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Skriv ut sidan - Ericson, Carl Johan b1881 Valdemarsvik ? Utv 1906 ?
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Titel: Ericson, Carl Johan b1881 Valdemarsvik ? Utv 1906 ?
Skrivet av: Craig Ericson skrivet 2015-11-19, 02:46
Hi, forum members! Still trying to get more information on my Grandfather, who arrived in Australia in 1906. We know most of what he did etc after 1906, but very very little of the before. We are not even certain where he was born.
If anyone is able to shed more light on the man, I would appreciate it.
Name: Carl Johan ERICSON Born: 16 Sept 1881 Died: 1974 Place last lived: Mandurah, Western Australia
On applications that he filled out, for Naturalization in 1910, and for the Australian Imperial Forces, in 1916, he advised that he was from Ostergotland, and also Storangen, and Waldermarswik his spelling. I believe he meant Valdemarsvik. It was on his application to join the Australian Imperial Forces, that he noted that he was 1year 1 month Royal Guard and 3 year 8 months with Swedish Navy. Where would I find further info on this? he was enlisted in the AIF for less than a month, before they realised he was virtually blind in 1 eye
On an application for certificate of Naturalization, he wrote that he arrived in Port Pirie, South Australia aboard the Tropic, on 14 November 1906 from Sundsvaal, Sweden. I have not been able to confirm this ship.
I was always told that he was a captain, but resigned his post and crewed as a seaman back to Australia, so that he could jump ship, to be with his future wife, who was from Adelaide, South Australia. They married and remained together till he passed in 1974
He said he had a next of kin, Ellen, from Storangen. But that is all we know.
I did find a Carl Johan born in Gryt, Valdermasvik, on the correct date, listing a mother and no father, We also found several siblings from that Mother, all with no father. I do understand how/why that may have occurred, but I have not been able to verify that these records are actually on my grandfather, as we have not been able to find other info on him.
A couple of scan, from his applications below. 2 scan are similar, but actually slightly different