Fredric August Frost & Johanna Nilsdottir

Fredric August Frost, son of Jonas Peter Frost and Sara Stina Fredricsdotter, was born on 19 Sep 1825 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden. He died on 29 Aug 1873 in Saline County, Kansas.

Johanna Nilsdottir daughter of Nils Johnsson and Stina Maja Nilsdotter was born on 21 Oct 1828 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden. She died on 15 Mar 1907 in Saline County, Kansas.

Morlunda Church, built in 1840. (From www.allakartor.se)

Fredric August Frost and Johanna Nilsdottir were married on 22 Jul 1849 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden. They had the following children:

• Ida Frost was born in 1850 and died in 1923. 

• Johanna Frost was born in 1852 and died in 1869.

• Johan August Frost was born on 26 Aug 1854 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden. He married Hilma Carolina Lager on 01 Dec 1886 in Henry, Illinois, USA. He died about 1929 in Minnesota, USA.

• Carl Oscar Frost was born on 18 Oct 1857 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden.

• Nils Peter Frost was born on 07 Dec 1859 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden.

• Gustaf Alfred Frost was born on 11 May 1862 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden.

• Hilma Frost was born in about 1866 in Illinois.

• Francis Frost was born in about 1868 in Illinois.

The family came from Sweden to the U.S. in 1864, and settled at 1 Henderson Grove, Illinois, where they lived until 1869. Then then moved to Salemsborg, Kansas.

1870 Census for Spring Creek Township, Saline County, Kansas.    John Frost, age 32 is living next door. Probably a relative, but I'm not sure who he is.

Frederic August Frost died in 1873 at age 47, when his oldest son was just 19 years old.

The passenger List for the ship Anna Delius. Left Hamburg, Germany, arrived in New York on 27 October 1864. Shows the following passengers from Sweden:

          A Frost, 37, farmer

          Johanna, 32

          Ida, 10

          Johanna, 7

          boy, 5

          August, 2

          Alfred, 23

This seems very likely to be the family.

Cemetery photos from the Salemsborg Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Smoky View Township, Saline County, Kansas, thanks to the  Smoky Valley Genealogical Society:

Johan August Frost & Hilma Lager

Johan August Frost, son of Fredric August Frost and Johanna Nilsdottir was born on 26 Aug 1854 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden. He died about 1929 in Minnesota, USA.

Hilma Carolina Lager, daughter of Johan Peter Lager and Maja Greta Svensdotter, was born on 22 Jun 1866 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden. She died on 29 Mar 1947.

Johan Frost, also known as John Frost or J.A. Frost, came with his parents to the US from Sweden in 1864, at the age of 10. They lived in Illinois until 1869, then moved to Salemsborg, Kansas.

He was a Lutheran Minister. From 1901 to 1917 he served at the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Merriam Park neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota. From 1918 to 1923 he was pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Mora, Minnesota. I've read that at Grace Lutheran Church, the largest chancel window is a memorial to Pastor Frost given by Mrs. Frost and Alice.

RPPC photo of Grace Lutheran Church, from Flickr.

Rev. Frost also served at Emmanuel Church, on Matilda & Hatch in St. Paul, and Atwater Church in the Wilmar District.

The church in St. Paul today is called Zion Lutheran Church, and they list their history on their website. 

March 11, 1890 - church organized as "Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Merriam Park."

1900 - A small chapel built at Thomas and Fairview

1901 - Rev. Frost came to the church, and was called as full-time pastor in 1902.

1911 - 1921 the present church was built. The name of the congregation was changed to "Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church." Membership was 225 adults and 100 children.

1917 - Pastor Frost resigned, and was replaced by Rev. J.E. Linner.

Hilma's obituary:

FROST-Hilma Caroline, on March 29, 1947; beloved mother of Ms. Alice Frost Tuttle, Carl E. Frost, Mrs. A. Elliott Vik and Mrs. Emil E. Johnson. Services at Frank E. Campbell "The Funeral Church," Inc., Madison Ave. at 81st St., Sunday, 1:30 P.M. Internment Minneapolis, Minn.

Johan August Frost and Hilma Carolina Lager were married on 01 Dec 1886 in Henry, Illinois, USA. They had the following children:

• Esther Maria Angelika Frost was born about 1890.

• Ruth Miriam Ingeborg Frost was born about 1896. She married A. Elliott Vik about 1920.

• Carl Luther Emmanuel Frost was born on 02 May 1901 in Minnesota, USA. He died about 13 Aug 1958 in New York.

• Alice Dorothea Margareta Frost was born on 01 Aug 1905 in Minneapolis

Children Alice & Carl

Daughter Alice, Hilma, and daughter-in-law Dori

Lager family photo. J. A. and Hilma Frost and family are in the bottom left. Esther and Ruth are in the front, and Carl is the baby. Alice has not been born yet.

