1880s Autograph Album of Nellie Christine Grant of New Gottland, Kansas; Many Inscriptions in Swedish

1880s autograph album that belonged to Nellie Christine Grant of New Gottland, Kansas; with many inscriptions written in Swedish.   Read more about Swedish immigration to Kansas here.

Inscriptions were penned by relatives, friends, schoolmates and teacher, most from McPherson County, Kansas, with one from Burlington, Iowa.

Nellie's name and residence appear on the first end paper.

The album measures approximately 6-1/4" by 3-3/4" and contains several pages of floral designs scattered throughout, plus the sentiments of 54 of Nellie's relatives, friends, schoolmates and teacher.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

	? [4]	F	Feldt [2]	M	Matson [2]
A	Abramson	G	Grant [2]		Nelson [4]
	Almgren [3]		Gregory	N	Nord
	Aurell [3]	J	Johnson [3]	O	Oller
B	Berggren [2]		Johnston		Owen
	Bolin	K	Kant	P	Paulson
	Bowen [4]		Knutson	R	Ramstrom
	Burk [2]	L	Larson	S	Stromquist
C	Carlson [2]		Lincoln		Swanson [2]
	Chilstrom		Lindquist	W	Westblad
E	Engberg		Lundquist [2]

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Nellie Christine Grant was born in 1873 in Kansas, the daughter of Johann Peter Grant, who may have Americanized his surname, and Anna Sophia (Stromquist) Grant.  Nellie's brother Eben inscribed a page in her album.

On March 20, 1898 in McPherson County, Kansas, Nellie Christine Grant married Carl Gustav Karlsson Almen, who was born in Sweden in 1867 and emigrated to the United States about 1885.  Nellie and Carl made their home at McPherson, Kansas, where they ran a drug store, and had at least two children.  They may have had more children who didn't survive childhood, as there are several graves in the McPherson Cemetery of Almen children who were born and died during the relevant time frame.

Nellie died in 1939 and Carl in 1943.  They're buried in the McPherson Cemetery at McPherson, Kansas, with other people with the surname Almen.  There are many people with the surname Grant buried in this cemetery as well.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or information on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Below, a two-page sentiment by John Westblad, who inscribed his page in Swedish at New Gottland, Kansas, on April 29, 1884.

Below, the page inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on November 16, 1885 by J. C. Owen, Nellie's teacher.  He was presumably Joseph C. Owen.

