Johansson, Edit Alma Olivia 1890

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Edit Alma Olivia Johansson, born 1890 3/8 in Svenarum, Sweden. She emigrated to the USA in 1911.
I would like to know where she settled down and who she married.
From old letters I have some information:


She was married to Oskar


Her son Leroy had the children Tina and Eddie


Her other son Lewin had a son and a daughter


She also had a daughter but I don't know her name.


It is hard to come any further since I don't have any sirnames or ages.
Anyone who can help me?


Birgitta

[Carl Wolf]

Hello Birgitta, according to the New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957 at Ancestry.com, Edit was travelling to Oscar Wennerström in Kane, Pennsylvania.
Name:  Edit Johansson
Arrival Date:       22 May 1911
Birth Date:          abt 1891
Birth Location:   Sweden
Birth Location Other:      svennarum
Age:       20
Gender:               Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality:    Scandinavian
Port of Departure:           Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival:   New York, New York
Ship Name:         Cedric
 
There is also this record from 1946, she was traveling to New York from Göteborg.
 Name:  Edith Alma Vanerstrom
Arrival Date:       16 Sep 1946
Birth Date:          abt 1890
Age:       56
Gender:               Female
Port of Departure:           Gothenburg, Sweden
Port of Arrival:   New York, New York
Ship Name:         Drottningholm
 
Here she is in the 1930 census.
 Name:  Elma Vanerstrom
Birth Year:           abt 1891
Gender:               Female
Race:     White
Birthplace:          Sweden
Marital Status:   Married
Relation to Head of House:          Wife
Homemaker?:   Yes
Home in 1930:   Kane, Mckean, Pennsylvania
Map of Home:   View Map
Street address:                 Janeway St.
Ward of City:      4th
House Number in Cities or Towns:           421
Dwelling Number:           98
Family Number:                109
Age at First Marriage:     20
Attended School:             No
Able to Read and Write:                Yes
Father's Birthplace:         Sweden
Mother's Birthplace:       Sweden
Language Spoken:           Swedish
Immigration Year:            1911
Naturalization:  Naturalized
Able to Speak English:    Yes
Household Members:   
Name    Age
Oscar C Vanerstrom        43
Elma Vanerstrom             39
Mable Vanerstrom          17
Leonard Vanerstrom      16
Levin Vanerstrom            10
Evlyn Vanerstrom            5
 
I think this may be her death record from the Social Security Death Index.

 Name:  Edith Vanerstrom
SSN:       167-24-7984
Last Residence:                 
16735 Kane, Mckean, Pennsylvania, USA
BORN:   31 Aug 1890
Died:     Jan 1981
State (Year) SSN issued:                Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
 
And here is Oscar Vanerstrom's death record from the Social Security Death Index.

 Name:  Oscar Vanerstrom
SSN:       177-01-3343
Last Residence:                 
16735 Kane, Mckean, Pennsylvania, USA
BORN:   24 Oct 1886
Died:     Aug 1967
State (Year) SSN issued:                Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
 

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Thank you very much Carl. It must be this family. I'm just missing Leroy but I guess he must be younger or older so he doesn't live with the family 1930. Now I have a  sirname so I can probably find them later.
Birgitta

[Bengt Johansson]

Från U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007:
Name: Evelyn Alma Vanerstrom
[Evelyn Alm Micheau]
[Evelyn Micheau]
SSN: 200167774
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1925
Birth Place: Kane McKean, Pennsylvania
Death Date: Dec 1985
Father: Oscar C Vanerstrom
Mother:  Edith A Johnson
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jun 1942: Name listed as EVELYN ALMA VANERSTROM; Apr 1965: Name listed as EVELYN ALM MICHEAU; : Name listed as EVELYN VANERSTROM MICHEAU; 31 Dec 1987: Name listed as EVELYN MICHEAU

Name: Mabel Vanerstrom Coffey
[Mabel Anna Coffey]
[Mabel Coffey]
[Mabel Vanerstrom Vanerstrom]
SSN: 166201230
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1912
Birth Place: Kane McKean, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 5 May 2002
Father: Oscar C Vanerstrom
Mother: Alma E Johanson
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Oct 1942: Name listed as MABEL VANERSTROM COFFEY; Apr 1970: Name listed as MABEL ANNA COFFEY; 14 May 2002: Name listed as MABEL A COFFEY

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Thank you Bengt. That helps a lot to know the sirnames.


