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[elinor]

Önskar upplysningar om Arthur Waldstein som emigrerade från Skåne till USA och Iowa i början av 1900. Han var senast bosatt i staden/orten Marathon.

[Elinor Elmborg]

I like information about farmer Arthur Waldstein from Scania (Skåne) in Sweden. His latest known adress is Marathon, Iowa.

[Karin Holm Björkholm (Karin)]

[color=aa00aa]På Ellis Island-sidan finns det en Nils F. A. Waldstein som reser västerut från Helsingborg,november 28, 1908, med HMS Campania,
kan det vara rätt man månne[/color]

[Karin Holm Björkholm (Karin)]

[color=119911]År1908 är Nils F.A.Waldstein 24 år.Han reser då till en vän som bor i Iowa.[/color]

[Laila N. Christiansen]

Hei! Et søk i SSDI fant jeg følgende 3 Waldstein som ser ut til å kunne være etterkommere/familie med din:
Art Waldstein, f. 31.12.1922 d?d 8. juni 1996. Siste adresse 50576  Rembrandt, Buena Vista, IA
 
Howard Waldstein, f. 27.01.1919 død 24. april 1989 siste adresse 50585  Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista, IA
 
K. Waldstein f. 21. sept. 1912 død nov. 1985 
siste adresse 50565  Marathon, Buena Vista, IA

[Bjorn Svensson]

On April 19, 1883, Bengt Matsson/Mattsson, born 1837-07-10 in Valleberga, Sweden, and two of his children left Ingelstorp Parish, Malmö County, Sweden for a small town in Iowa - Britt, Hancock County, IA.  
 
The two children were Anders Bengtsson, born 1865, Ingelstorp, Sweden, and Johanna Bengtsson, born 1870, Ingelstorp, Sweden. Five years later their younger sibling, then 15-year old Magnus Bengtsson, born 1873, also left Sweden for the USA, presumably to join the others. Since the swedish immigration records specifically states Britt, IA, I'm assuming they already knew some Swedes from there. I am looking for any further information on these people or their descendents.

[Ullabritt Ottosson]

Wanstedt, Ottomwa,IOWA
Per Göran Christian Wanstedt b 1820 Lofta, his wife Anna Stina Jansdotter b 1835 Lofta, their children Carl Peter Emil Wanstedt b 1861 Lofta and Elin Amanda Olivia Wanstedt b 1870 Lofta
emigrated in 1881. Can anyone help me to find out about them and or descendents,thanks.

[Per Ericsson]

Johan Peter Peirce född 1847 Persson i Asarum levde med sin hustru Marta f. Clasdotter 1853 i Vekerum, Mörrum som farmare i Decatur Iowa 1880.
De hade då barnen Emma Charlotte f. 1872, Nellie Melinda f. 1874 och Minnie Sophia f. 1875. Är det någon som känner till deras vidare öden.

[Per Ericsson]

Johan Peter Peirce born 1847 with surname Persson in Asarum parish in Sweden lived with his wife Marta born Clasdotter 1853 in Vekerum, Mörrums parish as a farmer in Decatur, Iowa 1880. At that time they had the children Emma Charlotte b. 1872, Nellie Melinda b. 1874 and Minnie Sophia b. 1875. Are there anyone who knows anything about them after 1880.

[Ivar Nyberg]

Jag söker
Frans Vilhem Nord, född 17 juli 1868, Lemnhult (F)
Utflytt-plats Fogelkulla,
Utflytt-församling:Näshult (F)
Utresedatum 14 april 1891
Utresehamn Göteborg, Sweden
Destination New York
Destinationsregion IOWA

[Sam Blixt]

I am searching decendants of Hanna Swanson, 1963 living in 508 East St., Garfield, Clarinda, Iowa.
She was born Blixt, 1874, April 16 in Kristdala parish, Kalmar county, Sweden.
 
Regards
 
Sam Blixt, Oskarshamn, Sweden

[Floyd Hallberg]

Hello Sam,
I have posted an inquiry for that county in Iowa as of 23 Sept.  I have not had a reply yet, but I continue to hope for one.
Regards,
Floyd Hallberg

[Sam Blixt]

Thank You Floyd,
 
She is my grandfathers sister and she went out from Kristdala, Kalmar county to Essex, Iowa in 1902. When she went out hir surname was Blixt.
 
