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Mormors bror
Frans August Johansson was born
14 Oct. 1863 in Nyanäs, Sälldefall, Ingatorp parish, (F) county.
Frans emigrates in febr 1893 together with his wife, Helena and their son, Josef.
Frans american name: Frank Parkander .
More children born in USA: Josea Ellen Augusta Alfrida b. May 1893,
Alma Anna b. 1896, Edith Ester b. 1899.
All members of the Parkander family are seen left aside, in the first picture.
Morbror Hjalmar
Hjalmar Wolf was born 31 Aug. 1883
in Bäckfall, Ingatorp parish (F) County, Sweden.
Hjalmar emigrated June 1906 and his american name:
Elmer Wolf .
Hjalmar married first a woman, Rose Wolf, and
17 Januar 1917 was a second marriage in Clark,
Indiana, with Lena Wilkersson - her father
is said to be a german. Life was hard in the United States - he lost
his right arm in an accident, and he died, 9 July 1937 in Cook,
Illinois, by cancer.
Morbror Folke
Folke Wolf was born 17 Nov. 1888 in Bäckfall, Ingatorp parish,
Jönköpings län (F) County.
Folke emigrated in March 1906. His american name:
Folke Lindwall . Folke married Louise Eriksson and
they got the children Evelyn and Franklin Lindwall.
See a siblings photo!
Farmors bror, Ernst
Ernst Lindström , born 25 Aug. 1882 in Kyrkeryd village, S:t Sigfrid parish,
Kalmar County (H).
His parents: Pehr August Abrahamsson Lindström and Johanna Petersdotter.
Lindström was given to Pehr August as a soldier name
according to swedish practice by this time (båtsmansnamn).
Ernst emigrates 1904 via Malmö and Liverpool, and in Ontario, Canada he married
Anna Sigurdsdotter from Iceland, marriage date: 22 September 1906.
Ernst had the following american name: Ernest Lindstrom .
He had six children and lived in
Minnesota and Iowa and died, 92 years old, in San Francisco, California.
Faster Hilda
Hilda Ekström was born 19 January 1876 in Karlskrona stadsförsamling, Blekinge län (K).
Her mother died when Hilda was only 4 years old.
A son, Nils Hilding Emanuel Ekström is born 18 Dec. 1897 in Stockholm.
Nils went to USA in October 1923 but he returned to the homeland later on
and died in Stockholm 15 Oct 1975. Nils had a daughter, Edith Ekström ,
born 12 Aug. 1922. As a matter of curiosity, the little girl Edith travelled
alone
with SS Drottningholm over the Atlantic Ocean, a travel with a duration of 9 days,
and arrived in New York 26 Aug. 1929. Edith was only 7 years old!
Hilda emigrated september 1902 and married to a swede, Carl Johan Kihlström,
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 13 May 1903. They got the following children:
Carl G. Kilstrom born 1903,
Florence Kilstrom born 1906,
George Oscar Kilstrom born 1908.
Hilda Kilstrom in America .
There is a special home page for Hilda and her husband John Kilstrom .
Hildas husband Kihlström
Carl Johan Kihlström born 13/11 1874, in Västervik stad (H). He emigrated 1902 and he
joined his future wife Hilda in Philadelphia. They married 13 May 1903.
Carl Johan was known as John Kilstrom in USA.
Carl Johan died Sept. 1963,
The cemetery stone script: KILSTROM
Faster Serafia
Serafia Ekström was born 6 July 1874 in Guö village, Åryd parish, Blekinge County (K).
Her father was August Ekström and mother Hedda Nordgren.
Mother Hedda died when Serafia was only 6 years old. Serafia as also
Hilda, mentioned above, and my father, Sigfrid Ekström, all three siblings,
have different mothers, we must perhaps say they are half-siblings or so.
Serafia emigrated when she was 22 years old, 1896. In Philadelphia Serafia married
Harry F. Williams, marriage year 1899. A theory that this man, Harry, comes from
Blekinge County in south Sweden - however this has not been approved.
After the marriage she took the name: Sophie Williams
21 Nov 1934 Sophie Williams dies in Miami Beach, Dade, Florida .
Thorwald Ekström
Olof Thorwald Ekström föddes 13 Oct. 1884 in Karlskrona stadsförsamling, (K).
His father August Ekström, his mother Hilda Charlotta Petersdotter från Vissefjärda.
He went to USA 1900 on a free billett (See picture!) , 15 years old,
together with a farmer, August Gottfrid Jonsson from Löt parish at the island Öland (H),
- but Thorwald returned home and he finally emigrates in May 1902 to Philadelphia.
There he worked as a painter and had a small firm. Thorwald, an american citizien,
was drafted in both WW:s.
Marriage 1911 to Alma Lund, born in Bolstads parish 2 Dec. 1886. They had a daughter, Florence b. 1913, died 2001.
The grave stone picture, of Alma and Thorwald .
Förtydligande:lite mer upplysningar
t ex om vem 'vår' Parkander är. På rak arm:
det var en yngre bror till min mormor,
i Sverige hette han Frans August Johansson och föddes
den 14/10 1863 i Ingatorp (F).
I Minnesota kallade han sig Frank Parkander och
slutade sina dagar den 1/10 1952 i S:t Louis.
