, Diane
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ray Thornton's Business Card]
A business card for Ray Thornton, attached to a white cardboard divider. The card uses the Texas Flag as a design, replacing the star with a longhorn's head.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Thornton, Ray
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Swedish Inscription in Lundgren Family Bible]
Inscription and poem written in Swedish listing the birth and death dates of "Lundgren," in the Lundgren family bible.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Early Swedish Settlers
Historical survey of the history of Swedish communities in McCulloch County, especially the East Sweden area and Soldiers Waterhole historic marker. This report contains compiled stories, correspondence, and tables.
Date:
1971/1972
Creator:
McCulloch County Historical Survey Committee
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hanson Family Tree]
Photocopy of the Joseph and Hilda Hanson family tree, followed by notes. Each name featured on the tree has a page providing a brief biography of them, and the last 2 note pages feature a list of miscellaneous names and dates.
Date:
1975~
Creator:
Nelson, Alice
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
History of the Charles Conrad Johanson Family
Photocopy of a handwritten document. "The History of the Charles Conrad Johanson Family," by Drusilla Johanson Miller traces the Johanson family's history back to Sweden in 1842 and the Andrew Johann Johnson family's Swedish history back to 1861 and then follows the journeys of both men as they emigrate from Sweden into Texas, eventually settling in the East Sweden, Fairview, and Brady Communities of McCulloch County, where their families merged with the 1906 marriage in Brady of their children Henry Charles Johanson and Annie Johnson, who were the parents of several children about whom biographical information is also given through 1976.
Date:
1976~
Creator:
Miller, Drusilla Johanson
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpt from the Brady Herald, Letters to the Editor]
A clipping from The Brady Herald newspaper; an article titled, "Letters to the Editor." The article provides details about the lives of five individuals buried in the East Sweden Cemetery, including the circumstances of two of their deaths.
Date:
August 9, 1977
Creator:
The Brady Herald
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter From Alan H. Winquist to Carlton Lundgren, May 28, 1983]
Letter from Alan H. Winquist to Carlton Lundgren discussing an inscription in Lundgren's family bible which he had asked Winquist to translate. The letter also mentions a newspaper article in the Brady Herald featuring Winquist.
Date:
May 28, 1983
Creator:
Winquist, Alan H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Forskarcentrum I Ramsele, 1988~]
Letter from Forskarcentrum I Ramsele, proposing ancestry investigation services at the hourly rate of $25.
Date:
1988~
Creator:
Ramsele, Forskarcentrum I
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Camilla Asplund to Cecil Nelin, September 6, 1988]
Letter from Camilla Asplund to Cecil Nelin discussing Carl J. Nelin's background and ancestry. Camilla is affiliated with the Swedish agency, SVAR.
Date:
September 6, 1988
Creator:
Asplund, Camilla
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Article from The Brady Herald]
A clipping from The Brady Herald which reports that the Evangelical Free Church of Melvin will "be the first church in McCulloch County to receive an historical marker" in upcoming historical marker dedication ceremonies with excerpts from greetings sent to the church from the superintendent of the South Central District of the Evangelical Free Church of America in which he expresses the hope that "the day will be both a day of remembrance and a day of rejoicing in what this church has meant and continues to mean..."
Date:
September 20, 1988
Creator:
The Brady Herald
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historical Marker Dedication Program for the Evengalical Free Church of Melvin, Texas]
Historical Marker Dedication Program for the Evangelical Free Mission Church in McCulloch County, Texas. The pamphlet lists a brief history of the church, followed by credits for the event's contributors.
Date:
September 24, 1988
Creator:
Evangelical Free Mission Church
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History