I am trying to locate information for the father of Sigurd and Richard Edlund and I would greatly appreciate some help.
The information that I have is as follows:
Their mother was Maria Johanna Sjöberg (sister of my ggm-Edla Kristina Hedberg). Maria was born in 1885 in the parish Bjurholm in the county of Västerbotten.
Maria apparently married in Sweden before emigrating to Canada. It is my understanding from a family source that the gentleman she married was Ben Edlund. I think it is probable that his given name (Ben) might have been Canadianized after emigrating...perhaps it was Bernhard...or ?
Maria and Ben had two boys (Richard and Sigurd) and while they were quite young (approximately 5 and 7 years of age) Maria died of TB. Apparently after her death Ben shot himself and died. Family talk/belief was that although it was supposedly an accident-he may in fact have taken his own life considering his circumstances. After his death, the two boys were taken in by Edla (Maria's sister) who had also emigrated to Canada.
I really hope that someone can help. I would like to know (if possible!) when and where the marriage of Maria and Ben occurred, Ben's personal information (full name,time and place of birth), when they emigrated, if either of their children was born in Sweden....
Regards,
Donna Corlett