Anders Jonas Sandin, born 1885 Karbäcken

[A Sandin]

Searching for my great-grandfathers brother who arrived in USA 1923 March 6 at Ellis Island. He travelled by the boat Drottningholm from Gothenburg, Sweden. He is supposed to have died in the States 1939. That is all that I know of his adventure i America. Where do I go from here?

[Mats Högberg]

Hi!
 
I found a Anders Jarner (prob. wrongly spelled) Sandin within the Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, living in Swift. No year nor other information was available. I found also a Jonas Sandin within the same registers as living in Kanabec.
 
That was all!
 
Kind regards
 
Mats Högberg

[Mats Högberg]

Hi again!
 
If the person that lived in Swift, Minnesota is your Anders Sandin it is possible that I found his wife in SSDI (Social Security Death Index) as follows:
 
Betty Sandin b. 16 Jun 1892 d. Sep 1969 in Kerkhoven, Swift, MN SSN-476-22-3168 issued in Minnesota. You can give it a try, asking for a photocopy of her social security application.
 
Kind regards
 
Mats Högberg

[Mats Högberg]

... and finally!
 
If you saw the ship manifest at Ellis Island you can see there that he had no ticket to the final destination but mentioned that he was going to visit his brother-in-law Edward Norlander, 10 River St. Rumford, Maine.
 
Anders Jonas Sandin was a railroad worker and left his wife Alma Sandin behind in Gåsnäs, Resele, Sweden. She might have joined him later.  
 
There is a woman called Alma Sandin who was born 16 Aug 1901 and died in Richmond City, VA in November 1982. Her SSN was 227-01-5355.  If this was his wife you can probably drop the one in Swift, MN if he did not get married twice.
 
I can not find any Alma Sandin born 1901 at Ellis Island but she could have arrived after 1924 and for these years there are no records.
 
Kind regards
 
Mats Högberg

[A Sandin]

Hi Mats!
Thank you so much for your help! I?m not sure if you know swedish but if you do you can drop the english in your next(?)reply.
I?m so curious, where did you find the information in your third reply concerning Anders wife Alma? Why? Because you hit the nail on the head!
That Alma was left behind by Anders and lived in Resele was something I also knew. But where did you find that info??
And finally I have some information that says that Alma was probably born in 1891.
 
But again, thanks a bunch for your assistance!
 
A. Sandin

[Mats Högberg]

Hej igen!
 
Jag hittade informationen på http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
 
Om Du söker på efternamn Sandin (utan förnamn) så hittar Du honom som nummer 18. Klicka på honom och sedan uppe till vänster Ship Manifest och till sist längst ned till vänster under tabellen med alla namn VIEW ORIGINAL MANIFEST så får Du en scannad bild av originaldokumentet som fylldes i när han gick iland i New York. Click på enlarge manifest och Du ser honom på rad 20. Varje passagerare står skriven på två sidor och den första sidan Du får upp är egentligen sida 2. Där står att han skulle besöka Edward Norlander.  
 
Om Du går tillbaka till sidan där du klickade enlarge manifest och sedan väljer next frame och igen enlarge så får Du sida 1 där hans namn står och andra uppgifter på samma rad 20, t.ex. att hans fru Alma var kvar i Sverige?och att han var en railroad worker osv.
 
Jag valde att svara på engelska för att Du lagt in det på samma språk och eftersom A. Sandin inte sa mig om Du var svensk eller amerikan.
 
Lycka till!
 
Mvh - Mats Högberg

[A. Sandin]

Hej igen!
 
Tack för senast Mats! Hur söker man efter uppgifter om en mördad person i USA på 1930-40 talet? Min ovanstående Anders Jonas blev tydligen rånmördad, möjligen i Chicago. (Eller någon annanstans i Staterna).
 
Vart ska jag leta!
 
A. Sandin