Sofia Elizabet or Josephine Larsdotter  1855 - 1934

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• Birth	21 Jun 1855	Heffride, Lye, Gottland, Sweden
  Christened	24 Jun 1855	Heffride, Lye, Gotland, Sweden
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 May 1934	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA
  Person ID	I122	Brixen Henson
  Last Modified	08 Apr 2010
  Father	Lars Johannes Larsson,   b. 15 Jan 1815, Alskog, Gotland, Sweden
  Mother	Caisa Greta Gabrielsdotter,   b. 31 Dec 1818, Heffride, Lye, Gotland, Sweden ,   d. 14 Mar 1863 or 65, Heffride, Lye, Gotland, Sweden
  Married	9 Jan 1846	Heffride, Lye, Gotland, Sweden
  Photos		Grandma Hall with Mim and Uncle Bill in New York with Grandma's brother's family. Handwritten description on back of photo. Josephine Larson, Hall, Henson and her daughter, Josephine Henson and her adopted son, Bill Hall (with the hat), with her brother's family in New York. (I believe this is Johan Petter, who went by John, because he appears to be younger.) Bill Hall was born to Essie but was raised by Essie's mother, Josephine Hall Henson. We don't yet know…
  Family ID	F73	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Joseph Henson,   b. 3 Dec 1830, Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 2 Apr 1912, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA
  Married	21 Jun 1894
  Children	1. Josephine Elizabeth Henson,   b. 15 Apr 1895, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA ,   d. 23 Dec 1967, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA   2. Melvine Henson,   b. 4 Dec 1899, Tooele, Tooele, Utah ,   d. 14 Feb 1900   3. William Harold Hall,   b. 2 Dec 1904, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 4 Dec 1998, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California, USA
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Lars Wilhelm Eriksson Hall,   b. 19 May 1855, Orebro, Orebro, Sweden ,   d. 19 Jan 1890, Haga Church, Stockholm, Sweden
  Married	6 Jun 1881	Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
  Children	1. Margarette (Mamie) Johanna Wilhelmina Hall,   b. 30 Apr 1881, Kungsholm, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden ,   d. 17 Dec 1968, Salt Lake City, Salt lake County, Utah, USA > 2. Esmeralda (Essie) Victoria Constansa Hall,   b. 27 Aug 1883, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden   3. Herbert William David Hall,   b. 11 May 1885, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden ,   d. 5 Nov 1962, Salt Lake City, Salt lake County, Utah, USA   4. Minerva Antonette Hall,   b. 8 Mar 1887, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden   5. Hjalmar Wilford ? Hall,   b. 1889, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden ,   d. 14 Jan 1890
  Photos		Josephine Hall Family on Christmas 1898 Top Row: Bert Hall, Mamie Hall Watkins, Al Watkins, Essie Hall O'Neill Front Row: Josephine Henson Brixen, Josephine Hall, Minerva Smiley. Baby died at an early age. Not sure whose it is. ( Possibly Melvine Henson, born 4 years after Josephine and died at 2 and a half months old.) (Taken from the handwritten description on back, probably…
  		Josephine Henson, Essie and Bill Hall
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet

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  Event Birth - 21 Jun 1855 - Heffride, Lye, Gottland, Sweden Christened - 24 Jun 1855 - Heffride, Lye, Gotland, Sweden  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth




• Photos		Grandma Hall with Mim and Uncle Bill in New York with Grandma's brother's family. Handwritten description on back of photo. Josephine Larson, Hall, Henson and her daughter, Josephine Henson and her adopted son, Bill Hall (with the hat), with her brother's family in New York. (I believe this is Johan Petter, who went by John, because he appears to be younger.) Bill Hall was born to Essie but was raised by Essie's mother, Josephine Hall Henson. We don't yet know…
  		Sofia Elizabet Larsdatter Hall Henson Josephine Henson's mom. Later in life she went by Josephine Hall.
  		Josephine Hall
  		Josephine Hall Henson
  Documents		Josephina Hall Henson Death Cert. She died May 2, 1934 in Salt Lake.

• Notes

  film 133,644 shows Sofia Elizabet Larsdotter born 6-21 and christened 6-24 in 1855 in Heffride, Lye Gotland. EMIBAS shows her as Josefina Elizabet Larsdotter Hall born Jan 31 1855 in Gotland. 1900 census says birth: June 1855 Josephine Heffride, Lye, Gottland, Sweden birth film: Sofia Elizabeth Larsdotter born 21 Jun 1855, christened 6/24, but doesn’t say Josephina. Went to Lau on 31 Oct 1872. Birth of 21 June 1855 on film 133644 A1:1 p. 21. in Heffride, Lye, Gotland, Sweden. Christened on June 24, 1855. Moved to America on 6/17/1881. Lars is listed as single in 1881 Stockholms Stadsarkiv. Josephine is unmarried in 1880 census. 1880 census: Josefina Elisabet Larsson Born in Lye, Gotlands, 1855 County of residence in 1880: Stockholms stad, Parish: Kungsholm Rote 4 OBIT: 027,093 Des News 1934 May 3 p. 15 She was born Jun 24 1855 in Gotland Sweden, the daughter of Lars Larson and Katrina Gabrielsdotter. Her 1st husband was Lars William Hall, who died 40-something years before she died. She left Sweden to come to America on April 29 1890* and settled in Tooele, UT. She married Joseph Henson who lived in Tooele. Later she lived at 749 Kilby Court SLC, UT and died at local hospital of pneumonia * 1900 Census in Tooele UT Found New York Passenger List: arrived on ship Wyoming on August 26th 1890 from Liverpool Eng and Queenstown, Ireland. (Ancestry.com) Josephine (35), Wilhelmina (9), Esmeralda (7), Herbert (5) & Minerva (3). Ship operated from 1870-1893 Tooele Ward Records L.D.S. film 027367 show blessing of daughter Josephine and Joseph Henson as father. LeJeune Brixen Dillman, granddaughter, said her gandmother was blinded in one eye as a child--aparently not an accident. She and her husband William were planning to come to America with their children. Her husband got very sick when they arrived at the port town, so they returned home where he soon died. She still sailed to America with her children, landing in New York, where she stayed with a relative before coming to Tooele on the train with her kids. She spoke no English when she arrived, but went door to door saying, “Verk,” and was able to support her family until she married an older man, Joseph Henson, whom she had worked for. She had 2 children with him. The last child, Melvine, died at one month. She broought her daughter Josephine to Salt Lake after she completed the 8th grade, and arranged for her to spend one year learning the art of cosmetology and nails at Hotel Utah, a very fancy hotel. Later in life Josephina lost her hair due to a disease called irisipilis and wore a wig. She also had very thick fingernails (1/4” thick) due to the chemicals she worked with in the laundry room of St. Mark’s Hospital on Beck Street in SLC.