February 16, 2026

Gustaf Jonsson Klang located in Gotland

 Gustaf (13 Dec 1829) left Målilla the year after the death of his mother in 1849.  He migrated to Gotland - a general destination which doesn't connect to locating him in parish records. There are nearly one hundred parishes on Gotland.  A search of the index Flyttattester (Move Certificates) on Arkivdigital.se provided a connection to the records on the island.

Gustaf Jonsson Klang arrived in Barlingbo parish in 1850 and moved the next year to nearby Hejdeby parish in 1851.  He died after a eight days of rödsot (dysentary) on 13 November 1852 in Bolarve, Hejdeby parish.


That discovery now leaves only two sibling unaccounted for: Jonas Peter Jonsson Klang (b. 5 Jan 1825 Målilla) who likely died in Sweden and Johanna Jonsdotter Klang (29 Oct 1840 Målilla) who traveled with her twin brother Nils and her older brother Frank to America in 1853.  They have not been located on any ship manifest to date and she has not been identified in an documents in America.