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225 Appendix • Table1.LandUseandPopulationGrowthinVedboHärad,Sweden,1805–1880 ToTaL arabLe Meadow ForeST oTHer 1805 1865 1880 PariSH area* Land (%) (%) (%) (%) PoPULaTion PoPULaTion PoPULaTion Rölanda 89 22.0 3.6 62.2 12.2 1,061 2,049 2,044 Töftedal 146 7.2 1.2 72.0 19.6 586 1,092 1,118 DalsEd 259 8.0 1.9 75.2 14.9 1,341 2,773 2,843 Gesäter 29 26.4 5.2 64.1 4.3 387 809 758 Nösemark 206 6.1 1.3 86.1 6.5 1,043 2,085 2,234 Torrskog 128 7.1 1.9 85.4 5.6 929 1,784 1,798 Värvik 118 9.2 1.4 83.8 5.6 837 1,560 1,509 Tisselskog 104 7.0 1.1 86.4 5.5 580 1,313 1,286 Hålbol 143 7.8 1.2 85.1 5.9 939 1,721 1,745 Ärtemark 172 12.6 1.9 80.8 4.7 1,423 2,863 2,998 Laxarby 212 8.4 1.6 84.8 5.2 1,543 2,848 2,867 Steneby 131 16.2 1.2 79.9 2.7 1,435 2,631 2,529 Bäcke 45 11.3 1.6 74.6 12.5 356 883 770 Ödsköld 94 11.5 1.0 78.8 8.7 703 1,513 1,244 Vedbohärad 1,876 10.1 1.7 79.7 8.5 13,163 25,924 25,743 Source:AdaptedfromErnstLundholm,“Vedboochnordmarkshärader,”inEU,5. Note:MinagrewupinBäckeandÖdsköldparishes.Thelowerfiguresin1880reflectemigrationfromDalsland. *Insquarekilometers. 226  g   Table2.averageannualwagesofFarmServants,inSwedishKronor,1861–1913 Source:Adaptedfromtable19,inDorothySwaineThomas,SocialandEconomicAspectsofSwedishPopulation Movements,1750–1933(NewYork:Macmillan,1941),97. 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1861–1870 1871–1880 1881–1890 1891–1900 1901–1910 1911–1913 Males Females [52.15.63.145] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 16:13 GMT) dx 227 Table3.emigrationfromSwedentonon-europeannations,byMaritalStatusandSex,1861–1930 Source:Datadrawnfromtables49and50inHistoriskstatistikförSverige,vol.1,Befolkning(Stockholm:StatistiskaCentralbyån,1969), 129–30. Theproportionofsingleadultwomenemigratingtonon-Europeanlands(primarilytheUnitedStates)intheyearscoveringSwedish emigrationphasestwothroughfive.IntheSwedishmigrationstatisticsfromwhichthesedataaredrawn,thedesignationofsingle womenincludeswomenwhoweresingle,widowed,anddivorced,and,until1868,marriedwomenwhotraveledtoAmericaseparately fromtheirhusbands.Althoughthesefiguresareconsequentlyimprecise,theyneverthelessprovideagoodideaofsinglewomen’s migrationtrendsovertime. 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 1861– 1866– 1871– 1876– 1881– 1886– 1891– 1896– 1901– 1906– 1911– 1916– 1921– 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1930 SingleFemaleMigrants SingleMaleMigrants MarriedMigrantswithChildren 228  g   Table4.LargestoccupationalGroupsforFirst-Generation SwedishimmigrantwomenintheUnitedStates,1900 occUPaTion nUMber PercenT Servants/waitresses 35,075 61.5 Needletrades* 6,042 10.6 Laundresses 3,501 6.1 Agriculture† 2,272 4.0 Housekeepers/stewardesses 2,124 3.7 Tradeandtransportation‡ 1,684 3.0 Textilemilloperatives 1,316 2.3 Nursesandmidwives 1,106 1.9 Professionalservice§ 906 1.6 Allothers,allclasses 3,019 5.3 Total 57,045 100.0 Source:Adaptedfromtable48,ReportsoftheImmigrationCommission,1907–1910,61stCongress, 2ndsess.,Senatedocumentno.282,vol.28,OccupationsofFirstandSecondGenerationsofImmigrantsin theUnitedStates:FecundityofImmigrantWomen(Washington,DC:GPO,1911),71. *Includesdressmakers,milliners,seamstresses,andtailoresses. †Includesagriculturallaborers,farmers,planters,andoverseers. ‡Includesbookkeepers,accountants,clerks,copyists,saleswomen,stenographers,andtypists.§Includesmusiciansandmusicteachers,teachersandprofessorsincolleges. Table5.birthplaceofForeign-bornresidents ofbogusbrookTownship,1905 birTHPLace nUMber oF reSidenTS Sweden 100 Germany 84 Norway 63 Denmark 19 Finland 21 Allothernations 27 Source:MinnesotaStatePopulationCensusSchedules,1905, MinnesotaHistoricalSociety,St.Paul. ...

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