Inscribers in the Album

• Paulus; sentiment in Swedish
• C. S. S?; possibly Suennan.  Sentiment in Swedish
• Hannah A.
• C. O. S.; inscribed in Swedish at McPherson, Kansas, on August 15, 1887
• Oscar Abramson; sentiment in Swedish
• Ellen Almgren; inscribed in McPherson County, Kansas, on June 22, 1885
• F. O. Almgren; presumably Frank O. Almgren, who died in 1888
• Emma S. Almgren; inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on June 22, 1885
• Mary Aurell; inscribed on March 27, 1887
• Emma Aurell; Nellie's schoolmate
• David Aurell; Nellie's schoolmate
• Amanda Berggren; inscribed in McPherson County, Kansas, on April 29, 1884.  Nellie's schoolmate
• Jennie C. Berggren; inscribed in McPherson County, Kansas, on April 28, 1884.  Nellie's schoolmate
• Hilma Bolin; not sure of surname; inscribed in Swedish at McPherson, Kansas, on August 6, 1887.
• Walter Bowen, of, or inscribed at, Burlington, Iowa, on August 21, 1884
• O. S. Bowen; inscribed on August 26, 1884
• C. M. Bowen
• Boad William Bowen.  Could Boad be a nickname for Bowen?
• Emma E. Burk; inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on April 30, 1888
• Amanda Burk; inscribed in Swedish at New Gottland, Kansas, on 5-12-1888
• Carl J. Carlson; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas on April 29, 1884
• P. A. Carlson; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on April 29, 1884
• Jennie Chilstrom; Nellie's schoolmate
• Jennie Engberg; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on March 26, 1884
• Emma Feldt; sentiment in Swedish, inscribed on June 2, 1888.  Presumably Emma M. Feldt
• Carl E. Feldt; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on May 31, 1888
• Nellie Grant of New Gottland, Kansas; album owner Nellie Christine Grant
• Eben; Nellie's brother.  Carl Eben Grant
• C. S. Gregory; inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on September 2, 1888
• Sophy Johnson; sentiment in Swedish
• G. Johnson
• Christina Johnson
• Charles E. Johnston; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on December 27, 1884
• J. W. Kant; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on January 27, 1887.  Perhaps John W. Kant
• Mrs. Knutson
• Julia Larson
• Ella Lincoln; inscribed on May 1, 1884
• Emely Lindquist
• Emma Lundquist;inscribed on December 4, 1887
• Lydia Lundquist; inscribed on March 17, 1885
• N. William Matson
• Mary O. Matson; Nellie's schoolmate
• Jna Nelson; not sure of given name; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on April 28, 1884
• Augusta Nelson
• Oscar Nelson; inscribed on January 26, 1887
• Charls Nelson; possibly Charles Nelson
• Christina M Nord; not sure of surname.  Nellie's schoolmate
• John H. Oller; inscribed on May 25, 1884
• J. C. Owen; inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on November 16, 1885.  Nellie's teacher, presumably Joseph C. Owen
• Mary L. Paulson; inscribed at Allamead, possibly Alameda, Kansas; inscribed on September 2, 1886
• A. Ramstrom; sentiment inscribed in Swedish at New Gottland, Kansas, on May 7, 1885
• Agnes Edith Stromquist; left page of a sentiment in Swedish inscribed over two facing pages.
• Alma Swanson
• Christine Swanson; inscribed on February 11, 1886
• John Westblad; left page of a sentiment over two facing pages, written in Swedish and inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on April 29, 1884

37 1890s-1940s Photographs of Related People, many from Kansas and Illinois: Lindahl, Jaderborg, Hays, Gundy, Nothstein, Paulson, etc.

37 photographs, from about the 1890s to the mid 20th century, of people from Illinois,  Kansas, Arkansas, and other Midwest and Western states, including several of the Lindahl and Jadersborg families of Lindsborg, Kansas.  

Most of the surnames are Scandinavian and German in origin.  Interestingly, a Lindsborg, Kansas, website indicates that Lindsborg is "Little Sweden, USA".  

The woman in the photograph above is Antonia Christina Teichgraeber (1887-1964), daughter of Ernest Theodore Teichgraeber and Emma (Hartwig) Teichgraeber.  The surname is also seen as Teichgraber.  The "Helen L." mentioned in the identification was Helen Theodora (Teichgraeber) Lindahl, wife of Samuel August Lindahl and daughter of Antonia's uncle Emil John Teichgraeber and wife Ida Sophia (Johnson) Teichgraeber.  

Another photograph shows two young women: Edna Soderstrom of Hoisington, Kansas, and Lydia Jaderborg, presumably of Lindsborg, Kansas.  Interestingly, Lydia J. (Jaderborg) Blomgren, wife of Dr. Carl Blomgren, is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery at Stonington, Maine, which fact might account for how the photographs ended up at an antique mall in the same Maine county, where I purchased them in 2005.  

Still another photograph, taken in 1913 by the Martin studio of Chicago, Illinois, shows Rev. Otto Karlstrom and his wife and children.

If you recognize any of the names in the photographs, or if you have corrections to my spelling, please leave a comment - being careful to respect the privacy of living people - or contact me directly.

Surnames of People in the Photographs

	? [3]	L	Larson
B	Blomgren		Lauger
C	Calene		Lindahl [6]
F	Fullam		Lundstedt
G	Glatt	N	Nothstein [3]
	Gundy [4]	P	Paulson [2]
H	Hays [2]	R	Romig
	Hillbranch		Ruffner
J	Jaderborg [3]	S	Soderstrom
K	Karlstrom	T	Teichgraeber or Teichgraber
	Kelley		Tunander

People in the Photographs - given names within a specific surname may not be in alphabetical order

