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Skriv ut sidan - Emigranten lookup please -- Karl Bengtsson fr. Mjäldrunga, Älsvborg
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Titel: Emigranten lookup please -- Karl Bengtsson fr. Mjäldrunga, Älsvborg
Skrivet av: Mats Ahlgren skrivet 2006-02-26, 21:49
In census 1900 we have this person 1900 United States Federal Census Record about Chas Benson Name: Chas Benson Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois Age: 70 Born: May 1830 Birthplace: Sweden Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Father-in-law No immigration date is given. He is a widower
He is living with Herman Nelson, born jan 1851 in Sweden and immigrated 1874, his wife Mathilda, born sept 1862 in Sweden and immigrated 1880. Their children, all born in Illinois, John, born aug 1881, Frank, July 1884, Herman, Aug 1886 and Clara V, born april 1890.
Source: 1900 United States Federal Census > Illinois > Cook > Chicago Ward 15 > District 489 > sheet 13A
Mathilda must be Chas Benson's daughter and that leads me to the following from CD Emibas (that you perhaps already know)
Post 592076 Karlsdotter, Mathilda Maria Brukardotter (unmarried woman) b. 9/13/1862 in Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland) Emigrated 4/2/1880 from Hökagården, Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland) to Amerika Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 52 Emibas migration file ID: Mjäldrunga P 1880 004
and
Post 592075 Karlsdotter, Sofia Charlotta Brukardotter (unmarried woman) b. 7/25/1858 in Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland) Emigrated 4/2/1880 from Hökagården, Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland) to Amerika Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 52 Emibas migration file ID: Mjäldrunga P 1880 003
and
Post 592119 Karlsdotter, Klara Olivia Brukardotter (unmarried woman) b. 4/7/1872 in Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland) Emigrated 3/6/1884 from Hökagården, Mjäldrunga, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland) to Amerika Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 52 Emibas migration file ID: Mjäldrunga P 1884 006
If you can prove that the persons above are sisters and related to Karl Bengtsson, then you can probably say that he emigrated and lived in Chicago.
If this is the case, let's see if we can find more