Anton Julius Winblad I (1828-1901)

Anton Julius Winblad I (October 08, 1828 - October 30, 1901) was the very first schoolteacher in Ytterlännäs, Sweden. He was also the choir leader and the church organist from 1851 to 1866.

Birth, first marriage and children
Anton was born on October 08, 1828 in Stockholm, Sweden to Lars Magnus Vingblad, a carpenter journeyman and Brita Christina Ökneberg. By 1851 he was teaching and leading the church choir in Ytterlännäs, Sweden. He married Margareta Kristina Höglund (1819-1854) aka Greta Höglund, on June 24, 1852 in Högsjö. In 1853 Antonette Kristina Winblad and Johanna Maria Winblad, their twin daughters were born. On June 11, 1854 their third child, Antonette Kristina Winblad II was born and Margareta, his wife, died in childbirth. After his wife's death Anton travelled to Härnösand to take the exam to be certified as an organist.

Second marriage
When he returned, 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 and they had the following children: Karl Israel Winblad (1857-1858) who died as an infant; 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 Winblad (1859-1916) who married Per Olof Bernhard Wahlberg (1852-1927) aka Olof Bernhard Wahlberg; Carl Gustaf Winblad (1861-1863) who died as an infant; Anton Teodor Winblad (1862-?) who became a Lieutenant in the military; Maria Elisabeth Winblad II (1865-1937) who married the storekeeper Jonas Kempe (1861-1918); and Frideborg Winblad (1869-1956) who was born in Anundsjö and never married, and became a teacher herself in Ytterlännäs.

Ytterlännäs and Härnösand
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." On January 24, 1866 Anton moved the family to Prästbordet and it appears that Johan, his first born son, did not 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 Friedeborg Winblad.

Death
Anton died in 1901 in Sweden and is buried in Sweden, probably in Ytterlännäs or Prästbordet.

Outside links

 * Findagrave: Anton Winblad
 * Ytterlännäs Church: Anton Winblad

Archive

 * Härnösand Archive