Persson Per-Erik *1864 utv 1908 från Edsele till Kanada (+ felplac medd)

[Roffan]

Hi! My great grandfather Per-Erik Persson 1864 7/1 emigrated from Eldsjö Edsele Ångermanland to Canada 1908. He sent a postcard from Norman Ont 1908 to his family at home. In 1911 11/6 he sent a postcard from Edmonton. He died 1911 16/9.  
Need some help whid. To find the ship he arrived
in Canada? Did he died in Edmonton? And is it
possible to find the newspaper from that time.
 
Regards
Rolf Persson

[Mats Johansson]

Hi!
 
He went from Trondheim, Norway in 1908 (April 29th). The name of the ship was Tasso and his destination was Kenora, Ontario. I suppose the ship went to UK first and that he took another ship from there. Two other people from Edsele parish emigrated the same day. Nils Birger Nilson, born 1883 and Sara M. Edlund, born 1888.
 
Regards,
Mats

[Ishbel Cormack]

Roffan: Did he change the spelling of any of his names in Canada?  
 
Did he sign his name Erik?
 
I am trying to find his name in a list of burials I have for the province of Alberta. This includes Edmonton.

[Roffan]

Hi Mats and Ishbel. Thanks for all your help.
-Ishbel! At the postcards my great grandfather sent from Canada, he spell his name Per-Erik.
 
Regards
Roffan

[lennart jonsson]

Hi, my grandmothers brother emigrated, to Britsh Colombia, vancouver in end of 1912 or in 1913 from Porjus in north of sweden.. I think he was living in VANCOUVER, 177 west peron st. something. He was born in sweden, söderhamn 1889-09-05 and his birthname was Karl Gustaf Öhrvall. He changed name in Canada to Karl Mattson. The reason for that is that I think he dont want to do the military in sweden. Through archives I think he maybe died 1952-05-18 in rest on cementry called Hillside Kamloops, Tranquille. Perhaps someone could help me find some more info of what he was doing in Canada? The name of his wife? Children? I dont know wich way he took over there by boat. But when he wrote to my grandmother last time before taking off too canada was 1912-12-22 from porjus in very north of sweden. Maybe he was working there with water power construction or something and take a boat fråm Narvik (norway) to England and then Canada, maybe? Best/Lennart Jonsson relative in sweden. ps. I have a pictur on him

[Eva Dahlberg]

dubblerad fråga.

[lennart jonsson]

dubblerad fråga?

[Eva Dahlberg]

njae, egentligen mer än dubblerad  - det finns fyra stycken ställda bara den senaste timmen (se mitt svar under en av dem) och två av dem ställda under fel rubrik dessutom - t.ex. denna.
 
Hälsningar,
Eva

[lennart jonsson]

okej, då förstår jag! jag är nog lite ivrig o förvirrad bara! Jag får mycket anslag av hjälpsamma människor, men uppgifterna varierar för samma personer jag frågar om så då blir det lite svårare för mig. mvh/lennart

[lennart jonsson]

hej ! jag har en fråga! Om man har sökt en som emigrerat till kanada som jag gjort och hittat en pasagerarlista fr. 1917 via xania. På min släkting stod bla. FRISEDEL och KONSULATPASS. Jag har hört att det finns en myndighet i Väcjö som skall vara proffs på svara på det. Varför fick min släkting frisedel och konsulatpass, ingen annan på skepsslistan hade det? Är det någon som vet vad denna organisation i Växjö heter ?  mvh/lennart

[Claes-Göran Magnusson]

Svenska Emigrantinstitutet

[Claes-Göran Magnusson]

Konsulat-pass = (föga br.) av konsulat utfärdat pass (SAOB).

[Thomas Vikander]

Am I at all correct in assuming that  FRISEDEL och KONSULATPASS  would indicate that the emigrant/passenger was an important person who was possibly having his fare paid?
If that is so, then that emigrant would not be the one we are looking for.  
We are looking for an emigrant, likely not very educated, who was leaving Sweden, perhaps in some unorthodox fashion, because he wished to avoid military service.
 
What also seems improbable is that the same emigrant who is skipping from military service is going (1913?) to Canada, A British Commonwealth country very much tied to Mother England during the leadup to the Great War. Canada had earlier sent troops to the Boer War.
It would make more sense if he had left a lot earlier, or after the Great War.

[Claes-Göran Magnusson]

Jag förmodar att han hade giltigt skäl att slippa militärtjänsten, frisedel, och att han fick sitt pass utanför Sverige, på ett konsulat. Frisedel kunde man väl få för fysiska defekter.

[Thomas Vikander]

Thank you C-G for your quality input.
I will, instead, continue researching this emigrant.