Anton Julius Winblad I (1828-1901) of Sweden

Anton Julius Winblad I (1828-1901) Schoolteacher (folkskolelärare); Church Choir Leader and Church Organist at Ytterlännäs, Sweden from 1851 to 1866 (b. August 10, 1828, Stockholm, Stockholm lan, Sweden - d. October 30, 1901, Prästbordet (church house), Anundsjö församling, Västernorrland lan, Sweden)

Birth:
Anton was born in 1828 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ytterlännäs, Sweden:
By 1851 he was teaching and leading the church choir in Ytterlännäs, Sweden.

Marriage:
He married Margareta Kristina Höglund (1819-1854) aka Greta Höglund, on June 24, 1852 in Högsjö.

Children:
On April 17, 1853: Antonette Kristina Winblad I (1853); and Johanna Maria Winblad (1853), their twin daughters were born. Johanna died on June 30, 1853; and Antonette died on July 18, 1853. On June 11, 1854 their third child, Antonette Kristina Winblad II (1854-after1890) was born.

Death of Wife:
Margareta Höglund, his wife, died in childbirth on June 11, 1854 giving birth to Antonette Kristina Winblad II.

Church Organist:
After his wife's death Anton travelled to Härnösand to take the exam to be certified as an organist.

Ytterlännäs, Sweden:
David Kettlewell writes the following in his history of music at the church: "From the year 1851 on, the leaders of the church choir are documented. In that year came the first teacher in the parish, Anton Julius Winblad, born [in] 1828 in Stockholm. Three years later [in 1854,] one can read in a parish protocol his asking to end the school year for the season, to be able to go to Härnösand and learn to play the organ and to take the organ exam."

Second Marriage:
When Anton returned from Härnösand, he began a courtship of Elsa Maria Elisabeth Näslund (1829-1907). Elsa's father was Israel Israelsson Näslund III (1796-1858) the reverend of Ytterlännäs. Anton and Elsa married on August 07, 1855 in Ytterlännäs.

Children:
Together they had the following children: Karl Israel Winblad (1857-1858) who was born on September 12, 1857, and died as an infant on September 19, 1858; Johan Edvard Winblad (1856-1914) aka John Edward Winblad who ran away from home rather than become a priest and married Salmine Sophia Severine Pedersen (1862-1914) aka Salmina Olsdatter, in Norway and emigrated to the United States; Johanna Maria Winblad (1859-1916) who married Per Olof Bernhard Vahlberg (1852-aft1890); Carl Gustaf Winblad (1861-1863) aka Gustaf Winblad, who was born on April 10, 1861, and died as an infant on March 06, 1863; Anton Teodor Winblad (1862-?) who was born on December 07, 1862 and he became a Lieutenant in the military; Maria Elisabeth Winblad II (1865-1937) who married the storekeeper, Jonas Kempe (1861-1918), and had children and grandchildren; and Frideborg Winblad (1869-1964) who was born in Anundsjö and never married, and became a teacher in Ytterlännäs.

Anundsjö, Sweden:
On January 24, 1866 Anton moved the family to Prästbordet, Anundsjö, Västernorrland, Sweden and it appears that Johan, his first born son, didn't move with the family. Anton appears in the 1890 Sweden Census working as a school teacher and living in Anundsjö with his wife and two unmarried children: Antonette Kristina Winblad from his first marriage; and Frideborg Winblad.

Death:
Anton died in 1901 in Anundsjö, Sweden.

Burial:
He was buried in Sweden, possibly in Anundsjö.

Relationship:
Anton Julius Winblad I (1828-1901) was the second, great-grandfather of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ). He was also the second, great-grandfather of Bitte Pettersson (1966- ) aka Bitte Kempe, of Mariefred, Sweden.