This site has been set-up to exhange information about the family of Jonas Klang and Maja Lisa Nilsdotter.  See the page Jonas Klang and Maja Lisa Nilsdotter for information about their lives in Småland.  Maja Lisa Nilsdotter was the daughter of a career military cavalryman (husar) and she married Jonas (Samuelsson) Klang who was also a career military cavalryman, both with the Smålands Dragon Regemente.  Military reserves were provided with a house and land (croft) for their use during their service.  Jonas Klang and Maja Lisa Nilsdotter raised their family in Husartorp (cavalryman's farm) No. 34 in Boda i Bomåla ) located northeast of Målilla and near the border with Lönneberga parish and Carlstorp parish and close to the croft of Nils Lif and Brita Johansdotter, the parents of Maja Lisa Nilsdotter.

Of their twelve children, the two older sons likely died as young men, their fifth child, Gustaf, remained in Sweden but probably also died as a young man, and the last two both died as infants.  Maja Lisa Nilsdotter died at age 47 in 1849.  The remaining seven children all emigrated to America.  I am a descendant of their eighth child, Samuel.

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These siblings and extended family all settled around Jamestown, New York in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Warren counties - most chose Jones as their last name (similar to Jonsson which was the typical shortened form of Jonasson - son of Jonas).  Klang (translation: the sound of a bell) was the professional surname of their father - which was often used as the last name by other immigrants but only shows up in Swedish records for our family. 

The immigrants included (in order of arrival):

1852 Charles Jones (3. Charles) 26 years old, older brother

1853 Frank Jones (6. Frank) 21 years old, older brother

1853 Augustus N. Jones (9. Augustus N.) 13 years old,  younger brother

1853 Johanna Maria Jonsdotter Klang (10. Johanna) 13 years old, younger sister

1866 Samuel Jones (8. Samuel) 30 years old, himself

1866 Anna M. Jones (Anna Maria Ekholm) 30 years old, wife

1866 John Frederick Jones (Johan Fredrik) 2 years old, son

1869 Caroline Parsons (7. Caroline) 35 years old, older sister

1869 Peter J. Parsons (Jonas Peter Jonsson) 34 years old, brother-in-law

1869 John Andrew Parsons (Anders Johan Petersson) 10 years old, nephew

1869 Peter J. Parsons (Jonas Peter Petersson) 7 years old, nephew

1870 Louise Peterson (4. Louise) 42 years old, older sister

1870 Carl Peterson 44 years old, brother-in-law

1870 Emma Christa Petersson 11 years old, niece

1870 Sven Joh. Svensson 49 years old, uncle

1870 Anna Gustafa 26 years old, first cousin

1870 Christina Louisa 22 years old, first cousin

1870 Johan August 17 years old, first cousin