Back of Naturalization card for Oscar August Zanteson b.Nov 1859 Sweden, died after 1910 when he was found in the NY census
Photo from the Obituary of A. Zanteson (Anders Erik August) 21 November 1876 The Swallow, Stockholm Sweden, (see also header, 1st, 2nd & 3rd colums)
"In addition they mailed me a copy of the information from a roll of Swedish Doctors 1808-1908. I'm currently working on having this translated."
Letter from the University in Stockholm Sweden dated 11 Sep 2008 pg 1 of 2
We've checked the census records of 1860-1862 for Anders Zanteson. A copy of the census paper for 1860 is enclosed. He had no wife or child at that time. His address was Hantverkargatan 14, which was the address of the Crown Princess Lovisa Hospital.
The census for each year was based on the census papers collected during the last months of the year before.
At the census for 1862 he lived with his wife and daughter at Hantverkargatan 21. Anna Catharina Hjerpe, born on August 19, 1823, and Augusta Josephina Lindstrom, born on Aug 27, 1837, also lived there.
We didn't find him in the 1861 census registers. Apparently he wasn't in Stockholm then. His marriage to Hilda Elisabeth Sofia Laurent took place in Dorpat (Tartu) in Estonia on November 4, 1860, according to the moving in record of Kungsholm parish. Hilda Zanteson was registered as having moved into Kungsholm parish on October 12, 1861. Her daughter was registered as born there on September 12, 1861.
A child who was christened Oscar August was born on November 24, 1859, in Storkyrkan parish. He was illegitimate and his parents were unknown. His mother was 26 years old. The address given in the birth record, Baggensgatan 23, was the address of the midwife.
Fortunately Oscar August was admitted to Allmanna barnhuset (the Public Orphanage). In the Orphanage records he was listed as number 4296 Oscar August Ringqvist. We enclose a copy. His fostermother was named Sofia Ringqvist. Oscar August lived with her as long as he was an orphanage child.
Doing some searching on Sofia Ringqvist we found that her full name was Sofia Albertina Ringqvist. She was born on January 6, 1832, in Almby parish.
Letter from the University in Stockholm Sweden dated 11 Sep 2008 pg 2 of 2At the census for 1859 Sophia Albertina Ringqvist lived at Stora Nygatan 18, Storkyrkan parish, Zanteson lived at Hantverkargatan 14.According to the census papers for 1873 Sophia Albertina Ringqvist and her son Oskar August lived at Hantverkargatan 4, the same address as Anders Erik August Zanteson and his daughter Ida Maria. They did NOT belong to the same household.In 1878 a new way of keeping track of people in Stockholm was introduced. This was called Rotemansarkivet. We found Sophia Albertina Ringqvist and her son Oscar August Ringqvist in Rotemansarkivet. They lived at Klarabergsgatan 23, St Clara parish. Oskar August moved out on July 22, 1879. He moved to Amerika.Oscar August did use the name Zanteson on the census paper for 1879. The name Ringqvist has been added.
Letter from the University in Stockholm Sweden dated 11 Sep 2008 pg 1 of 2
We've checked the census records of 1860-1862 for Anders Zanteson. A copy of the census paper for 1860 is enclosed. He had no wife or child at that time. His address was Hantverkargatan 14, which was the address of the Crown Princess Lovisa Hospital.
The census for each year was based on the census papers collected during the last months of the year before.
Letter from the University in Stockholm Sweden dated 11 Sep 2008 pg 1 of 2
A child who was christened Oscar August was born on November 24, 1859, in Storkyrkan parish. He was illegitimate and his parents were unknown. His mother was 26 years old. The address given in the birth record, Baggensgatan 23, was the address of the midwife.
Fortunately Oscar August was admitted to Allmanna barnhuset (the Public Orphanage). In the Orphanage records he was listed as number 4296 Oscar August Ringqvist. We enclose a copy. His fostermother was named Sofia Ringqvist. Oscar August lived with her as long as he was an orphanage child.
Obituary of A. Zanteson (Anders Erik August) 21 November 1876 The Swallow, Stockholm Sweden, (Translation of Obituary by Bo Liljeberg, Lund, Sweden abe126@tiscali.se) Newspaper header NOVEMBER 21 THE SWALLOW 1876 (see also 1st, 2nd & 3rd colums)
Obituary of A. Zanteson (Anders Erik August Zanteson) 21 November 1876 The Swallow, Stockholm Sweden, (Translation of Obituary by Bo Liljeberg, Lund, Sweden abe126@tiscali.se) First column: A ZANTESON Many a person will certainly be surprised that the Swallow has deemed it appropriate to include in its Picture Gallery the man that our readers will meet in today's number. The deceased was no great man of science, his name is not connected to any theoretical or practical exploit, it was hardly known outside the little congregation in Stockholm, Sweden, where he lived and died as a poor-law doctor. Well, was he remarkable in any way? Nevertheless, he was, in his own manner, and in a way that will live for long in the gratefull memory of thousands. The great achievements in the fields of glory or science astonish people and are praised by them; the creations of genius, no matter in what shape they appear, charm and are admired and all this with ample reason; but there areother achievements, that are no less admirable, because they are done outside the public eye; deeds that are notrewarded with glory or gold or fame, but with portals:tears. The human being that once has made a real good deed and in a grateful eye has seen this reward, sparkle with greater lustre than all the diamonds of the world, more beautiful than anything that can be seen between heaven and earth, she also has felt a breath of heavenly bliss touch her soul, and she will understand the valueof the life of a man, who for years, in spite of his own trubles, drudgery and privations, never looked for other compensation than this, but who everywhere on his way also met it. The doctor seldom wins glory, his path goes more often over thorns, but there is nobody who might experience such moments as he when he possesses what he must have, in order that his art shall be fruitful: Love for his science, love for his fellow human beings . . . . (see also header, and 2nd & 3rd colums)
Obituary of A. Zanteson (Anders Erik August Zanteson) 21 November 1876 The Swallow, Stockholm Sweden, (Translation of Obituary by Bo Liljeberg, Lund, Sweden abe126@tiscali.se) Second column: (There seems to be a line or two missing at the top.The piece also has been torn down the middle and you should have tried unfold the little creases before scanning: as you will notice some of the translation will be guesswork.)
