11th and 12th generation descendents of the original
"Church Boat" settlers

The Dalbo Descendents...

Pictured are 11th and 12th generation descendents of the original "Church Boat" settlers.

In 2004 a monument was dedicated to the Swedes and Finns who settled in Southern New Jersey. This year a model of  a traditional plank built Swedish church boat has been built as a visual aid to help tell the story of this little known piece of history. In The State of New Jersey celebrates the crossing of the Delaware by George Washington every year in a replica of a  Durham boat that some historians believe  evolved from a Swedish built boat of similar design, but this has not been documented. More>>>

The genealogy of our original Dalbo ancestors are listed at http://www.colonialswedes.org/Forefathers/Mattson.html . Our family descended from Anders and Elisabeth Dalbo's son Olaf. Anders name is listed on a plaque on City Hall in Philadelphia (see below)

For additional information or to make a pledge of support to this project, please write to:

Aleasa Hogate
94 Sparks Avenue
Pennsville, NJ 08070
Or call (856) 678-5511 or e-mail to goaleasa@aol.com