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Söderholm, Johan, 1825-1895

 Person

Biographical History

Johan Söderholm (1825-1895) was a factory worker in Sweden who was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Johan Danielson Söderholm was born March 4, 1825, in Ostra Eneby, Ostergotland, Sweden, to Daniel Petterson and Christina Jonson. Johan married Carolina Charlotta Söderbom (1818-1895) on January 21, 1849, in Norrkoping, Sweden. They had five children, three daughters (Carolina Josephina, Hulda Charlotta Petterson, Anna Louisa Peterson) and two sons (Johan Rudolf and Carl August). On May 24, 1862, Johan and Carolina were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder Anders Jonsson in Norrköping, Sweden. Johan worked in a factory for twenty-one years until it burned down June 3, 1874. The Söderholms immigrated to the United States in 1877 and settled in Brigham City, Utah. Johan died on February 17, 1895, in Brigham City, Utah.

Citation:
Johan Söderholm journal, 1867-1895 (Johan and Carolina joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, May 24, 1862, by Elder Anders Jonsson, Norrköping, Sweden; factory worker, twenty-one years; factory burned down, June 3, 1874; family settled in Brigham City, Utah; died February 17, 1895, Brigham City, Utah; children: Carolina Josephina, Hulda Charlotta Petterson, Anna Louisa Peterson, Johan Rudolf and Carl August)

migration website, Nov. 23, 2011 (Johan Soderholm; emigrated in 1877)

Ancestry, 2 June 2011: John Lattin Family Tree (born 4 March 1825, Ostra Eneby, Ostergotland, Sweden; parents: Daniel Petterson and Christina Jonson)

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Johan Söderholm journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7866
Scope and Contents Collection contains photocopies of the journal of Johan Söderholm and of the translation of the journal from Swedish to English. The journal covers the period from 1867 to 1895, with the majority of events mentioned occurring between 1867 and 1873. The translation was made in 1981 by his great-grandson Carl R. Sederholm. Johan gives his story and thoughts of converting to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his wife Carolina. The journal describes Church life in southern...
Dates: 1867-1895, 1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Johan Söderholm journal

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