Is there anyone who has axcess to census 1940 and 1950 who could help me to find Leonard and Lewin Vanerstrom?




Birgitta

[Carl Wolf]

Hi Birgitta, here is Edith in the 1940 census.  Leroy was not in the 1930 census because he was not yet born. 

 Name:  Edith L Vanerstrom
Respondent:      Yes
Age:       48
Estimated birth year:      abt 1892
Gender:               Female
Race:     White
Birthplace:          Sweden
Marital Status:   Married
Relation to Head of House:          Wife
Home in 1940:   Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania
Map of Home in 1940:    View Map
Street:  Janeway Street
House Number:                421
Inferred Residence in 1935:         Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935:           Same House
Citizenship:         Naturalized
Sheet Number:                 13A
Attended School or College:       No
Highest Grade Completed:          Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939:                0
Income:               0
Income Other Sources:                 No
Neighbors:          View others on page
Household Members:   
Name    Age
Oscar C Vanerstrom        53
Edith L Vanerstrom         48
A Eveyln Vanerstrom     15
Leroy E Vanerstrom        7
 
Here is Levin in the 1940 census.
 Name:  Levin Vanerstrom
Respondent:      Yes
Age:       20
Estimated birth year:      abt 1920
Gender:               Male
Race:     White
Birthplace:          Pennsylvania
Marital Status:   Married
Relation to Head of House:          Head
Home in 1940:   Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania
Map of Home in 1940:    View Map
Street:  Barlow Street
House Number:                52
Farm:    No
Inferred Residence in 1935:         Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935:           R Same Place
Sheet Number:                 5A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation:      123
Occupation:        Baker
House Owned or Rented:            Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented:       32
Attended School or College:       No
Highest Grade Completed:          High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census:     45
Class of Worker:               Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939:                52
Income:               1200
Income Other Sources:                 No
Neighbors:          View others on page
Household Members:   
Name    Age
Levin Vanerstrom            20
Donna Vanerstrom         20
Donna E Vanerstrom      4
 
His full name was Carl Levin Vanerstrom.
 Name:  Carl Levin Vanerstrom
[Carl L Vanerstrom]
SSN:       170160826
Gender:               Male
Race:     White
Birth Date:          28 Aug 1919
Birth Place:         Kane, Pennsylvania
Death Date:        15 Sep 1997
Father:                 Oscar C Vanerstrom
Mother:               Alma E Johnson
Type of Claim:   Original SSN.
Notes:  Jan 1938: Name listed as CARL LEVIN VANERSTROM; 27 Sep 1997: Name listed as CARL L VANERSTROM
 

[Carl Wolf]

Leonard's full name was Lennart Conrad Vanerstrom but the indexer mistranscribed his name in the following record.

Leonart Conrad Vanerstrom  in the Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 Name:  Leonart Conrad Vanerstrom
Probate Date:    19 Jul 1967
Probate Place:   McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
Inferred Death Year:      Abt 1967
Inferred Death Place:     Pennsylvania, USA
Item Description:             Registers Docket Index, Vol 003-004, 1925-1969
 
There is a posting for him on findagrave.com.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Vanerstrom&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=148371644&df=all&

I have not been able to find him in the 1940 census yet.

[Carl Wolf]

Here is Edith's husband's WWII draft registration card.
 Oscar Conrad Vanerstrom  in the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name:  Oscar Conrad Vanerstrom
Age:       56
Birth Date:          24 Oct 1886
Birth Place:         Kafsjo, Sweden
Residence Year:                1942
Residence:          Mckean, Pennsylvania, USA
 
Here is Oscar from the Emibas CD, probably he changed his name after emigrating to the United States.

