Hanson Ancestry Malmo Pictures


IDA AND ANNA'S HOME In letter dated February 3, 1947 to Bill and Harriett, Ida listed her return address as Dahlgrenska Stiftelen B2. (In a 1941 letter to Cecil and Anita she listed Andreegaten 2 as her return address which I believe is the same location.) From her letter, she wrote describing her location: "...youngsters have a great time skating on the canal outside our window (our house a big castle) is located in a big park, and very nice..." This place was demolished in 1978 but its history is noted in Wikipedia: "Dahlgrenska Foundation is a charitable foundation in Malmo, best known for his now-demolished castle-like building in the district Rörsjöstaden, where needy people could stay for free. The building, which was designed by architect Axel Anderberg and inaugurated in 1903, came about through the testamentary dispositions of the Royal Court Jeweller Gustaf Dahlgren (1815-75). It was surrounded by a plantation with a doorman building at the entrance and consisted of 10 apartments of two rooms and a kitchen for small families and 24 apartments, 1 bedroom apartment for lonely people. The Foundation was occupied "välfrejdad person, but not from the lower working class, which attained 50 years of age, at least 10 years belonged to Malmo society, beneath properly paid his dues and is not vulnerable in society, with preference for native Malmöbo". After having ceased to be used for its purpose, the building was demolished in 1978 - despite the lively protests - and the place is now Rörsjöns field, while the foundation survives."	1904-1907 postcards of Dahlgrenska Stiftelen - Indeed it did look like a castle!
Demolition of the Dahlgrenska Stiftelen in 1978
Canal where Ida observed the ice skaters from her window. Buildings in background likely did not exist in 1947.	The Dahlgrenska Stiftelen location is now vacant land.
St Pauli Church, built in 1881, is located around the corner from where Ida and Anna lived. Their death records are recorded here while earlier family information was recorded in St Petri and Caroli parishs.	Early postcard of St Pauli with the Dahlgrenska Stiftelen in the background to the left
Arial view of St Pauli and the Dahlgrenska Stiftelen	St Pauli from same view as above postcard - except the trees have grown up;
Another view of St Pauli, looking south from the canal.
From: St Peter's Church Website: "Malmö St Petri Church was founded in the early 1300's. When the church first mentioned in writing in 1346, it has already been consecrated for worship use. Tradition says that the high altar was consecrated 1319th The church is dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul." Some family records were registered in this parish.	At 105 meters the St Petri steeple was the tallest structure in Malmo until the 1990's
Malmo in 1871 A - Nilsson household, 11b Rostock XXVI, ca 1865-1887 B - Hansson household, 11a Rostock, ca. 1864-1868 C - Dahlgrenska Stiftelen where Ida and Anna lived in the 1940's D - St Pauli Church E - Caroli Church F - St Petri Church G - Town Square - Stortorget H - Cemetey I - Hansson household, Vesterport, ca. 1869-1878+
From Wikipedia: "The first Caroli Church was built in 1680, in the same place as the present one. The church was named after king Carl XI of Sweden, but it also went under the name of "The German Church", and service was held in the German language, hopefully to draw German merchants and craftsmen to Malmö." Some family records were registered here.	Stortorget (Great Square) - building is the Townhall (Radhuset) that was initially built in 1547. Behind it is the St Petri steeple.
The old burial grounds. Cemetery was started in 1820 and at that time it was referred to as the new burial grounds. Likely some of our ancestors were buried there, but if taxes were not paid the plots were not maintained - unclear what might have happened to the bones.	Most of the grave sites were very well maintained and some had recent burials.
This building is near location of where Carl Alfred lived when he was growing up. Placard reads: "This house was built between 1522-1525 by the coin master and mayor of Malmo."	NE corner of Block "Grabroden" that Carl Alfred listed as home on his "moving certificate" (left Malmo for America in 1887). Earlier (1868-1878+) the family lived on Block "Vesterport, one block west. These building appeared to be of 1920 vintage.
These houses (near where the Hanssons lived) had signs indicating they were built in the 1840's and may represent the housing that our ancestors lived in.	Karen strolling down street in my grandfather's childhood neighborhood

Malmo archive building where genealogy records are centralized so one doesn't go from parish to parish searching for info. These include microfilm and hard copy records as well as free access to various databases where scanned copies of the original documents can be viewed and copied. There was a large room with a number of microfilm readers and computer monitors that we could use. There were few visitors and the staff was most helpful in searching and reading documents for us.