Ser faktiskt ut som om det inte är en skröna
Jag funderar på om Andersson blev Ahlstrom och att han blev ett antal år yngre med tiden?
Från North Dakota, US State Death Certificates:
Name: Nels J Ahlstrom
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 62
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1867
Birth Place: Sweden
Death Date: 14 Jan 1930
Death Place: Carpio, Ward, North Dakota, USA
Spouse:
Sarah Ahlstrom
Certificate Number: 4763
Findagrave:
https://sv.findagrave.com/memorial/6363052/nels-john-ahlstromBurial record säger född Norrköping vilket väl är nära nog:
Name: Nels J Ahlstrom
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: 7 Mar
Birth Place: Norrkoping, Sweden
Death Date: 14 Jan 1930
Burial Date: 19 Jan 1930
Church Name: Zion Lutheran
Church Location: Berthold, North Dakota
Denne Nels John Ahlstrom var gift med Sarah Aleta Knudtson, visserligen född i Wisconsin men med norska föräldrar.
Vigsel 1907 (Sarahs namn manglat av ancestry lite):
Name: Nels J. Ahlstrom
Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1907
Marriage Place: Ward, North Dakota, USA
Marriage Registration Place: Ward, North Dakota, USA
Page number: 334
Spouse:
Sonena A. Knutson
1900 census säger född ca 1863 iofs (yrke farmlaborer):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VN-WTV1910 census (yrke keeper, industry hotel)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGL-X5JEnligt 1920 census så hade paret 3 barn, John Merrel, Nels Harold och Eleanor (yrke mail carrier, industry rural route):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD9-YYWJohn Merels konfirmation:
Name: John Merel Ahlstrom
Baptism Age: 0
Record Type: Confirmation
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1908
Birth Place: Donnybrook
Baptism Date: 1908
Confirmation Date: 21 Oct 1923
Father:
Nels John Ahlstrom
Mother:
Sarah Ahlstrom
Church Name: Carpio Lutheran
Church Location: Carpio, North Dakota
Nels Harolds konfirmation:
Name: Nels Harold Ahlstrom
Baptism Age: 0
Record Type: Confirmation
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1911
Birth Place: Donnybrook North Dakota, USA
Baptism Date: 3 Dec 1911
Confirmation Date: 28 Mar 1926
Father:
Nels Ahlstrom
Mother:
Spnner M Ahlstrom
Church Name: Zion Lutheran
Church Location: Berthold, North Dakota
Eleanor i US Social security and claims index:
Name: Eleanor Young
[Eleanor Ahlstrom]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 23 Jul 1913
Birth Place: Donnybrook, North Dakota
[Donnybrook|]
Death Date: 28 Aug 2007
Claim Date: 16 Apr 1975
Father:
Nels J Ahlstrom
Mother:
Sarah A Knudtson
SSN: 556148033
Notes: 20 Jan 1975: Name listed as ELEANOR YOUNG
Jag hittar en artikel i The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican 11/4 1916:
N. J. Ahlstrom is proprietor of the Commercial hotel, which he started in 1905. He has found Donnybrook a good town, and has a nice, clean, up-to-date hotel. Anyone stopping at the same will find that the beds are very good, and that fine meals are served. Mr Ahlstrom invites all the travelers to call upon him when in town, and assures them that they will be accorded splendid treatment. Mr. Ahlstrom is one of Donnybrook's best boosters.
Det står mer om Donnybrook i artikeln med lite foton på staden.
Hittar även hans dödsnotis i The Bismarck Tribune 16/1 1930:
Carpio farmer dies at wheel of his car
Minot, N. D, Jan 15 - While en route from his home near Carpio to Hartland, Nels Ahlstrom, 59, died suddenly while at the wheel of his automobile late Tuesday afternoon. Ahlstrom operated a hotel at Donnybrook for 12 years and the last 10 years has been living near Carpio.
Vad tror du? Kan det vara "rätt" Nils Johan även om födelseåret blivit 1867 isf 1863?