THE KLINT FAMILY
Back Row: Alice Almeda*, John Arthur,
Minnie Augusta, Anna Sophia, Carl August Walter Arvid
Seated: Ida Euphemia, Ruth Alfreda, Emma Helena (Krantz), Amy Johannah,
August, Mariam Elizabeth
*Alice is John Robert Mielke's maternal grandmother
I have
traced this Klint family line back to 1739.
If you would like more details, let me know.
The first generation,
in our Klint family line, to come to the United States was Johannes Peterson
Klint. He was born in
Vedkärr, Mårtensgård, Soldattorp, Värends, Nöbbele,
Sweden and married Maria Petersdotter Lundquist 12/28/1844 at Växjö,
Smaland, Sweden. Johannes came to America in 1869 with his oldest son
Peter. They worked on the construction of the Great Northern Railroad
for two years to earn enough money to bring Johannes' wife Maria and their
four youngest children to America on the ship Glasgow in 1871; their
2 oldest daughters came to America 2 years later. Johannes applied
to become a U.S. Citizen in 1877. On those papers, he stated that
he emigrated to the United states and landed at the port of Quebeck in
May of 1869.
Family records
say that Johannes was a cobbler, by trade, back in Sweden and came to Chicago
at the age of 50 with 25¢ in his pocket. He had only one eye and
was blind the last 13 years of his life. The Klint family lived and farmed
in Fahlun Township, Minnesota.
Johannes
married Maria Petersdotter Lundquist daughter of Peter Persson
Lundquist and Elisabeth Persdotter on 28 Dec 1844. Maria was born in
Håkansgården No 2, Orraryd3, Nöbbele, Konga, Kronobergs
län, Småland, Sweden .
Johannes's father
(Peter) was assigned the surname
KLINT when he was in the Swedish military.
Johannes Peterson Klint (1813-1906)
Maria Peterdotter Klint (1824-1910)
Johannes and
Maria Klint had 7 children:
1. Peter Magnus
Klint was born on 19 Feb 1846 in Torp Tången, Trottagård,
Orraryd, Nöbbele, Konga, Kronobergs län, Småland, Sweden.
He died on 9 Jul 1876 in Vasa, Goodhue County, Minnesota, never married.
2. Christine
Klint was born on 23 Apr 1848 Torp Tången, Trottagård,
Orraryd, Nöbbele, Konga, Kronobergs län, Småland, Sweden. She died on 7 Sep 1920 in Atwater,
Minnesota. Married Jonas Berg (1839-1924) in 1876. They had 5 children:
Charles John Berg 1877-1949, Almeda Marie Berg 1878-1932, Emma Christine
berg 1880-1962, Harry Wilburt 1882-1973, Martha Elizabeth Berg 1884-1941.
3. Johannah Klint was born 9/6/1850
Torp Tången, Trottagård, Orraryd, Nöbbele, Konga, Kronobergs
län, Småland, Sweden. She died on 30 Jun 1886 in Kandiyohi of
Typhoid Fever. She maarried August Johannesson ( Johnson) in
1874. They had 6 children: Ida Johnson 1875-1967, Elmer Peter Johnson
1877-1919, Hannah Theodora "Dora" 1879-1971, Charles Witalius "Charlie" 1881-1956,
Emma Teresea Johnson 1884-1970, Maria Elisabet Johnson 1886-1887.
4. John
Magnus Klint born 5/28/1853 Torp Tången, Trottagård, Orraryd,
Nöbbele, Konga, Kronobergs län, Småland, Sweden. Married
Emma Christine Dolk (1857-1928) in 1881. They had 3 daughters: Minnie
Florence 1883-1963, Villa Marie 1885-1922 and Nan Elizabeth b. 1887. John
Magnus Klint died 8/5/1944 in Minneapolis.