• Bruce Lindahl; photograph as a toddler; taken at the Wilyse-Glick studio at Salina, Kansas
• John Lindahl, in a photograph with his sister Karen Lindahl
• Karen Lindahl, in a photograph with her brother John Lindahl
• Hugo Emrick Lindahl, high school graduation photograph taken by the Grondal studio at Lindsborg, Kansas.  He was born November 25, 1912, son of Emil and Julia Lindahl of Lindsborg, Kansas.  Brother of Theodore E. Lindahl, whose photograph is also part of the collection.
• Teichgraeber or Teichgraber
• "Sam & Dorothy L., Bruce & Don".  I believe the parents were Samuel August Lindahl and Helen Theodora (Teichgraber) Lindahl and their sons Bruce Dean Lindahl and Donald E. Lindahl
• 3 photographs of Pat Hays of Little Rock, Arkansas; as a baby, as a toddler and as a toddler with sister Cindy.
• Photograph of Cindy Hays, with brother Pat Hays; taken at the Tooley-Myron studio of Little Rock, Arkansas
• Elaine Gundy at 13 months and in a photograph with her brothers Richard and Jimmie; daughter of Floyd W. Gundy and Elizabeth (Nothstein) Gundy of Chicago, Illinois.   Elizabeth's photograph also appears in this collection.
• Baby of Floyd W. Gundy and Elizabeth (Nothstein) Gundy of Chicago, Illinois; the caption on the jacket reads "Gundy boys", but only one child is shown.   Elizabeth's photograph also appears in this collection.
• Jimmie Gundy, in two photographs with brother Richard and sister Elaine; son of Floyd W. Gundy and Elizabeth (Nothstein) Gundy of Chicago, Illinois.   Elizabeth's photograph also appears in this collection.
• Richard Gundy, in photograph with brother Jimmie and sister Elaine; son of Floyd W. Gundy and Elizabeth (Nothstein) Gundy of Chicago, Illinois.   Elizabeth's photograph also appears in this collection.
• Betty Nothstein, "Ebis"; the photograph was taken at the Eckman studio at Rock Island, Illinois.  Elizabeth Nothstein was born about 1910, daughter of Ira Oliver Nothstein and Minnie (Kuhns) Nothstein.  Betty married Floyd W. Gundy and had at least three children: Richard, James and Elaine, whose photographs also appear in this collection.
• Ruth Nothstein; the photograph was taken by the studio of John Eckman of Rock Island, Ilinois.  Ruth was born June 24, 1911, daughter of Ira Oliver Nothstein and Minnie (Kuhns) Nothstein, and died in 1987.
• Esther Nothstein; by the Eckman studio of Rock Island, Illinois.  Esther Louisa Nothstein was born June 11, 1902 at Nicollet, Minnesota, the daughter of Ira Oliver Nothstein and Minnie (Kuhns) Nothstein.
• Edna Soderstrom of Hoisington, Kansas; in a photograph with Lydia Jaderborg
• Lydia Jaderborg; in a photograph with Edna Soderstrom of Hoisington, Kansas.  Lydia Jaderborg was born in Kansas about 1884, daughter of Lars Olof Jaderborg and wife Matilda.  Lydia married Mr. Blomgren and is buried at Stonington,  Maine, which might be how the photographs ended up at an antique shop in the same county.
• Ruth Tunander, also identified as Ruth Stevens of Seattle, Washington.  The photograph was taken at the Bjorklund studio of Seattle, Washington.  She was Ruth Viola (Tunander) Stevens, born in Michigan about 1898, daughter of C. A. Tunander and Anna S. (Johnson) Tunander; Ruth married Mervill George Stevens in British Columbia in 1930.
• Rev. and Mrs. Otto Karlstrom [not sure of surname] with two young children.  1913 photograph by the Martin studio of 5616 Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
• Dr. H. E. Lundstedt, Pastor, Chicago.  Not positive of surname.  The photograph was taken at the Grondal studio of Lindsborg, Kansas.
• Svanhild Blomgren; photo by the Smith studio of Rock Island, Illinois.  She was born about 1896 in Pennsylvania, daughter of Karl and Sigrid Blomgren.  Svanhild married Walter D. Erickson at Rock Island, Illinois, on October 1, 1919.
