8. Samuel

Descendants of Samuel John Otto Jones and Anna Maria Ekholm

Samuel Johan Otto Jonsson  born 3 Aug 1836 in Målilla, Kalmar län, Sweden.  Immigrated in 1866 to Jamestown, New York.  He died 6 Mar 1883 in Jamestown.

Anna Maria Ekholm  born 14 Nov 1836 in Borgholm, Öland, Kalmar län, Sweden.  Immigrated in 1866 to Jamestown, New York.  She died 11 Feb 1913 in Jamestown.

Married 1 Nov 1863 in Borgholm, Öland, Sweden

Residences

House of S. Jones, Clinton Street, Jamestown 1881

1. They lived in Borgholm from 1863 to 1866.
2. They lived in Jamestown, New York to the end of their lives.  Known addresses include 12 Clinton Street (1875),  Clinton at Fourth Street (1878), 22 Lincoln Street (1883), 
3. After Samuel's death in 1883, Anna purchased a house at 231 Steele Street  and lived there until her death (1886-1913).

 Children  

1. John Fredrick Jones  born 17 Jul 1864 in Borgholm, Öland, Sweden and died 29 Aug 1961 in Jamestown, New York.
2. Charles Williams Jones  born  7 Feb 1867 in Jamestown, New York and died 3 Jan 1948 in Jamestown, New York.
3. August Theodore Jones  born 19 Feb 1869 in Jamestown, New York and died 14 Jul 1966 in Monmouth, New Jersey.
4. Harold Olof Jones  born 7 Jan 1872 in Jamestown, New York and died 14 Nov 1940 in Jamestown, New York.
5. Frank Albert Jones  born 20 May 1874 in Jamestown, New York and died 13 Jun 1958 in Jamestown, New York.
6. Maria Josephine Jones  born 10 Jul 1876 in Jamestown, New York and died 18 Apr 1902 in Jamestown, New York.
7. George Samuel Jones  born 7 Jun 1878 in Jamestown, New York and died 23 Aug 1964 in Jamestown, New York.

Biography

1. "SAMUEL JONES, manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Sweden in 1836, and married Anna M. Ekholm, of Sweden, in 1864. He has been a resident of Jamestown since 1866."  
   Source: Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Chautauqua New York from Actual Survey and Records, Published by F. W. Beers & Co., 56 Vesey Street, New York,1881.
2. Samuel Jones migrated from Målilla to Öland in 1856 (age 20). He apprenticed for a year in Stockholm as a shoemaker (1861-1862 living at Mäster Samuelsgatan, St Klara församling, Nöramalm, Stockholm, now across the street from City Åhlens department store and a block away from the church).  He received certification as a journeyman in Borgholm, emigrated and then worked in Jamestown, New York.  In Jamestown, he established a shop at 10 East 2nd Street.
3. Immigration.  Samuel Johan Otto Johansson (30), Anna Maja Ekholm (30) and son Johan Frederik (22 months) registered for their exit papers 1 May 1866 in their  parish of Borgholm on the island of Öland.  They crossed the strait from Borghom to Kalmar and then sailed to Hamburg, Germany.  There they were registered in the emigration list (Auswandererlisten) as Saml, Anna, and Johan Johansson.  They sailed 26 May 1866 from Hamburg on the steamship SS. Allemania  and arrived 11 June 1866 in New York.  The SS. Allemania accommodated 60 passengers in First Class, 100 in Second Class, and 600 in Steerage with a crew of 90.   It was a new ship whose maiden voyage was 17 September 1865 from Hamburg-Southampton-New York.  The ship manifest registered at Castlegarden listed them as Sam., Anna, and Joh. Johannsen. 
4. Samuel Jones died seventeen years after arriving in Jamestown at age 47 of Brights Disease (kidney failure, acute or chronic nephritis).  Their oldest son, John, was 19 years old at the time of Samuel's death, his youngest son, George, was 4 years old.
5. Anna Jones worked as a wash woman after the death of her husband.  She lived at first in the same section of Jamestown (moving from Clinton to Lincoln Street) and then purchased a house along the outlet of Chautauqua Lake at 231 Steele Street.

SS. Allemania,  Hamburg-Amerika Linie

Anna Maria Ekholm Jones