5. Carolina Klint
born 10/26/1855 Torp Tången, Trottagård, Orraryd, Nöbbele,
Konga, Kronobergs län, Småland, Sweden. Married Charles Gabrielson
3/23/1872. They had 10 children: Marie (Gabrielson) Melander 1873-1963,
Gilbert Gabrielson 1875-1917, Ida Gabrielson 1877-1877 (twin), Hilda Gabrielson
1877-1877 (twin), Anna Sophia Gabrielson 1878-1966, August Carl Gabrielson
1881-1961, Clara Elizabeth Gabrielson Wade 1883-1951, Edward Gabrielson 1886-1968,
Joseph R. Gabrielson 1888-1978 and Reynold Waldemar Gabrielson 1897-1973.Carolina Klint Gabrielson
died 9/5/1899.
6. August Klint
born 10/6/1858 Torp Tången, Trottagård, Orraryd, Nöbbele,
Konga, Kronobergs län, Småland, Sweden. Married Emma Helena Krantz
(1863-1924) . August married Emma Helena Krantz (1863-1924) in 1882.
They had 10 children:
*John Arthur Klint 1882-1969 married Ella Bangtson 1887-1958
*Mariam Elizabeth Klint 1884-1930 (died of TB) married Edwin Smart
1892-1979 *Alice Almeda Klint 1886-1975 married
William F. Gustafson 1885-1933......Grandparents of John Robert Mielke
*Ida Euphemia Klint 1888-1920 (died of influenza) married John A. Bengtson/Bangtson
*Minnie Augusta Klint 1890-1917 (twin) (died of TB) married Elmer Thulin 1886-1971
*Anna Sophia Klint 1890-1911 (twin) (died of TB) married Louis Norine 1886-1964
*Carl August Klint 1893-1966 married Emma Clarissa Cederstrom * Walter Arvid Klint
1895-1976 married Rosella Otellia Loberg (1898-1989) in 1921
* Amy Johannah Klint 1898-1991 married James Samuel Smith (1899-1962)
in 1919 *
Ruth Alfreda Klint 1900-1922 (died of TB)
married Elmer Edward Hendrickson (no children)
Margaret Gustafson Mielke's
maternal Aunts
Twin Sisters
Minnie Augusta Klint
Anna Sophia Klint
7. Lisa "Lizzie" Klint 1861-1942. Lizzie spent her entire life
caring for other family members going from place to place, always caring
for someone who was sick or in need of help. Her niece, Elizabeth (Smith)
Freeman wrote the following of her Aunt Lizzie: "My grandmother, Emma
Klint, died the year I was born. Aunt Lizzie then lived with
grampa (August Klint) and was the nearest I had to a grandma. She
use to knit all my mittens and let me sew on her sewing machine when
I was only about 6, I loved it. She helped everyone. She
spent time in Florida and in Montana when Aunt Anna (Klint) Norine
died and she stayed with Louis Norine until he remarried.
Lizzie Klint 1861-1942
Margaret Gustafson Mielke's
maternal Aunt
August Klint
1858-1932 Margaret Gustafson Mielke's
maternal Grandfather
Alice
Almeda Klint, mother of Margaret Gustafson Mielke was born
in 1886 in Kandiyohi,,Minnesota and died in 1975 in Bozeman, Montana.
Alice was a very strong woman who lost four sisters to tuberculosis,
and a fifth sister to a flu epidemic. She lost her husband in 1933
from Rocky Mountain Tick Fever. She lost her daughter Gertrude in 1933,
and a son named Bobby, in 1934 from pneumonia. She also lost a son, Sydney,
in World War II (1943). Alice was buried in the Rapelje, Montana.
Alice married William Ferdinand
Gustafson son of Frans Johan Gustafsson "Frank" and Ida Gustafva
Johannisdotter on 5 Sep 1908. William was born on 16 Mar 1885 in Kandiyohi,Kandiyohi
Co.,Minnesota. He died on 15 Apr 1933 in Rapelje,Stillwater Co.,Montana
USA.
William F. Gustafson
had to move his family from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Rapelje, Montana
in 1919 because of the lung damage he received when he had the flu (great
flu epidemic). The Gustafson's purchased the Troupe family farm 11
miles north of Rapelje, Montana. In 1/1920, the Gustafsons purchased
another farm 2 miles west of Rapelje. In 1924, the Gustafsons moved
to another farm called "the Allen Place" which was 1 1/2 miles east of
Rapelje. In 1931 the Gustafsons bought the "Brown Ranch" 14
miles north of Rapelje (4000 acres). It's here where William F. Gustafson
was bitten by a tick and died shortly after of Rocky Mountain Tick Fever.