Useful work in [the service of] humanity [was for] the deceased Dr Zanteson most important, and this might be due to the natural goodness and nobility of his character but his medical training was not entirely unfamiliar with such an outlook. His studies took place at Uppsala, Sweden, at the time when Hwasser [pron Vasser] lived and worked there. (H.lived 1790 to 1860: professor of practical medicine 1830 to 1855). It cannot be denied that the actual scientfic knowledge that H. gave his students, was meagre enough, even in relation to . . . . (see also header, and 1st & 3rd colums)
Obituary of A. Zanteson (Anders Erik August Zanteson) 21 November 1876 The Swallow, Stockholm Sweden, (Translation of Obituary by Bo Liljeberg, Lund, Sweden abe126@tiscali.se) Third column: (Also in this case the originals of of the scan were in such poor shape that it is not possible to piece the text together: as you can see there are wrinkles, small folds and tears that make it impossible to read the print) a good, assiduous and [loyal devotion to his] calling. To Hwasser the practice of medicine was a religion or if you prefer a philosophy. Yes, he put medicine on top of the pinnacle of the temple of thought and he set up its goal in the fighting of powers that he thought almost independent of matter. You may by now readily confess, that these ideas were fancies, that did not make good doctors, but you must also bear in mind that love for science and humanity can be found also in those doctors who have received a totally different training, who step by step have conquered the wide areas of exact science and gone up to its summit; but Hwasser's pupils were given the gift ofsuch enthusiasm that promotes great thoughts of the task. Zanteson remained all his life true to the devotion of his youth, and hence he wandered from hut to hut as an apostle of love, and hence he fell on his post, a death a thousand times more glorious than the warrior, who ardent of lust for fame or raging of bloodthirst seeks his enemy as is hit by his sword, yes, even more glorious than his, who, prompted by thirst for scientific honour, scouts into unknown continents and there finds. . . . . . . .Besides, Zanteson saw very well, his own need of an scientific foundation and he compensated later by diligent study. Still during the last years he was rather often seen to set aside a couple of hours from his other pressing duties to listen to lectures in scientific areas that were were more or less unknown during his years of study: patological anatomy and physiology, and he also had a well-deserved reputation as a highly cultivated man and a very capable doctor. Innumerable they are, poor and rich people, mostly the former who have been helped by him and now bless his memory. But he has left behind an even more beautiful memorial as a friend to humanity. (see also header, and 1st & 2nd colums)
Photo from the Obituary of A. Zanteson (Anders Erik August) 21 November 1876 The Swallow, Stockholm Sweden, (see also header, 1st, 2nd & 3rd colums)
Have originial Flyttningsbevis (exit permit) Translation by Bo Liljeberg, Lund, Sweden abe126@tiscali.se
He said:
In the 1870ies and 80ies about 25 of my Mother's uncles and families went across the Atlantic to settle in St. Peter, MN. I have been able to localize some of them up to and around WW1. And I have read about a lot people that have got "papers for Northern America" but Mathilda Augusta's was the first that I have seen. Since the seventeenth century the Lutheran Church had the obligation to keep books over the people in the Parish:Marriages, Births & Baptism, Deaths, Movings-In, Movings-Out were separate Books, and then they had the Household Examination Ledger where all that happened to each family was inscribed at the yearly examinations that the pastor made (could they read aloud, write their name or better, read certain hymns by heart and relate the ten commandments and such central stuff).
CERTIFICATE OF MOVING OUT
1. Moving-Out Book Pagina 443 in the Household
number 21 Examination Ledger
2. Miss Mathilda Augusta Skog
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4. born on the 22nd of September 1860 (sixty)
5. in the Parish of Engelholm in Province of Christianstad
6. is free to engage in marriage
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10.Reads aloud satisfactorily
11.Has acceptable religious insights
12.Has not been present at religious examination
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14.Has full civil rights
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18. Has served this years conscript duty (this part was crossed out)
19. Will now remove to Northern America
21. Certified by the Parish of the City of Engelholm
22. May 16 1882(Eightytwo)
Frans Kock
Pastor
Christening record of Mathilda Skoog Parish of Ängelholm Province of Khristianstad Sweden page 85 (SLC 0141164 #4) 24 Sep 1860 - father Nils Anderson Skag & his wife Christina Malm. The mother is 32, and he is a laborer (arbetskarlen). The child was carried to the Christening by farmer Per Mal's wife Karna (Christina's parents). The godparents were Petter Anderson and Ingri, John's daughter residing in Ängelholm. Peter was a worker (drang) and Ingri was single (piga).