Beda Kristina Johannesdotter

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Hello! Looking for Beda Kristina Johannesdotter born 1880 28/5 somewhere in Småland. I´ve heard that she emigrated to the states but have no idea when or where. Would be so grateful for any information about this. Birgitta

[Judy Olson Baouab]

The Emibas CD shows this Beda Kristina. Could she be yours?
 
Post 192443
 
Johansson, Beda Kristina
Piga (unmarried woman)
 
b. 5/28/1880 in Vrigstad, Jönköpings län (Småland)
 
Emigrated 11/2/1903
from S Kv 14, Jönköpings Sofia, Jönköpings län (Småland)
to Nordamerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 2347
 
Emibas migration file ID: Jönköpings Sofia F 1903 168
 
Here she is on the Emihamn database.
 
First name: BEDA
Last name: JOHANSON
Age: 23     Gender: K
Parish: JÖNKÖPING     County: F
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1903 11 06
Destination: CHICAGO ILL.
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 74:666:42617
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

The Ellis Island site shows the manifest of a person who seems to be your Beda. She was traveling to meet a friend named A. Wahlgren. A. Wahlgren lived at 74 Mohawk Street in Chicago, Illinois.
 
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipManifest.asp?pID=102713050237&MID=06162790 740061109856&
 
Judy

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Thanks Judy. Now I know that she really went to the states. I wonder if she is to be found in the census of Chicago or if that isn´t her final destination?  
Birgitta

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Yesterday I tried to find her in censuses but I wasn't very successful. For a while I thought she was a widow found in the 1930 U.S. Federal Census but when I checked her birth date in the Social Security Death Index, she was born in a different month and year.
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Correction:
 
...but when I checked her birth date in the Social Security Death Index, she was born in a different month and year.
 
I should have typed:
 
She was born on a different day and month. The year matched.
 
Judy

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Hello Judy. I´m very grateful that you tried to help me. I would very much like to have the facts that you found anyway, sometimes the priests are incorrect in their writing.
Birgitta

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Hi Birgitta,
 
This is the person I found but I don't think she is yours because of the birthdate difference. I also can't find her in any of the previous censuses.
 
1930 U.S. Federal Census
 
Household Members: Name Age  
 
Beda Harling 50  
Bernice Harling 20  
Leroy Harling 12  
 
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll  442; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 612; Image: 519.0.
 
Name: Beda Harling  
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Age: 50  
Estimated birth year: abt 1880  
Birthplace: Sweden  
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Race: White  
 
Name: Bernice Harling  
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Age: 20  
Estimated birth year: abt 1910  
Relation to Head of House: Daughter  
Parent's Name: Beda  
Race: White  
 
Name: Leroy Harling  
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Age: 12  
Estimated birth year: abt 1918  
Relation to Head of House: Son  
Parent's Name: Beda  
Race: White  
 
The actual census form is more detailed. It says Beda was a widow. The children were born in Illinois but both parents were born in Sweden. The mother was a naturalized citizen and immigrated 1904. (Women seldom tried to get naturalized on their own, so probably she automatically became a citizen when her husband did.) They lived at 6039 West 61st Street in Chicago.
 
I looked on the Social Security Death Index, which showed the birthdate of this Beda. This is why I think this is the wrong Beda.
 
Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued  
 
BEDA HARLING  19 Mar 1880 May 1964 (Illinois) (none specified) 339-22-8517 Illinois  
 
She would have filled out her own Social Security Application. It can be ordered for $27 and takes a few weeks to obtain. Questions on the application include her name at birth, where she was born (which hopefully would be better than just saying Sweden), and the names of both parents. That is supposed to include her mother's maiden name.
 
This is the letter to send. You need to fill in some information and also, I'm sure you would have to pay in U.S. funds.
 
---------------------------------
Date of request: 20 Nov 2009  
 
Social Security Administration
OEO FOIA Workgroup
300 N. Green Street
P.O. Box 33022
Baltimore, Maryland 21290-3022
 
Please send me a photocopy of the actual application for a Social Security card (Form SS-5--Social Security Number Record Third Party Request for Photocopy) filed by the person listed below.
 
I obtained this information from the Social Security Death Master file at RootsWeb.com, Inc. who obtained it from the Social Security Death Master file, originally compiled by the Social Security Administration.
 
My understanding is that the fee is $27, when the Social Security number is provided or $29 if the Social Security number is unknown or incorrect. Enclosed is a check or money order for $___________, made payable to the Social Security Administration.
 
Thank you for your assistance.
 