Post 163970
Petersson, Oskar Conrad
Hemmason (unmarried man)
b. 10/24/1886 in Kävsjö, Jönköpings län (Småland)
Emigrated 7/18/1906 from Nybygget Mjogaryds Mellan, Kävsjö, Jönköpings län (Småland) to Nordamerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 52
Emibas migration file ID: Kävsjö F 1906 001

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Thank you Rolf and Bengt. I have now found relatives to four of the children but I can't come any further with Evelyn Vanerstrom Micheau.
Do anyone know who she married and where they lived?
Birgitta

[Maud Mårtensson]

Googlade och fann dödsrunan för en dotter till Evelyn, http://www.garykelleyafs.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=209476. Kan nog leda vidare.

July 12, 1955, The Kane Republican from Kane, Pennsylvania · Page 7: "Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Micheau and children [son], [Linda] of Okmulgee, Oklahoma are visiting the parents of Mr. and Mrs. Micheau here".

August 13, 1964, The Kane Republican from Kane, Pennsylvania · Page 26: "Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Micheau, daughter Linda and sons XX and XX of Okmulgee, Okla. are visiting at the home of Mrs. Micheau's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Vannerstrom of Janeway Street".

Skulle kunna vara maken från Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Micheau&GSiman=1&GScid=99151&GRid=138441785&.

[Birgitta Strandberg]

I have still got trouble finding the descendant of Levin Vanerstrom.

In census 1940 he was listed with wife Donna age 20 and daughter Donna E age four. But I haven't been able to find Donna E.
There is a possible match: Donna Grenoble Meissner born 1940 January 11 in Kane PA dead 2010 with parents Carl L and Donna Painter Vanerstrom. The problem is that she is four years too young.
How reliable are the ages in census? Could it mean four months instead.
Thanks for all help.
Birgitta

[Kristina Rylander]

Carl L Vanerstrom född 28/8 1919 Kane PA finns i Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 (hos ancestry):

ame:   Carl L Vanerstrom
Birth Date:   28 Aug 1919
Birth Place:   Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence Date:   21 Feb 1950
Residence Place:   Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA


Den är från 18/1 1950. Han listar sin fru Donna M Vanerstrom samt tre barn (på nästa sida). Äldsta dottern Donna E ska vara 10 år gammal...det finns även två yngre syskon 8 resp 7 år gamla (en flicka och en pojke). Familjen bor på adressen 177 Summer Str, Bradford, PA


Även Carl L Vanerstroms bror Lennart C Vanerstrom född 28/7 1913 finns i samma källa. Hans fru heter Marie (?). De har inga barn. Deras adress är 13 Forman Str, Bradford, McKean, PA


Både Carl L Vanerstrom och Lennart C Vanerstrom listar sina föräldrar Oscar C och Alma Vanerstrom. Deras adress är 421 Janeway Str Kane, PA.


http://search.ancestry.com//cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=PAVetCompensation&h=1355732&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=oZC1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=60901

[Kristina Rylander]

Det finns en tidningsartikel (ganska lång) i The Kane Republican den 30/6 1960 (via newspapers.com) där det framgår att Donna Evelyn Vanerstrom gifter sig med Robert James Grenoble. Donnas syskon nämns liksom hennes föräldrar och farföräldrar, samt morföräldrar.

[Kristina Rylander]

Donnas obit:
https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1446063&fh_id=14059

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Tack Kristina. Då har jag hittat rätt person i alla fall. Du skriver att brodern Lennart inte har några barn. Kan det inte vara så att de redan har flyttat hemifrån? Jag trodde han var gift med Frances D Sherrick och hade fyra barn. Har jag hittat fel person? Finns det två Lennart Vanerstrom i Pennsylvania samtidigt?
Birgitta