Titel: SV: Translation help
Skrivet av: Kristina Gunnarsdotter skrivet 2020-01-22, 22:37
The big fire in Umeå was in 1888, June 25, when most of the wooden town with it's narrow streets was destroyed. Maria Johanna emigrated a few days later. After the reconstruction there were broader streets and avenues with a lot of birches to prevent fires to spread. That's why Umeå is called "City of birches". https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadsbranden_i_Ume%C3%A5
The guy Sjöström on line 23 (page 126 in AI:15b) has probably nothing to do with your family. He just lived in the same place. But on line 17 there is a Miss Lovisa Karolina Rönnlund.