HARLING, BEDA  
339-22-8517  
Birth: 19 Mar 1880  
Death: May 1964  
 
Sincerely,  
 
 
Address:
 
 
Daytime Phone Number:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

I've tried to use Ancestry.com's sharing feature to send you a link to the 1930 U.S. Federal Census which shows Beda Harling and her two children.
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

I did find a Harling male with a wife named Beda and the two children found in 1930. This Beda was a bit older than the other one, but ages are often incorrect in censuses.
 
Name Age  
 
Frank Harling 38  
Beda Harling 39  
Florence Harling 12  
Bernice Harling 9  
Le Roy Harling 2 7/12 (2 years, 7 months)
 
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll  T625_349; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 1926; Image: 121.
 
 
 
Name: Frank Harling  
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois  
Age: 38 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1882  
Birthplace: Sweden  
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Spouse's name: Beda  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White  
Sex: Male  
Home owned: Own  
Year of Immigration: 1902  
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
 
Name: Beda Harling  
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois  
Age: 39 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1881  
Birthplace: Sweden  
Relation to Head of House: Wife  
Spouse's name: Frank  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White  
Sex: Female  
Year of Immigration: 1900  
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
 
Name: Florence Harling  
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois  
Age: 12 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1908  
Birthplace: Illinois  
Relation to Head of House: Daughter  
Father's Name: Frank  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Name: Beda  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White  
Sex: Female  
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
 
 
Name: Bernice Harling  
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois  
Age: 9 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1911  
Birthplace: Illinois  
Relation to Head of House: Daughter  
Father's Name: Frank  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Name: Beda  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White  
Sex: Female  
 
Name: Le Roy Harling  
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois  
Age: 2 years 7 months  
Estimated birth year: abt 1917  
Birthplace: Illinois  
Relation to Head of House: Son  
Father's Name: Frank  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Name: Beda  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White  
Sex: Male  
 
 
Ages should have been subtracted from 1919 unless the person was born in January, since the 1920 census was taken in January 1920.
 
I will attempt to send you the two pages of this record. (Most of the family is at the bottom of one page and the baby LeRoy is at the top of the next page.) (Again, I am using a share feature from Ancestry.com.)
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

The transcriber had a LOT of trouble reading these names in the 1910 U.S. Federal Census but I think this is the same family.
 
Household Members: Name Age  
 
Frank Harling 29  
Reda Harling 30  
Florence Harling 3  
Boley Harling 8/12  
Opel Vern 22  
 
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois; Roll  T624_277; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 1356; Image: 1024.
 
 
 
Name: Frank Harling
[Frank Darling]  
Age in 1910: 29  
Estimated birth year: abt 1881  
Birthplace: Sweden  
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Spouse's name: Reda  
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois  
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White  
Gender: Male  
Year of Immigration: 1902  
 
Name: Reda Harling
[Reda Darling]  
Age in 1910: 30  
Estimated birth year: abt 1880  
Birthplace: Sweden  
Relation to Head of House: Wife  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Spouse's name: Frank  
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois  
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White  
Gender: Female  
Year of Immigration: 1900  
 
 
Name: Florence Harling
[Florence Darling]  
Age in 1910: 3  
Estimated birth year: abt 1907  
Birthplace: Illinois  
Relation to Head of House: Daughter  
Father's Name: Frank  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Name: Reda  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois  
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White  
Gender: Female  
 
Name: Boley Harling
[Boley Darling]  
Age in 1910: 8/12  
Estimated birth year: abt 1909  
Birthplace: Illinois  
Relation to Head of House: Daughter  
Father's Name: Frank  
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Name: Reda  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois  
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White  
Gender: Female  
 
 
Name: Opel Vern
[Axel Vern]  
Age in 1910: 22  
Estimated birth year: abt 1888  
Birthplace: Sweden  
Relation to Head of House: Boarder (He pays to live there and probably eats meals there too. Many took in boarders to add to their income.)
Father's Birth Place: Sweden  
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden  
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois  
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White  
Gender: Male  
Year of Immigration: 1906  
 
The census is very, very light. I'll send it to you (through Ancestry.com's link) but you should try to improve the image using a photo-editing program. I think that the baby girl named Boley is not named. I think the record just says Baby.
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

This appears to be the death record for Frank Harling. This is from the Illinois Death Index.
 
 
Last Name First Name Middle Name Sex/Race Age Cert # DeathDate County City Date Filed  
 
HARLING       FRANK      L             M/W  UNK  6009629 1926-03-24 COOK        CHICAGO  
 
If you wish to obtain his death certificate which should have some more information, the least expensive way I know about is to use the services of Molly Kennedy. You will have to pay her $4 in U.S. funds. Maybe she will email the record to you so that you will not have to pay extra postage because (I think) you are in Sweden.
 