She lived in Clarinda at least to 1963. I have letter from hir that year.
In the letter I can image that she hav at least three sons, but I am not sure for the names, Richard, Teodor, John or Donald.
 
Clarinda is not more then 10 miles from Essex, so i think that she died in Clarinda or surrondings.
 
Regards/Sam

[Anneli Arvidzon]

Hej!
 
Finns det någon som kan hjälpa mig hitta hur jag ska söka vidare efter min sambos fabror Karl Arvid Johanson (Larsson) f 1898-01-19 Locknevi, Småland och som utvandrade 1916-04-20 till Iowa, Holstein.  
 
Han reste till en Uncle John Karlsson (f 1884-04-03, Blackstad, Småland) c/o G Carlsson (R3 Ave 39?) Holstein, kanske finns det någon här som känner till någon av dem eller deras ättlingar?  
 
Jag vet inte hur jag ska komma vidare i USA. Har hittat manifestet på Ellis Islands hemsida, men sedan då? Har aldrig sysslat med forskning utanför Sverige.
 
Tack på förhand
Anneli Arvidaon

[Therese Ericsson]

Enligt Social Security Death Index avled en Carl Johnson i oktober 1975 i Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Han föddes 19/1 1898. Socialförsäkringsnummer: 481-07-9588.  
Holstein ligger i Ida County. Adressen till den lokalhistoriska föreningen: Ida County Historical Society, 501 Zobel Lane, Ida Grove, IA 51445, USA.  
Rekommenderar även: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/iowa/ida.htm
 
Therese

[Anneli Arvidzon]

Therese!
 
Tack så väldigt mycket för hjälpen. När min sambo läste detta så blev han nästan tårögd. De sista de hörd från hans farbror var på 50-talet och då bodde han just i Sioux City. Men en dum fråga kanske? Adressen till den lokalhistoriska föreningen, hur och vad kan jag ha för nytta av den?
 
Med vänlig hälsning
Anneli

[Therese Ericsson]

Anneli!
 
Den lokalhistoriska föreningen i Ida County kan kanske hjälpa er med mer information om Karl och den familjen som han skulle till i Holstein. Det finns en ganska stor chans att de har tillgång till register över befolkningen, kyrkogården och folkräkningen för det countyt.  
 
Släktforskarföreningen i Sioux City har adress: Woodbury County Genealogical Society, PO Box 624, Sioux City, IA 51102-0624, USA. De kan förmodligen hjälpa er med t ex dödsannonsen till Karl, kanske hitta gravstenen, tala om hans senaste adress och hitta eventuella ättlingar. Jag rekommenderar er verkligen att skriva dit. De har mycket större möjligheter att hitta information än vi har härifrån - de bor ju där! Bifoga en internationell svarskupong (köps på Posten) och ev några dollar för kopieringskostnader. Lycka till!
 
Therese

[Anneli Arvidzon]

Hej Therese!
 
Jag får tacka en än gång och detta ska, hoppas jag, det bli en spännande fortsättning på.
 
Hälsning  
 
Anneli Arvidzon

[Anneli Arvidzon]

Hej!
 
Jag har under sommaren nu försökt att få tag i en internationell svarskupong, men med dåligt resultat. De sista svaret jag fått är att det inte längre finns i Sverige. Hur gör jag? Kan jag skicka en fråga till USA ändå med ett frankerat svarskuvert?
 
Hälsning  
Anneli Arvidzon

[Ulla Wimnéus]

Anneli!
Tyvärr är det nog så att det inte finns int. svarskuponger längre. Åtmindstone inte i Sverige. Är det bara frågan om ett svarsbrev så kan lösningen vara att skicka en dollarsedel i brev, man får helt enkelt chansa och hoppas att det kommer fram. Är det fråga om större summor,får man överväga att skicka Rekommenderat brev. Förmodligen billigare än en check som du får köpa på bank och sedan ändå skicka som Rek. för att var säker.
 
Häsningar Ulla.

[MackanW]

I?m searching for relatives who came to Iowa from Sweden. I have found one of their boarding passes and have reached the archive in Iowa but no one who can help me search in the files over there.
 
What should i do to get some help from Iowa?