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Moritz Deutsch & Therese Kohn

Moritz Deutsch may also be listed as Morris Deutsch or Markus Deutsch. In official records he is often written as “Dr. Markus recte Moritz Deutsch”.  "Recte" is probably best understood by translating as "Really". It's implying that he went by Markus, but his official name was Moritz.

  Moritz Deutsch and Therese Kohn married (probably in Austria) and had the following children:

• Siegfried Deutsch

There are several men from Vienna who are named Siegfried Deutsch, who were killed in the Holocaust. One of them may be our Siegfried. The one born on March 4 1883 is the closest in age to the other siblings, but he would be quite a bit older. It's also possible that he survived but was separated from his family.

Link to the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names

• Henrietta Deutsch.

There is a Henriette Deutsch born June 5, 1881 who was taken from Vienna and died in the holocaust at Maly Trostenets. Again, she would have been a lot older than Mathilde and Stefan, but could have been a sister to Siegfried.

• Mathilde Franziska Doris Deutsch was born on 02 Aug 1890 in Vienna, Wien, Vienna, Austria. She married Hermann Franz Josef Paul Niederweiser on 02 Feb 1909 in Vienna, Wien, Vienna, Austria. She died on 30 Aug 1969 in Bad Reichenhall, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany.

• Stefan Deutsch was born on 03 Nov 1894 in Vienna, Wien, Vienna, Austria. He died between 1942-1943 in Auschwitz. He is listed in the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names.

According to the Database, Stefan Deutsch was born on November 3, 1894 in Vienna. During the war he was living at Wien 4, Graf Starhemberg Gasse 37. He was taken to Auschwitz on July 17, 1942 and was eventually killed.

It appears that a religious shift may have been happening in the family, for Mathilda is listed in the record books of the Jewish community in Vienna, yet she also has a baptism certificate from the Catholic church. Her husband would be Christian.

Birth record for Mathilde Deutsch in the Jewish records of Vienna.

Baptism record for Mathilde Deutsch in the Roman Catholic church

Birth record for Stefan Deutsch in the Jewish records of Vienna.

Jonas Frost & Sara Fredricsdotter

Jonas Peter Frost and Sara Stina Fredricsdotter were married on 26 Dec 1820 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden. They had the following children:

• Fredric August Frost was born on 19 Sep 1825 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden. He married Johanna Nilsdottir on 22 Jul 1849 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden.

• Carl Johan Frost was born on 16 Feb 1823 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden. He died on 12 Jun 1915 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden.

• Axel Fredric Frost was born on 16 Oct 1821 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden.

• Gustaf Eric Frost was born on 16 Oct 1821 in Morlunda Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden.

Morlunda Church around 1900
photo from Wikipedia

Hermann Niederweiser & Mathilde Deutsch

Hermann Franz Josef Paul Niederweiser son of Paul Johann Niederwieser and Anna Müller was born on 02 Sep 1884 in Sillian, Lienz, Tirol, Austria.

Mathilde Franziska Doris Deutsch, daughter of  Moritz Deutsch and Therese Kohn, was born on 02 Aug 1890 in Vienna, Wien, Vienna, Austria. She died on 30 Aug 1969 in Bad Reichenhall, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany.


Mathilde also was known as Matilda.



Hermann was an orphan. 

Hermann and Mathilde emigrated together to the United States.

From Ancestry.com immigration records:

Hermann Niederweiser, 24, Merchant, listed as "Non Immigrant Alien"

With wife Minnie, 18

Father's address: 1 Wipplengrasse 20 Vienna

Destined for St. Louis

On the ship Mauretania, from Liverpool to New York, arriving 19 February 1909

Old photo of the Mauretania

When WWI broke out Hermann was taken to an internment camp because he was a German national. His wife and daughter were in Austria at the time visiting relatives. They never were able to find out what happened to him. In 1918 there was a severe flu epidemic in the United States, so the family always assumed he probably died in the internment camp. However, prisoners received good medical treatment and not many died of the flu. (46 Internees at Fort Oglethorpe died.)

Internments of Germans started in May 1917. Locations were Fort McPherson, Georgia, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and Fort Douglas, Utah (they have a list and he's not on it). For a short while was one at Hot Springs, North Carolina. In 1918 things started getting a bit hysterical with mass arrests. Final arrests were in February 1919. Camps finally closed in May 1920. Fort Oglethorpe had the most prisoners.

Link to article about WWI internment camps

Link to another family history site, with paintings by a man held in the Oglethorpe internment camp

Hermann and Mathilde were married on 02 Feb 1909 in Vienna, Wien, Vienna, Austria. They had one child:

• Dorothea Anna Niederweiser was born on 19 Feb 1910 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 17 Dec 2003 in Cary, Wake, North Carolina, USA. 

 Some photos and records - contact me for larger copies.

Marriage Certificate

Hermann's birth certificate. This is the only piece of information I have regarding his parents.

