Lindroth

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Jeanne Belford

Lindroth

Legg inn av Jeanne Belford » 14. juli 2007 kl. 19.21

Can anyone translate this into English for me?






Född i ?raslöf, Skåne, 1840; lärde målareyrkey i Kristianstad och blef
gesäll 1857; dref egen rörelse ?raslöf till1866, då han flyttade till
Amerika och slog sig ner i Moline, hvarest han arbetade 3 år hos firman John
Deeres & Co.; kom sedan till Chicago och har hela tiden innehaft
anställning såsom landskapsarkitekt i Lincoln Park; han tillbragte nämligen
3 år i Kristianstads ritskola, der han inhemtade grundlig kännedom i denna
konst. Gift med Anna Elisa Erickson från Karlskoga bergslag; 5 barn.
Odd-fellow och Forrester.



Thank you.



Jeanne


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John Morten Malerbakken

RE: Lindroth

Legg inn av John Morten Malerbakken » 14. juli 2007 kl. 20.27

Fvdd i ?raslvf, Skene, 1840; ldrde melareyrkey i Kristianstad och blef
gesdll 1857; dref egen rvrelse ?raslvf till1866, de han flyttade till
Amerika och slog sig ner i Moline, hvarest han arbetade 3 er hos firman
John Deeres & Co.; kom sedan till Chicago och har hela tiden innehaft
anstdllning sesom landskapsarkitekt i Lincoln Park; han tillbragte
ndmligen
3 er i Kristianstads ritskola, der han inhemtade grundlig kdnnedom i
denna konst. Gift med Anna Elisa Erickson fren Karlskoga bergslag; 5
barn.
Odd-fellow och Forrester.


Your text is in Swedish, and some of it is not readable. Here is what I
understand of it, my comments in parenthesis:

Born in Årsløvf (?this is a guess), Skene, 1840. Learned the trade of
painting in Kristianstad and became "gesell" (meaning apprentice I believe)
in 1857. Managing his own business until 1866 when he moved to Amerika and
settled in Moline where he worked 3 years with the company John Deeres & Co.
Came to Chicago and has all the time held the position as landscape
architect (there is probably a better expression for this trade) in Lincoln
Park. He had been 3 years in the Kristianstad Drawing School where he picked
up a thorough knowledge for this. Married to Anna Elisa Erickson from
Karlskoga in Bergslagen. 5 children. Odd-Fellow and Forrester.


John Morten

John Morten Malerbakken

RE: Lindroth

Legg inn av John Morten Malerbakken » 14. juli 2007 kl. 20.31

Fvdd i ?raslvf, Skene, 1840;


My first translation of this was wrong, the person was probably born in
Äslövf in Skåne

This is in the south of Sweden, and fits well with his schooling in
Kristianstad.

John Morten

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