Wallin (Svensson) Family Immigration
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Ron Holmquist who has patiently spent the last several years researching this branch of the family. Without his work, very little would be known. Most of the below information was collected by Ron.
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Great-great-grandmother Ida Matilda (Svensson) Wallin and her family immigrated in 1869 from where she and two siblings were born in Levene, Skaraborg, Västergötland, Sweden to Helvetia, Hollywood Twsp, Carver, Watertown, Minnesota:
Father John Wallin (Johannes Svensson) Sep 22, 1838 – Oct 6, 1926 Watertown, MN
Mother Johanna Andersdotter/Andersson Jan 26, 1833 – July 19, 1917 Carver Co., MN
Ida Matilda Wallin Nov 17, 1862 – Mar 12, 1943 Hennepin, MN
Olivia May Wallin May 3, 1865 – May 21, 1941 Minneapolis, MN
Karl Johan (Charles John) Wallin Sep 21, 1868 – 1905 Watertown, MN
Other siblings born in Helvetia, Hollywood Twsp, Carver Co., Minnesota:
Emma Sotta C. Wallin Dec 7, 1870 – Jun 6, 1955 Watertown, MN
Anna Sophie Wallin Feb 13, 1873 – Jan 5, 1955 Minneapolis, MN
Otto Adolph Edward Wallin Feb 9, 1877 – Aug 1966 Cokato Hospital, Wright Co., MN
Alfred Sidney Wallin Aug 17, 1880 – disappeared 1926
Johannes Svensson Wallin
John was born in Lille Holmen, Boda, Trökörna, Skaraborg, Sweden. He came from at least two generation of soldiers. He left from Levene, Skaraborg, Västergötland, Sweden for New York via Göteborg on April 30, 1869 aboard the Plato (Inman Line) to Hull, England. John departed Liverpool, England on May 5, 1869 aboard the City of Brooklyn (Inman Line) and arrived in New York on May 17, 1869. The rest of his family followed him about two weeks later. John died on Oct 6, 1926 in Watertown, Minnesota at daughter Emma (Wallin) Johnson's farm. (1870) (1875) (1880) (1885) (1895) (1900) (1905) (1910) (1920)
Johanna Andersdotter/Andersson Wallin
Johanna was born in Smedtofta Östergården, Levene, Skaraborg, Sweden. She and her three children immigrated from Levene, Skaraborg, Västergötland, Sweden for St. Paul, Minnesota via Göteborg on May 14, 1869 aboard the Albion (Inman Line) to Hull, England. They departed Liverpool, England on May 19, 1869 aboard the City of Paris (Wilson Line) and arrived in New York on May 29, 1869. Johanna died on July 19, 1917 in Carver Co., Minnesota. (1870) (1875) (1880) (1885) (1895) (1900) (1905) (1910) (1920)
Ida Matilda Wallin
Ida immigrated with her mother and siblings (see above). At the 1880 census, Ida was a servant for the John C. and Julia Huntington family in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She married Hans O. Olson Selli of Norway about 1886 in Watertown, Minnesota and they had six children together, all born in Watertown, Minnesota. Great-grandmother Florence Bernice Olson was one of their daughters and married Fred Hawkinson. Ida died on Mar 12, 1943 Hennepin, Minnesota. (1885) (1895) (1900) (1905) (1910 page 2) (1920) (1930) Ida and Hans lived next door to Charles and Ellen Wallin (see below) at the 1895census.
Olivia May Wallin
Olivia "Ollie" immigrated with her mother and siblings (see above). She married Karl Johan Svensson (Charles John Swanson) on May 18, 1886 at Emmanuel Swedish Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They had nine children who were all born in Minneapolis. Olivia died on May 21, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (1895) (1900) (1905) (1910) (1920) (1930)
Charles was born on June 1, 1864 in Appelkullen Kvillehult, Vimmerby, Kalmar, Småland, Sweden and died on Feb 27, 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He immigrated with his uncle Jonas Månsson and his family. They left Tuna. Kalmar, Sweden for Minneapolis via Göteborg on May 20, 1869 aboard the Victoria to Hull, England. The group left Liverpool, England and arrived in early June 1869 via Quebec.
Karl Johan Wallin
Charles John immigrated with his mother and siblings (see above). He married Ellen M. about 1891 and they had four children before dying in 1905. (1895) (1900) (1905) (1910 Page 2) (1920) (1930) Ellen had boarders after Charles died. Charles and Ellen lived next door to Hans and Ida Olson (see above) at the 1895census.
Emma Sotta C. Wallin
Emma was born in Helvetia, Hollywood Twp, Carver Co., Minnesota. Emma married Erick William "Bill" Johnson (Anders Erick Vilhelm Jonasson) on Oct 10, 1895 in Evangelic Lutheran Church in Watertown, Minnesota. They had six children. (1900) (1905) (1910 Page 2) (1920) (1930)
Bill was born on May 24, 1867 in Ryd, Sandsjö, Jönköping, Sweden and died on Feb 8, 1938 in Watertown, Minnesota. He immigrated on Apr 29, 1887 from Björkö parish to Minnesota. (1895)
Anna Sophie Wallin
Anna was born in Helvetia, Hollywood Twp, Carver Co., Minnesota. She married Charles A. Stark around 1895 in Watertown, Minnesota and they had six children. (1870) (1875) (1880) (1885) (1895) (1900) (1905) (1910) (1920 Page 2) (1930)
Charles was born to a Swedish immigrant family in Bergen, McLeod Co., Minnesota. (1870 Page 2) (1875) (1880) (1895 Parents) (1900)
Otto Adolph Edward Wallin
Otto was born in Helvetia, Hollywood Twp, Carver Co., Minnesota. Otto married Anna Louise Westlund of Watertown, Minnesota on June 28, 1902 in Watertown, Minnesota and they had eight children, all born in Watertown, Minnesota. (1870) (1875) (1880) (1885) (1895) (1900) (1905) (1910) (1920) (1930)
Anna was born to Swedish immigrant parents in Franklin Twsp. in Wright Co., Minnesota. (1875) (1880) (1885) (1895) (1900) After Anna's mother died, her father lived with her family in Watertown, Minnesota. (1910)
Alfred Sidney Wallin
Alfred was born in Helvetia, Hollywood Twp, Carver Co., Minnesota. He married Linda Erickson on July 10, 1902 in Carver Co., Minnesota. They had one child. The census record lists Alfred as single and living with the family of his sister Anna (see above) in 1910. Alfred disappeared in 1926 after his father died.