Certificate of Citizenship for Hermann, from Lienz (Tirol), dated 1921.

A family photo that was found, labeled "Niederwieser". We don't know who she is.

Johan Peter Lager & Maja Svensdotter

Johan Peter Lager, son of J. P. Lager and Maja Stina Andersson, was born on 27 Aug 1830 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden. He died on 19 Mar 1911.

Maja Greta Svensdotter, daughter of Sven Johan Andersson and Maja Larsdotter was born on 15 Jun 1824 in Viby, Östergötland, Sweden. She died on 26 Mar 1904.

Johan Peter Lager and Maja Greta Svensdotter were married on 26 Oct 1851 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden.

From the book History of Henry County, Illinois, by Henry L. Kiner, Volume II, 1910 (see page 274)

[Johan Lager] was a tailor by trade and in the year 1871 brought his family to the United States. He settled at Princeton, Illinois, where he lived for four years, and in 1875 he came to Geneseo, where he has since engaged in the tailoring business. His wife died in 1906 at the age of seventy-nine years, and he is now seventy-nine years of age.

He was a member of the regular army in Sweden, serving for twenty-three years. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Swedish Lutheran church to which his wife also belongs.

Immigration:

Swedish Emigration Records list a Johan Lager leaving Lonsås Östergötland Län, Sverige, Port of Departure Göteborg, Destination Princeton, on 16 June 1871. The passenger list for the ship Orlando departing for Hull, England on 16 June 1871 lists Johan Lager and a "Margreta", but no children are listed.

Johan Peter Lager and Maja Greta Svensdotter had five children:

• Clara Augusta Lager was born on 08 Aug 1852 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden. She died on 07 Jun 1853, of smallpox, at just 9 months old.

• Carl Johan Lager was born on 23 Apr 1854 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden. He married Dora M. Larson on 30 May 1878. He died on 15 Feb 1935 in Henry, Illinois, USA.

• Anna Louisa Lager was born on 21 Oct 1856 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden. She married John William Anderson on 28 Oct 1876 in Henry, Illinois, USA. John was born in Sep 1848. He was employed as a Saloon Keeper in 1900.

• Maria Sophia Lager was born on 18 Aug 1860 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden. She was also known as Mary. She married Carl Johan Hagelin on 07 Nov 1884 in Henry, Illinois, USA. Carl was born on 07 Nov 1859 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden.

•  Hilma Carolina Lager was born on 22 Jun 1866 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland,Sweden. She married Johan August Frost on 01 Dec 1886 in Henry, Illinois, USA. She died on 29 Mar 1947.
  

  

  Lager Family Photo, with their children and grandchildren

Sven Andersson & Maja Larsdotter

Sven Johan Andersson,  son of Anders Andersson and Maja Jönsdotter was born on 19 Jul 1806 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden. He died on 04 Oct 1864 in Melstad Vestergården, Vallerstad, Östergötland, Sweden.

Maja Larsdotter, daughter of Lars Larsson and Sophia Olsdotter,  was born on 22 Dec 1797 in Veta, Ostergotlands, Sweden. She died on 15 Dec 1865 in Melstad Vestergården, Vallerstad, Östergötland, Sweden.

Viby Church in Sweden. The current building dates to 1777, but the tower is even older.

Since their marriage is in the records of Viby parish for 1825, 

this is likely to be the church where Sven and Maja were married.

(Photo from Wikipedia Commons)

Sven Johan Andersson and Maja Larsdotter were married on 17 Sep 1825 in Viby, Ostergotlands, Sweden. They had the following children:

• Maja Greta Svensdotter was born on 15 Jun 1824 in Viby, Ostergotlands, Sweden. She married Johan Peter Lager on 26 Oct 1851 in Lönsås parish, Östergötland, Sweden. She died on 26 Mar 1904.
   
• Stina Cajsa Svensdotter was born on 11 Mar 1827 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden.

• Anders Johan Svensson was born on 08 Nov 1829 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden. He died in 1904 in Sweden. He married Lena Maja Johansdotter on 28 Dec 1855 in Normlosa, Ostergotland, Sweden.  They had the following children:

• Carl Johan Andersson was born on 23 Mar 1856 in Normlosa, Ostergotland, Sweden.
• Anders Peter Andersson was born on 04 Jul 1858 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden.
• Mathilda Carolina Andersdotter was born on 29 Aug 1863 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden.

• Johanna Svensdotter was born on 18 Nov 1833 in Hogstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden.

• Carl Svensson was born on 14 Jun 1835 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden.

• Adolf Svensson was born on 13 Aug 1838 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden. He died on 10 Nov 1849 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden.

• Clara Svensdotter was born on 25 Jun 1841 in Vallerstad, Ostergotlands, Sweden. She died in Aug 1857. 

Vallerstads Church, built in 1832-33, while the family lived in the area.