• Blanche Lauger, with the faint identification.  By the Lundquist studio of Lindsborg, Kansas.  She was presumably Bertha Blanche Lauger, born March 28, 1891, daughter of John P. Lauger and Emma J. (Olson) Lauger.
• Viola Paulson of Kirkland, Illinois; the photograph was taken by the Eckman studio of Rock Island, Illinois.  Presumably Nellie Viola Paulson, born March 21, 1909 at Kirkland, Illinois, daughter of Paul Edwin Paulsen and Nellie Christine (Peterson) Paulson.  Viola married Wayne Townsend Remala.
• Evelyn Paulson - "Stayed at our home with her sister while going to college" - c1927 photograph by the Eckman studio of Rock Island, Illinois.  Evelyn Leona Paulson was born March 29, 1906 in Illinois, daughter of Paul Edwin Paulsen and Nellie Christine (Peterson) Paulson.  Evelyn married Mr. Hanson.
• Svanhild; not sure if she is Svanhild Blomgren or another Svanhild
• Clarence Hillbranch, "Buddy", Ada's [ or ?] son.  The signature Showell indicates that the photograph might have been taken at the studio of John G. Showell of Missoula, Montana.  Perhaps the Clarence born November 5, 1896, son of Axel F. Hillbranch and Jennie
• Noreen Kelley of Albany, California.  The photograph was taken at the Walsh Studio, with branches at Hollywood, California, and Oakland, California
• Antonia Teichgraber , "Helen L. aunt".  Antonia Teichgraeber's brother Emil John Teichgraeber and wife Ida Sophia (Johnson) Teichgraeber were the parents of Helen Theodora (Teichgraeber) Lindahl, wife of Samuel August Lindahl.  Antonia Christina Teichgraeber (1887-1964) married Joseph Emanuel Hagstrom.
• Ester Glatt.  The photograph was taken by the Wierman studio of Abilene, Kansas.  Presumably Esther Glatt, born August 15, 1922, daughter of Emil George Glatt and Marie Anna (Schlegel) Glatt.  Esther married Melvin Engeman.
• Einar Henning Jaderborg at age 2 yrs, 2 mos.  Born December 14, 1918, son of Thure Olof Jaderborg and Helen Justine (Lindstrom) Jaderborg.  Became a physician.  The photograph was taken at the Lindquist and Lindstrom studio at Lindsborg, Kansas.  The photograph of his brother Thure Olof Jaderborg, Jr., is also part of this collection of photographs.
• Thure Olof Jaderborg, Jr.; graduation photograph by the Grondal studio of Lindsborg, Kansas. He was born in 1913, son of Thure Olof Jaderborg and Helen Justine (Lindstrom) Jaderborg.  Brother of Einar Henning Jaderborg, whose photograph at age 2 is part of the collection.
• Young child; photograph by the Vin Farmer studio at Sault, Ontario; name and address on reverse: "Mrs. Fullam, 120 Warren or Wasson St., Bu"
• Isla Romig of Topeka, Kansas.  The photograph was taken by the Francis & Hodge studio of Topeka, Kansas.  Isla Margaret Romig was born October 4, 1891 in Kansas, daughter of Ira Grant Romig and Lulu Minjetta (Middlekauff) Romig.  Isla married Lionel F. Whitney.  She died in 1948.
• Carrie Rufner.  The photograph was taken by the Grondal studio of Lindsborg, Kansas.
• Adelia Constance Larson; her graduation photograph taken by the Grondal studio of  Lindsborg, Kansas.  Adelia Constance Larson was born March 15, 1897 in Kansas, daughter of Constant W. Larson and Emily Christina (Johnson) Larson.  Adelia married Charles Grant Fury.
• Ed Calene.  The photograph was taken at the Hansford studio at Kansas City, Kansas.  Presumably Edward Louis Calene, born November 22, 1881 at Enterprise, Kansas, son of Erick Calene and Bertha (Molander) Calene.
• Unidentified young woman; photograph taken at the Wierman studio at Abilene, Kansas
• Unidentified young woman; photograph taken at the Grondal studio at Lindsborg, Kansas