When I first started to search in Colorado I only knew that Mathias Leonards son Leonard Mauritz
Lindfors had lived there. I asked many of you if you knew why he moved to Colorado of all places. One of you said that you had heard him say
something like: I didn’t leave
Sweden in order to make another Sweden in the new country. But from what I have found he
actually went to a place where he had at
least two uncles who both had families. The first
clue to this I found one evening when I was looking at some sites on the internet. By
chance I found a page where genealogist can publish transcripts of graves.
I searched on the surname Lindfors and found Mathias
Leonards brothers, Erick Magnus Lindfors and Per Victor Lindfors and their families buried
in Byers, Arapahoe County, Colorado. Of course I was so “shocked” and happy that it
was sooo easy to find them. (Easy- because genealogists are so helpful! I might add!)
When this happened I searched a web page called “The Land Patent Search” and
found some more interesting facts.
The next step was to ask for help! I posted a query on a
Swedish Genealogy
site and also on roots
web. In just a few hours I got an overwhelming
response. I want to mention that I am very thankful for the help I have recieved and the
people who I would like to thank especially are mentioned below! All the information I am
about to write from now on I can thank them for. From now on: all the notes written in parenthesis are my own comments to the text in the Census.
First we start start off with the:
1910 US Census, Arapahoe County, All Townships
ED#18,
April 15, 1910, Wolf Creek. page 12 out of 14
Erick Lindfors, 54 yo, owns his farm, emigrated in 1880.
His father was Swedish. Mother from Illinois ( This last note, Illinois, is wrong! Ericks Mother was
born in Sweden!)
Ericks wife Anna C. 52 y.o. They have been married for 31
years.
She has given birth to 9 children but only two of them are alive. Only one son is
living in the home, Howard P. 10 y.o. and he was born in
Ohio.
On the same page (there
for very close geographicly
speaking!) is also a Bror Lindfors age 29 who runs a farm. He is married to Agnes also 29
y.o. and born in Massachusetts. They have been married for 3 years and have
no children. It says he immigrated in 1890.
He is Per Victors son. (Confirmed by Cora
Lindfors Hagen in her story)
On the same page is Peter (Per Victor) Lindfors 60 y.o.
and wife Annie (Anna) and three children.
Also in Wolf Creek on page 218: Moris (Mauritz) 22 y.o.
(actually he was 27 y.o.) is living on another farm which he runs by himself. Born in Illinois by Swedish parents. He is single.
US Census 1920, Colorado, Arapahoe County, Wolf
Creek, ED# 23, page 1 out of 9.February 4th 1920.
Anna C. Lindfors is now a widow at age 61. Head of
household. Here the immigration year is 1881 and she was naturalized 1885. Her son Howard P. 20 y.o. is running the farm
that Anna owns. Howard P. is born in Ohio.
Living next door is runned by Pewester (Per Victor)
Lindfors a 69 y.o. widower that rents the farm. He has no family living with him.
Nearby is Lennart (Leonard) Mauritz Lindfors, 35 y.o. ( 37
y.o.). Farmer. Married to an American woman named Lois Dorothy, born in Iowa. Her father was from Pennsylvania and her mother from Ohio. They have two daughters Muriel Joyce and Marice Elaine.
US Census 1930, Colorado, Arapahoe County, Wolf Creek,
District 35, page 9 out of 12. April 15 1930.
Anna C. Lindfors is now 72 y.o. It says here that Anna C.
married when she was 19 y.o. The son Howard P. is still unmarried at the age of 30 and he
has taken over the farm. The farm is valued to 2,500 dollars.
Lennart (Leonard) Lindfors and Lois Dorothy now also has a
son named Loren G.
9 y.o.
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