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Chris Bennedsen's Family
Else and Adam married, bought a farm behind Spandet's church, and soon had four children: Martha, who died when she was a baby, Thomas, Magnus, and Anna. Adam died of tuberculosis in 1913.
Adam Johannesson, ca 1893. Note the bible in his left hand: Adam was a Swedish missionary. (Private Collection)
Else Johannesson's children, ca 1910. Left to right: Alfred, Martha, Thomas, Magnus, and Anna, Chris's mother. (CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection,
P35-8.E2-20.001,
E2007-00431)
Top: Else Johannesson and her four children, ca 1916. Bottom: Else and Adam Johanneson's farm. (Private Collection)
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