Löfqvist, Lars Adolf f1865 Hammerdal. Utv 1904

[Arne G Källström]

Min farfars syster Anna Märta Kjellström föd 1866-07-07 i Borgvattnet/Z. Emigrerade till Canada omkring 1904 med maken Lars Adolf Löfqvist född 1865-06 26 i Hammerdal/Z och tre döttrar  
Emma Sara Theresia född 1892-12-19 i Hammerdal Anna Emilia Fausta född 1894-09-29 i Hammerdal och Ingeborg Selma Kristina född 1900-06-08 i Östersund.
Omkring 1918 fanns familjen i Ellis Ontario.  
Söker information om familjen.
 
MVH Arne Källström

[Maud Mårtensson]

Här finns en berättelse skriven av Lars barnbarnsbarn Bertil Lindstrom.
 
Dödsruna för Lars och dödsruna för Theresia, se även nedan:
 
Lofquist, Lars Tues 12 Mar 1946 Port Arthur News Chronicle
Lars Lofquist, 80, Ellis, Ont., died in hospital here last night. Survivors are his wife and one daughter, Mrs. B. Olsen, Ellis. The body is at the funeral Chapel, 21 Court Street North.
 
Bengtson, (Theresa) Mrs. Walter Thurs 18 May 1939 Fort William Daily Times Journal
Resident of the district for 18 years, Mrs. Walter Bengtson died unexpectedly late yesterday afternoon in hospital here. She resided at Finmark and was 45 years of age. Death came as a result of a heart ailment and word of her passing came as a shock to her many friends in the district. She was born in Sweden. Surviving are her husband, who is section man with the C.P.R. and four daughters, Ivy, Fern, Ruby and Palmie, all resident of the family home in Finmark. Also surviving are her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L. Lofquist, of Ellis, Ont., and a sister, Mrs. D. Olsen of North Towanda, New York. Mrs. Bengtson was a member of the Finmark Women's Institute and also a member of the Vasa Order. Funeral arrangements still are pending word from the family.  
 
Här finns ytterligare uppgifter om när en del av familjemedlemmarna avlidit.
 
(Meddelandet ändrat av Mm_zw 2013-04-06 11:00)

[Maud Mårtensson]

Google-träff (Ancestry): Walter Bengtson and Theresa Lofquist Married on Saturday, August 31, 1907 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.  
 
Paulson, Anna Tues 3 Apr 1928 Fort William Daily Times Journal
The death occurred last evening at McKellar Hospital of Mrs. Anna Fousta Evangeline Paulson, wife of Olaf A. Paulson, of Ellis, Ontario. She was 33 years old. Besides her bereaved husband two sons survive, Olaf Jr, eight years old and Herbert Allen, three weeks old. The parents of the deceased and one sister reside at Ellis, and another sister lives at Buffalo. Fullständig dödsruna för Anna finns  här.
 
Herbert dog strax efter sin mamma (se samma sida): Paulson, Herbert Thurs 12 Apr 1928 Fort William Daily Times Journal
The funeral of the late Herbert Paulson, four-weeks old son of O.A. Paulson, Ellis, Ont was held yesterday afternoon at Jenkens Funeral Parlors. The body will be shipped to Ellis for interment Friday morning.  
 
Detta skulle kunna vara Annas make (fortfarande samma sida): Paulson, Olof A. Wed 28 Sept 1932 Fort William Daily Times Journal
The funeral of the late Olof A. Paulson, 40, of Ellis, Ontario, who died yesterday, will be held Friday afternoon at Ellis from the residence of his sister, Mrs. A. A. Nordquist, at 2 o'clock. The late Mr. Paulson had been a resident of the district for the last 20 years and was well known to many. He is survived by one son Holger, 11.
 
Holgers dödsruna finns här, kusinen Ivys här och kusinen Rubys här.
 
(Meddelandet ändrat av Mm_zw 2013-04-06 14:13)
 
(Meddelandet ändrat av Mm_zw 2013-04-06 14:45)

[Arne G Källström]

Hej Maud!
 
Ett jättestort TACK!  
Jag har inte hunnit läsa igenom allt det skall bli interesant.
 
Mvh Arne Källström

[Thomas Vikander]

North Towanda is in Pennsylvania. North Tonawanda is in New York State and is part of the city of Buffalo. So it's most likely North Tonawanda is being talked about above.