Johan Anderson (born 1862) was a farmer and construction worker

Anderson is a popular Nordic and even Scottish surname found around the world. Our particular strain of Anderson ancestors come directly from Uppsala Lan, Sweden. My grandfather, Eric Sigvard Anderson, son of Johan Erik Anderson (see the photo above) was the first to emmigrate to the United States via the ocean liner the USS Stockholm in July of 1926 and headed for Minneapolis MN. Eric Anderson ended up in Detroit Michigan working for Chevrolet. Eric was a skilled mechanic and spent the rest of his working life building Chevrolets. He was born in the Harg Parish of Stockhom Lan (not Stockholm city) and left via the port of Goteberg. The ship he traveled on is a famous ship and it was the ship that ran in to the Andrea Doria sinking it with great loss of life in the 1950s. The rest of the Anderson ancestors were happy with Sweden and stayed put in the Uppsala area. We have Anderson and Gille ancestors that have lived continously in the same areas of Sweden since the 1600's.

If you click on the following map link to the Anderson locations in Sweden, you will see they are primarily in Uppsala Lan. The Parish names are Lovstabruk and Osterbybruk for the two most popular locattions. Eric S Anderson came from Harg Parish in Stockholm Lan which is right next door to Uppsala Lan. It's walking distance, or a horseback ride.

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My grandmother (wife of Eric Sigvard Anderson) Alma Forsberg was first generation born here in the United States of Swedish parents. Her parents, John Forsberg and Maria Jonson were both immigrants from Sweden and from an area just north of the place where Eric S Anderson came from. It's a small world

Alma Forsberg (Anderson) sitting on the lap of father Johan Forsberg circa 1910

Maria Jonson died from complications of childbirth two weeks after Alma was born in 1903. Maria was 33 years old when she tried to deliver Alma on a farm in the middle of a Michigan winter. Alma was born successfully but Maria died from fever and complications. Alma Anderson was deaf all her life.

Bob Anderson, Eric S Anderson, Alma Anderson, Dora Anderson, and Thelma Anderson

circa 1960

Alma Anderson (right), Eric S Anderson (top right), Robert (Bob) Anderson (top left) Evonne Anderson (lower left) with baby Terry Anderson in 1954

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