Christina Ahlstrom

AHLSTROM, JOHNSON, FISHER

Posted By: IAGenWeb Biography Volunteer
Date: 8/24/2008 at 18:55:00

Mrs. Christina Ahlstrom, one of the oldest women residing in Allamakee county, celebrated her ninety-fifth birthday Monday, April 24, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D.G. Fisher, in Hope, N.D.

Mrs. Ahlstrom was born in Sweden, April 24, 1838, and came to this county with her parents, the Peter Johnson family, in May, 1852. For over eighty years, Mrs. Ahlstrom has resided in the county with the exception of times spent in visiting with her children since the death of her husband several years ago.

A sad incident which made America look dismal to the Johnson family upon their arrival in St. Louis, was when Mrs. Johnson and her daughter contracted cholera and died, this leaving Mrs. Ahlstrom, who was only 14 years old, to act as mother to her younger brothers and sisters.

After landing in Lansing, they took up a homestead of 120 acres in Center township, where they built a dugout in which to live until they could build a log cabin, which was completed the following year.

Mrs. Ahlstrom well remembers many an encounter she had with the redskins and with rattlesnakes, both of which were numerous.

In 1856, Mrs. Ahlstrom was married, her husband being a neighboring boy, Magnus Ahlstrom. A 40 acre tract of adjoining land made them a home. They were the parents of 11 children, six of whom are living, they being as follows: Anthony of Waukon; August of Lansing; E.A. of Minneapolis; Mrs. E.T. Johnson of Chicago; Mrs. Bessie Ahlstrom of Minneapolis and Mrs. D.G. Fisher of Hope, N.D.

~Lansing Journal, April 26, 1933
~Note: 'Woodmansee' records Christina Johnson Ahlstrom as being buried in the Center Baptist cemetery. Death date Jan 1, 1934.

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