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Titel: SV: How to find a record listed on DISBYT database
Skrivet av: Hans Olof Johansson skrivet 2016-06-07, 23:39
Citat från: Göran Ignell skrivet 2016-06-06, 16:54
So we can conclude that Christopher's Caroline Gustavsson
should be the second of the two Carolinas born in Torsås on May 16th, 1860 and with the supposed father Carl Gustaf Jonasson, or?

 As far as I can see, there are no hard facts to substantiate the theory that Caroline Sholin, who married Olof Sholin in 1894 and died in1924, would be identical to Carolina Gustafsdotter who was born in Torsås on May 16 1860.


To figure out where Caroline Sholin really came from and when she was born, you'll have to start by examining the information available about her in official US sources.



So far I've found information about her in four different censuses. The first one is the 1895 census in Kansas where her age is given as 30 years, which would place her birth in 1864 or 1865.


According to the United States census of 1900 she was born in May 1862 and immigrated in 1880.


The next US census in 1910 gives her age at the last birthday as 48 years, corresponding to a birth year of 1861 or 1862. The year of immigration is said to be 1881.


Finally, the information about her in the1920 US census is dated January 3 and giving her age at the last birthday as 58, which would probably mean she was born in 1861.



However, the most interesting source is the record of her death (Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960) with some information that was probably submitted by Caroline's family at the time of her death in 1924:


 
Namn:
 Caroline Sholin
[Caroline Gustavson]
 
Kön:
 Female (Kvinna)
 
Civilstånd:
 Married (Gift)
 
Ålder:
 61
 
Uppskattat födelseår:
 cirka 1863
 
Dödsdatum:
 24 Nov 1924
 
Dödsort:
 White Salmon, Klickitat, Washington
 
Fader:
 Gus Gustavson
 
Moder:
 Caroline Grat...
 
Make/maka:
 Olaf Sholin