Her email address is:
 
mollx@hotmail.com
 
(Note that this says Mollx, not Molly.)
 
This is her website.
 
http://www.mollx.com/
 
She tells you how to order the records from her. She lives near the Illinois State Archives and can help only with records found there.
 
http://www.mollx.com/DeathCertificates.htm
 
I've used her services a few times. She helps very quickly.
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Correction:
 
Molly Kennedy's price is $5, not $4. She still charges less than any source of this record.
 
Judy

[Birgitta Strandberg]

Judy! What a tremendous job you have done. There will be a lot for me to look into. Thank you very very much!
Birgitta

[Judy Olson Baouab]

I am not convinced that Beda Harling is your Beda, but here is more about her husband.
 
He was listed on the World War I Draft Registrations on Ancestry.com. I will try to send you the image.
 
The transcriber had trouble with his second given name. I think it is Lars, but it is not clear. See what you think when you see the record. (I am quite sure it is not Luis.)
 
Name: Frank Luis Harling  
City: Chicago  
County: Cook  
State: Illinois  
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1881  
Race: White  
FHL Roll Number: 1503859  
DraftBoard: 72  
 
Source Citation: Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll  1503859; Draft Board: 72.
 
 
He lived at 6039 Elisabeth. (I lived during part of my childhood at 8745 Elisabeth on the south side of Chicago.) He apparently arrived in the U.S. with a father, since his naturalization status as a citizen is from his father, according to the form. (Citizen by father's naturalization before registrant's majority means that his father became a citizen before Frank was of age (that is, 21 years old, or whatever the age was back then to become of age.)
 
He was an elevator operator. His nearest relative was Beda Harling. He had blue eyes and light hair. The registration date was 12 September 1918.
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

I see a man with the right birthdate on the Emibas CD and I think he is Frank. His second given name was Linus and I checked the World War I Draft Registration again. It looks as if it might be Lins, which could be an accidental misspelling of Linus.
 
Post 641447
 
Johansson Härling, Frans Linus
Skomakariarbetare (unmarried man)
 
b. 6/21/1881 in Säter, Skaraborgs län (Västergötland)
 
Emigrated 4/14/1903
from Tomt 54, Skövde stadsförs, Skaraborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
 
Source: Pastorsexp; Household Examination Roll, vol. AII:2, p. 593
 
Emibas migration file ID: Skövde stadsförs R 1903 011
 
Here he is on the Emihamn database and his destination was Chicago. On the other hand, he was already 21, so I don't understand the part about his citizenship on the World War I Draft Registration.
 
First name: FRANS
Last name: HÄRLING
Age: 21     Gender: M
Parish: SKÖVDE     County: R
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1903 04 17
Destination: CHICAGO
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 72:552:496
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

1900 Swedish Census CD:
 
 
Record 1587785
 
Johansson Härling, Frans Linus
Artillerist
 
b. 1881 in Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
Boy
 
Göteborgs Garnisonsförsamling Femte batteriet
Göteborgs garnisonsförs (Göteborgs och Bohus län, Västergötland)
 
Absent when registering
 
Place of birth (original source): Säter Skaraborgs län
 
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

1890 Swedish Census CD:
 
Friman, Emma Kristina   1853   M
Johansson, Emil Fredrik   1877   Ch
Johansson, Karl Ivar   1878   Ch
Johansson, Frans Linus   1881   Ch
(Barn), Axel Werner   1883   Ch
 
Post 3176894
 
Friman, Emma Kristina
Inhyses i Fattighuset
 
b. 1853 i Rackeby (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
Widow (mother)
 
Stångsäter
Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Rackeby
 
 
Post 3176896
 
Johansson, Emil Fredrik
 
b. 1877 i Berg (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
s.
Boy (child)
 
Stångsäter
Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
v
 
Place of birth (original source): Berg
 
 
Post 3176898
 
Johansson, Karl Ivar
 
b. 1878 i Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
s.
Boy (child)
 
Stångsäter
Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
v
 
Place of birth (original source): Säters Annex
 
Post 3176897
 
Johansson, Frans Linus
 
b. 1881 i Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
s.
Boy (child)
 
Stångsäter
Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
v
 
Place of birth (original source): Säters Annex
 
 
Post 3176895
 
Axel Werner
 
b. 1883 i Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
s.
Boy (child)
 
Stångsäter
Säter (Skaraborgs län, Västergötland)
 
v
 
Place of birth (original source): Säters Annex
 
 
Judy