[Glenn Gustafson]

Can you provide more specifics? I have done a lot of work in western Iowa identifying Swedish emigrants. There are some on-line searchable data bases. The 1880 census is on the Mormon Family Search website. The 1900 census is on the Genealogy.Com website. Rootsweb and Ancestry.com allow searching too. Deaths occuring after 1937 may be on the Social Security Death Index. If you can use any of the above databases to locate the county, then placing a query on the county message board on both the Genealogy.com site and the Rootsweb/Ancestry site may help locate someone who can assist further.  
Glenn

[Ullabritt Ottosson]

Glenn!Wonder if you have seen my lost Swedes in Iowa. They emigrated in 1881 from Lofta, Kalmar län, to Ottomwa, IA. Per Göran Christian Wanstedt b 1830 May 4 Lofta, his wife Anna Stina Jansdotter b 1835 July 20, their children Carl Peter Emil Wanstedt b 1861 May 6 and Elin Amanda Olivia b 1870 Dec 12. Sometimes Wanstedt was spelled Wahnstedt and in the cd-Emigranten their names are spelled Wallstedt. Have tryed to find them myself without any luck.
Greetings, Ullabritt

[Glenn Gustafson]

Ullabritt, I tried searching with various spellings but did not get any hits in Iowa. There is a State of Iowa census for 1885. It is not indexed nor on-line for Wapello county, Iowa where Ottumwa is located. It is available on microfilm to rent at Family History Centers in the US. It is possible that they may appear on that census since it is close to their emigration year.  Most hits on the surname came in northern and western states.  It is possible they moved westward. Some Swedes were coalminers in these southern Iowa counties. They moved on when the coal mines became mined out. I suggest placing a query on the Wapello county message board on Rootsweb.com.  
Glenn

[Ullabritt Ottosson]

Thanks a lot Glenn for trying!
Ullabritt

[Glenn Gustafson]

Ullabritt,
The 1885 State of Iowa census is now on-line at Ancestry.Com.  Found this Wanstedt:
Given: Charles
Surname: Wanstedt
Township Number: 71
Range: 37
Section: 9
Location: NE SE
Age: 23
Sex: M
Marital Status: S
Birth Country: Sweden
Father's Nativity: F
Mother's Nativity: F
Alien Without First Papers: X
Line Number: 2
Dwelling Number: 22
Family Number: 22
Page Number: 277
State: IA
County: Montgomery
Township Name: Scott
Family History Film: 1021500
Volume: 238
 
This looks like your Carl to me.  Many Swedish men with the name 'Carl' became 'Charles' in Iowa in the 1880 to 1900 timeframe. Lots of Swedes settled in the Stanton area of Montgomery county.  The town of Stanton is located in the township of Scott.  Check Montgomery county's GenWeb site for more information.
 
Regards, Glenn in California

[Anita Brånèus]

I?m searching for relatives who came to US, maybe Iowa, from Sweden.  
Axel Pettersson born June 28 1848 Madesjö Kalmar, he probably emigrated in 1878 from Stockholm.  
In the 1880 census Ancestry US there is one- born 1848- Axcel Peterson lived in Tippecanoe, Henry, Iowa:  
Axcel PETERSON  
Self M Male 32 SWEDEN Farmer  
Enjie PETERSON  
Wife M Female 24 SWEDEN Keeps House  
Wesley PETERSON  
Son S Male 2 IA  
Henry PETERSON  
Son S Male 2M IA  
I can not be sure it?s him when the birthdate is missing I?ve tryed to find out more without any luck.  
Can anyone help me to find out any further information?  
Kind regards  
Anita

[Jan Ek (Janek)]

Anita,
 
Tried to find him in Tippecanoe 1910 Census, the only one with mo/y birthdates, went through all pages but couldn't find him there. No hits in index 1920 for all US, one in 1930 for a 71 year old living in NY.
 
Cheers,
Jan

[Ullabritt Ottosson]

Glenn!
Thanks a lot for your help and specially to remember the question after such a long time!
Always thrilling to get a chance to go further with the lost ones. Sure it is my Carl.
Ullabritt

[Anita Brånèus]

Jan, thank you for checking on this hypothesis and letting me know.  
He continues to be very elusive and difficult to trace. Every lead seems to go no where, but again, I hope that he can be found. Thanks again for your help.
Cheers,
Anita