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GRIP from Höganäs
A family of coalminers, in the northwestern
corner of the Swedish province of Skåne
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 Already
in the 16th century, coal has been won at
Höganäs, a small town in the south of
Sweden.
But in 1797, coal mining really started when the
"Höganäs Stenkolsverk" was founded, a
company that ran the mines until they were
closed in 1979.
A
lot of labour force was needed to keep the coal
mines working. Among them was a Grip family. They
lived at nearby Väsby and quite some of the
family members worked in the 'gruva' as a miner.
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JOHANNES
GRIP AND HIS DECENDANTS
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 Johannes Grip was born in 1798. He was a miner,
lived at the nearby hamlet Väsby and married
Anna Maria Jepsdotter. At Väsby they had two
children: Ingrid Helena (1827) and Carl Johan
(1830).Apparently his wife died shortly
after the birth of this last child, because
Johannes remarried Maria Magnusdotter. With
her he had another daughter: Sara Kristina
(1834).
On May
2, 1836, Johannes Grip died -- 37 years of age --
when he was 'crushed to death' in a mine
accident.
In 1837 his widow
Maria Magnussen had a son, Johannes. In 1838 she married the
father, the miner Pähl Olsson, and in 1839 they had another son,
Sven. Maria died in 1858 at Höganäs.
JOHANNES HIS
CHILDREN WERE:
- Ingrid Helena
Grip was born in 1827. In 1855 she
married the miner Jonas Andersson and had
seven children.
- Carl Johan Grip
was born in 1830 at Väsby. In 1852 he
married Kjersti Gustafsdotter Johnsson
and went to live at Höganäs. They had
four children: Johannes Grip
(1853), Ida (1855; died at 7 years
of age) and Carolina (1857;
married to Gustaf Jönsson).
Before his second daughter was born, Carl
-- 26 years old -- died at an accident in
the ‘Kronan’ mine near Bergras.
- Sara Kristina
Grip was born on July 25, 1834 at Väsby. In 1862 she
married at Rebbelberga to Swen Jonasson Gronlund. They went
to live at Rebbelberga and had two daughters and four sons.
Her husband died there in 1879, and Sara Grip on June 9,
1916.
Some of
this information was provided by Brian Olson,a great
great grandson of Sara Kristina Grip. |
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ANDERS
GRIP AND HIS FAMILY
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In Höganäs itself lived
Anders Grip and his family. Whether he is related
to Johannes is not cleared yet.
Anders Grip
was born in 1825. He worked as a labourer and in
1849 he married at Väsby to Johanna Hamberg. At
first they lived at Väsby and from 1857 on at
Höganäs. They had seven children.
In 1873, when an epidemic of cholera infected
Höganäs, Anders Grip, 48 years of age, was one
of the victims.
THEIR
CHILDREN:
- Anna
Catrina Grip was born on
November 1, 1849, at Väsby.
- Johan Grip was
born on June 18, 1851, at Väsby.
- Christian
Grip was born on September 29,
1853, at Väsby.
- On November 20,
1857, at Höganäs, a death child was
born.
- Maria Grip
was born on December 30, 1858, at
Höganäs.
- Johannes
Grip was born on October 12,
1861, at Höganäs. He died after three
months.
- Johannes
Grip was born on February 19,
1863, at Höganäs.
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OTHER
GRIP'S
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 In
both Väsby and Höganäs there were some other
persons by the name Grip.
When
we look at their forenames, they seemed to be
related, but this hasn't been established yet.
The
following Grip's do appear in the records.
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Anna
Grip, born about 1821, married to Jacob
Carlsson and had a daughter (Ida, 1860) and a son
(Carl, 1864).
Geta
Sofia Grip, born about 1823, married in
1848 to the miner Carl Johan Skotte and had nine
children.
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According to
Christina Paulson,a
great-great-granddaughter of Pähl Olsson and Maria
Magnusdotter,
both are daughters of Maria Magnusdotter out
of her marriage with Johannes Grip. |
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