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Efterlysningar AZ - (Queries AZ) / Peterson, Erland *1891 Skön. Utv 1910 t Bisbee
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5/15/13
Hej från Oregon, U.S.A. Tack alla för information om Erland Pettersson (f. 10/09/1891), min farfar. Krister och Bengt, ni är korrekt att han utvandrade 1910, kom till New York via skeppet Mauritania, och resade till Cass Lake, MN för att bor tillsammans med sin bror.
Emellan 1913 och 1914 levde han i Canada, och därefter kom han till Bisbee, AZ, där (enligt familjen berättlser) han var en snickare av stora timmerstock (? mine timbers) för koppargruvan. Han arbetade okså för McCormick Lumber Co. i Riordan, AZ. Någon gang i sitt liv i Amerika, namnen “Pettersson” blev “Peterson.”
In 1914 kom han till Marshfield, OR (som nu kännas på Coos Bay), där han arbetade för C.A. Smith Lumber Company, den störste arbetsgivaren in staden, tycker jag.
I 1917 var han gift med Hilma Ferdinanda Larsson Ahlquist, en frånskild kvinna med tre barn. Erland och Hilma hade tre pojkar: [color=0000ff]Bertil (min pappa, f. 1919 d 1985), Reynold, (f. 1921? d 1924?). En flicka f. 1928 och en pojke f 1918 är fortfarande i livet[/color].
. Och nu måste jag växla till engelska, because my Swedish is so poor-I know only what I learned at university many years ago.
My grandfather Erland died in 1929, in the Oregon state mental hospital in Salem, of chronic alcoholism, acute alcohol poisoning, and influenza. It is a tragic story which I will share with you later if you like. For 83 years his ashes lay unclaimed in a vault of the hospital. Last year my sister retrieved them, and we are planning a burial service for him in Coos Bay on July 29 of this year. His ashes are in my house at this very moment.
[color=0000ff]A sentance is removed by moderator (in cooperation with poster) as it was containing live persons. Researchers may get in touch with Gail, using the e-mail adress provided with her user information to the left /Olle Kandell - Moderator USA/[/color]
My sisters and cousins remain close. We look forward to a sad but joyous reunion on July 29, when we lay our grandfather to rest near his wife Hilma and their baby son Reynold.
I have one picture of Erland that my aunt Eunice gave me, taken in Sundsvall before he departed Sweden. I have a few photos of my grandmother Hilma (she died in 1949), and many pictures of the latest generations, our fathers, our cousins and sisters, and our children. I can email some if you like.
Finally, we would love to know more about Erland's Swedish roots, and what became of the family that remained in Sweden. Will you tell me more?
Sincerely,
Gail Peterson Wells
Corvallis, OR
Hej från Oregon, U.S.A. Tack alla för information om Erland Pettersson (f. 10/09/1891), min farfar. Krister och Bengt, ni är korrekt att han utvandrade 1910, kom till New York via skeppet Mauritania, och resade till Cass Lake, MN för att bor tillsammans med sin bror.
Emellan 1913 och 1914 levde han i Canada, och därefter kom han till Bisbee, AZ, där (enligt familjen berättlser) han var en snickare av stora timmerstock (? mine timbers) för koppargruvan. Han arbetade okså för McCormick Lumber Co. i Riordan, AZ. Någon gang i sitt liv i Amerika, namnen “Pettersson” blev “Peterson.”
In 1914 kom han till Marshfield, OR (som nu kännas på Coos Bay), där han arbetade för C.A. Smith Lumber Company, den störste arbetsgivaren in staden, tycker jag.
I 1917 var han gift med Hilma Ferdinanda Larsson Ahlquist, en frånskild kvinna med tre barn. Erland och Hilma hade tre pojkar: [color=0000ff]Bertil (min pappa, f. 1919 d 1985), Reynold, (f. 1921? d 1924?). En flicka f. 1928 och en pojke f 1918 är fortfarande i livet[/color].
. Och nu måste jag växla till engelska, because my Swedish is so poor-I know only what I learned at university many years ago.
My grandfather Erland died in 1929, in the Oregon state mental hospital in Salem, of chronic alcoholism, acute alcohol poisoning, and influenza. It is a tragic story which I will share with you later if you like. For 83 years his ashes lay unclaimed in a vault of the hospital. Last year my sister retrieved them, and we are planning a burial service for him in Coos Bay on July 29 of this year. His ashes are in my house at this very moment.
[color=0000ff]A sentance is removed by moderator (in cooperation with poster) as it was containing live persons. Researchers may get in touch with Gail, using the e-mail adress provided with her user information to the left /Olle Kandell - Moderator USA/[/color]
My sisters and cousins remain close. We look forward to a sad but joyous reunion on July 29, when we lay our grandfather to rest near his wife Hilma and their baby son Reynold.
I have one picture of Erland that my aunt Eunice gave me, taken in Sundsvall before he departed Sweden. I have a few photos of my grandmother Hilma (she died in 1949), and many pictures of the latest generations, our fathers, our cousins and sisters, and our children. I can email some if you like.
Finally, we would love to know more about Erland's Swedish roots, and what became of the family that remained in Sweden. Will you tell me more?
Sincerely,
Gail Peterson Wells
Corvallis, OR
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