William and Alice
had the following children:
1. Gertrude Mariam Gustafson was born on 21
Jun 1909 in Kandiyohi,Kandiyohi Co.,Minnesota. She died on 5 Aug 1933
in Baker,Fallon Co.,Montana, only 19 days after
she was married.
Marriage announcement 20 July 1933 Montana newspaper: "Simplicity
marked the marriage of 2 of Baker, Montana's best beloved young people,
at the Leon Laross home, when Miss Gertrude Gustafson became the bride
of Dr. R. N. Barr. Mrs. R. L. Barr, the groom’s mother also attended.
The bride is the attractive daughter of Mrs. William Gustafson of Rapelje,
Montana and has taught in Baker High School the last three years.
By her wholesome and pleasing personality, she has won a large circle
of friends among the young and older folks. The groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Barr of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. He came here
(Baker, Montana) three years ago fresh from his internship following
a medical course at the Minnesota University and became partner of Dr.
W. H. Blakemore."
Gertrude married Robert Neff Barr Dr. son of Robert L. Barr Reverend
and Ora O. Neff on 17 Jul 1933 in Baker,Fallon Co.,Montana. Robert was
born on 16 Sep 1902 in Kansas. He died in Dec 1970 in Minneapolis,Minnesota.
2. William Theodore "Bill" Gustafson was born on
4 Apr 1911 in Kandiyohi,Kandiyohi Co.,Minnesota USA. He died on 4 Jul
2005 in Great Falls, Montana.
William married (1) Alice Caroline Westergaard on 25 Dec 1938.
Alice was born on 27 Nov 1914 in Devils Lake,North Dakota. She died
on 15 Nov 1974 in Great Falls, Montana. William married (2) Lois Durts
on 17 Sep 1977. Lois was born in 1925 in Chateau,Montana.
3. Margaret Alice
Gustafson was born on
17 Jul 1912 in Kandiyohi,Kandiyohi Co.,Minnesota USA. She died on 18
Dec 1980 in Anchorage,Alaska USA. Mother of Susan, Marnice, Trudy, John,
James and Frank Mielke.
Margaret Alice Gustaafson Mielke
1912-1980
4. Jule Klint "Duke" Gustafson
was born on 24 Dec 1913 in Kandiyohi,Kandiyohi Co.,Minnesota. He died
on 13 Oct 2000 in Ennis,Montana. He married Shirley Jeffers in 1944. Shirley
was the daugahter of Lawrence Myron Jeffers and Josephine Florence Dawson.
5. Audrey Orphia Mae Gustafson
was born on 12 Sep 1915 in Kandiyohi,Minnesota. She died on 6 Dec 2003.
Audrey married Arthur Henry "Art" Roth Jr. in 1937. 6. Luther Sidney Gustafson Lieutenant was born on 8 Oct
1920 in Rapelje,Stillwater Co.,Montana. He died on 28 Apr 1943 in Tunisia
WWII. He was buried in Carthage,Tunisia.
Luther Sydney Gustafson, brother
of Margaret
Gustafson
Mielke. He was killed in WWII and
was buried in the North Africa Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia
7. Raymond Walter
"Rib" Gustafson
was born on 1 May 1925 in Rapelje,Stillwater Co.,Montana. He died on
30 Oct 2014 in Conrad, Pondera Co., Montana. Raymond married Patricia
Jane Galt daughter of Errol Fay Galt and Florence E. Johnson on
26 Nov 1953 in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana. Patricia was born on
28 Aug 1927 in Geyser, Cascade Co., Montana. She died on 26 Oct 2012 in
Conrad, Pondera Co., Montana.
8. Robert David "Bobby" Gustafson
was born on 13 Sep 1927. He died on 31 Mar 1934 in Rapelje, Stillwater
Co., Montana. Cause of death: pneumonia, age 6½. Buried in the Rapelje
Montana.