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DESCENDANTS OF LARS CARLSSON – PART II ( Carl Samuel Larsson, 1782-1859)
August 24, 2025 Part Two swedishrootsamericanbranches.com A Family History Blog By LaVerna Colson Smith Carl Samuel Larsson (1782-1859) Carl Samuel Larsson is a well known ancestor in the Colson Family Tree. He is my great-great grandfather and the father of… Continue reading
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DESCENDANTS OF LARS CARLSSON (1747-1787) – Half-Truths and Lies
Part One June 30, 2025 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH My interest in family genealogy has been in the historic Swedish side of my family – mainly the ancestors of Lars Carlsson – not the descendants. My… Continue reading
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ANDERS SKOUG AND SWEDEN’S CENTURY OF GREATNESS
January 10, 2025 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH http://swedishrootsamericanbranches.com A Brief Review If you have been following my blog, you are aware that my great Aunt Ida wrote an extensive and thorough record of the descendants of… Continue reading
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GOING DEEPER INTO BRÅBERGEN ANCESTRY – Searching for the Elusive Sven Bråbergen
November 27, 2024 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH http://swedishrootsamericanbranches.com Searching for Sven Sven Bråbergen, father of Carl Johan Bråbergen, has been difficult to document. According to Arne Ivarsson, a regional historian, he first appeared in the court… Continue reading
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RESILIENCE THROUGH HARD TIMES IN RURAL SWEDEN
September 14, 2024 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH http://swedishrootsamericanbranches.com Carl Johan Bråbergen and Britta Jonasdotter -Early 18th Century One of my goals in pursuing genealogy has been to study my ancestral family in respect to their response… Continue reading
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FINDING BRITTA JONASDOTTER (1715-1799) – WIFE OF CARL JOHN BRÅBERGEN
August 28, 2024 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH swedishrootsamericanbranches.com AN EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN, WIFE AND MOTHER! Britta Jonasdotter was born on March 8, 1715 in Skärstad Parish to Jonas Månsson and Sara Sandwall and died in Ödeshög Parish… Continue reading
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THE BRÅBERGENS (1670-1757) – COLSON FAMILY FOREBEARS
August 20, 2024 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH http://swedishrootsamericanbranches.com Carl Johan Bråbergen (1706-1757) – An Ancestor of Note Carl Johan Bråbergen, father of Lars Carlsson and 10 others, was the last person to bear the family name,… Continue reading
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THE MYSTERIOUS BRÅBERGENS – DISCOVERING THE HISTORIC FAMILY NAME
AUGUST 11, 2024 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH http://swedishrootsamericanbranches.com Hiding in Plain Sight – Finding errors, clearing up mistakes and breaking through the brick wall! While researching in the Vadstena, Sweden genealogical archives, finding Lars Carlson’s (1747-1786)… Continue reading
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LOCATING THE COLSON FAMILY ANCESTORS IN SWEDEN -PRE-1750
August 2, 2024 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH http://swedishrootsamericanbranches.com Where is Ödeshög Parish and how long did the Colsons live there? Ancestors of the Colson family settled in the Ödeshög Parish as early as 1655. They were,… Continue reading
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COLSON FAMILY HISTORY IN SWEDEN – MARIA SAMUELSDOTTER
July 30, 2024 A FAMILY HISTORY BLOG BY LAVERNA COLSON SMITH http://swedishrootsamericanbranches.com Lars Carlsson (1747-1786) and Maria Samuelsdotter (1756–1850) A story of resilience in a dark age for women. In my last blog, I discussed the importance of finding the… Continue reading