Carl Petter Gunnerson1

b. Jun 20, 1847, d. Oct 14, 1884
FatherMagnus Gunnerson b. Apr 4, 1812, d. Feb 8, 1896
MotherMaria Jonasdaughter b. Apr 8, 1821, d. Nov 30, 1893
     Carl was born in Tolg, Vaxsjo, Kronoberg, Sweden, on Jun 20, 1847.2,3,4,5
Gunnarson Family Bible

     Carl Petter Gunnerson emigrated with Magnus Gunnerson and Maria Jonasdaughter in 1856 in Kallreda Nastagard, Tolg, Kronobergs lan, Smaland, Sweden; The note appears to indicate 6 males and 1 female left for America.5,6
Magnus, Maria, John and Carl immigrated on Jul 4, 1856 to Chicago, Cook Co, IL; They traveled through New York. The family arrived two years after what is considered the early peak Swedish immigration year, 1854, when 4,000 people arrived. (Emigration from Sweden reached its all time high in 1888 when 45,000 people came to America.)7,2,8,9
     Carl Petter Gunnerson moved in 1856 to Bureau Co, IL.2
     Carl Petter Gunnerson moved in 1864 to Ford Co, IL.2
     Carl Petter Gunnerson moved in 1868 to Saline Co, KS.2
     Carl Petter Gunnerson became a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, 1873, in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.10
     Carl Petter Gunnerson married Emma Fredricka Meyer, daughter of N. P. Meyer and Marta S. (?), on Jan 10, 1873.2,10,1
     Carl Petter Gunnerson left Bethany Lutheran Church, Jun 1, 1876, in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS; presumably he left because of the wrangling over Waldenstrom.11
     Carl Petter Gunnerson was a dealer in grain and farmer's produce in 1879 in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.2
     Carl and Emma moved in 1879 to Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.12,13
     Carl was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS. Carl was listed as a grain dealer, Elmer was in school, and the family had a servant, C. Lofgren, 26. The family was living on Main Street.14
     Carl Petter Gunnerson built Farmers' Shipping Elevator in summer 1880 in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS; the elevator was 24 by 70 feet, 35 feet high, had a capacity of 6,000 bushels, and cost $3,000 (about $50,000 in year 2000 $.)2,15
Farmers Shipping Elevator, Lindsborg, KS
Map of Lindsborg, KS

     C. P. Gunnerson was assessed on the 1881 tax roll for owning one double, improved, lot, and five unimproved lots; the plots were 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 on First Street.16
     Carl Petter Gunnerson was elected to City Council in 1882 in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.2
     Carl Petter Gunnerson was a member of Swedish Lutheran Church, 1882, in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.2
     Carl Petter Gunnerson served on the school board in 1882 in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.2
     Carl Petter Gunnerson served as trustee between 1882 and 1883 in Smoky Hill Township, KS.2,17
     Carl Petter Gunnerson served as notary public in 1883 in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.17
     He was profiled in William Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, as a prominent citizen of Lindsborg.2
     Carl Petter Gunnerson was elected mayor in 1883 in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS.18
     Carl died on Oct 14, 1884 in Lindsborg, McPherson Co, KS, at age 37.3 He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, McPherson Co, in KS.19
Photo by Julia Langel, June 2003

Lennard, Bernice, Fredrika, Charles (Carl) Gunnerson

Elmwood Cemetery, Lindsborg KS

     Carl Petter Gunnerson was profiled in Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas, by Dr. Alfred Bergin in 1909.10

Family

Emma Fredricka Meyer b. April 23, 1854, d. November 20, 1929
Children

Citations

  1. [S1328] Lindsborg News - Record, November 21, 1929, page 7, column 4.
  2. [S2] William G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas, McPherson County, Lindsborg, page 5.
  3. [S90] Gunnerson Family Bible.
  4. [S778] Alfred Bergin, Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas, (Ruth Billdt, translator): p. 64 (has birth year 1827).
  5. [S1698] Anna (avipe), "Magnus Gunnerson/Gummesson," e-mail to Julia Langel, July 21, 2008, Magnus Gunnerson/Gummesson.
  6. [S2377] Kronoberg County, Sweden Tolg Parish, 1855 - 1863, Husforhorslangder, vol A1:14:356, Utflttade.
  7. [S402] Book, Into One Body , this source says May 21.
  8. [S1256] 1900 U. S. Census, Minnesota, Chisago County, Franconia, ED 5, sheet 9B, line 94, dwelling 169, family 173, Minnesota, Chisago County.
  9. [S1848] [database on-line] Ancestry.com Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950, NARA M1285, roll 142, no. P-652, Provo, UT.
  10. [S778] Alfred Bergin, Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas, (Ruth Billdt, translator): p. 64.
  11. [S778] Alfred Bergin, Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas, (Ruth Billdt, translator): p. 76.
  12. [S778] Alfred Bergin, Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas, (Ruth Billdt, translator): p. 64.
  13. [S1330] Lindsborg News - Record, December 31, 1931, page 5, column 5.
  14. [S726] 1880 U.S. Census, McPherson County, Lindsborg, page 8, line 45, family 97, Kansas, McPherson County.
  15. [S819] John P. Edwards, Edwards' Atlas of McPherson County, KS.
  16. [S782] 1881 Tax Assessment Book, Lindsborg, Kansas.
  17. [S780] Lindsborg Databases.
  18. [S779] Emory K. Lindquist, Smoky Valley People, p. 204.
  19. [S1355] Charles Gunnerson, Fredrika Gunnerson, Lennard Gunnerson, Bernice Gunnerson, Mabel Gunnerson, Mabel Gunnerson, Mark Gunnerson and Carl Gunnerson Cemetery Marker, Elmwood Cemetery, McPherson Co, KS.
  20. [S727] June 6, 1900 U.S. Census, Kansas, McPherson County, Lindsborg, ED 149, page 6A, line 27, family 114, Kansas, McPherson County.
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