Per Persson, born in Undersvik, Sweden 1867-01-17

[Ylva Lundin]

Lived in Flästa, Hälsingland untill he emigrated in June 1911 to North America, and has never been heard of since. Any info whatsoever would be very appreciated.

[Eva Dahlberg]

Enligt EMIBAS emigrerade han två gånger, senaste gången med destination British Columbia, som har en del födde-vigde-döde-register gratis på Internet, som du kan kika i.
 
 
Post 982164
Persson, Per
Jordbruksarbetare (ogift man)
f. 17/1 1867 i Arbrå, Gävleborgs län (Hälsingland)
Utvandrad 3/6 1911
från Norränge, Arbrå, Gävleborgs län (Hälsingland)
till Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Källa: Husförhörslängd, s. 275
Emibas emigrationsakt: Arbrå X 1911 009
Onormerade namnformer:
Destinationsort: Vancover B C
Destinationsland: Canada
 
Post 979822
Persson, Per
Bondson (ogift man)
f. 17/1 1867 i Arbrå, Gävleborgs län (Hälsingland)
Utvandrad 14/3 1894
från Flästa, Arbrå, Gävleborgs län (Hälsingland)
till Nordamerika
Källa: Husförhörslängd, s. 225
Emibas emigrationsakt: Arbrå X 1894 002
 
Hälsningar,
Eva

[Ylva Lundin]

Tack snälla!  
Detta gav mig ny insikt i hans liv!
/Ylva

[Thomas Vikander]

Hello Ylva,
 
Eva Dahlberg has pointed you in the best direction, the BC Archives.
 
I've looked at Persson, Person , Pearson. and combined them with Per, Pear, Peter, P.
 
The closest hit is a Peter Person who died at Wasa, BC, 1911 11 19, aged 45.  
 
The website has errors even though the Death registration (DR) may be correct. Sometimes the original DR has mistakes in the computation of the age at death.
As well, there are a few marriages post 1911 that bear looking into, in which case if you can tell me his parents' names that may be a help.
 
I can check these leads at the BC Archives sometime this month if you can wait.
 
Thomas

[Ylva Lundin]

Hej Thomas!
 
Ditt erbjudande tackar jag verkligen inte nej till! Jag har ingen brådska med informationen.
 
Per Perssons föräldrar är:
Far:Pehr Pehrsson  
Mor: Kierstin Ersdotter  
 
Är det något av detta som är svårt att förstå tar jag gärna om det på engelska.
 
Vänligen  
Ylva

[Thomas Vikander]

Results from visiting  the BC Archives are not good.
The DR for a Peter Person who died in 1911 holds very little information.
It says he was a rancher, born in Norway. The undertaker was McPherson, Cranbrook BC, and a warrant to bury the body was issued to a Nils Hanson. An inquiry was held.
 
No birthdate, no parents are mentioned.
 
Ordinarily, this would not be your man. But since this early, (for BC) DR has so little information,  there is a niggling speculation that there is still a tiny possibility here. Here is why:
 
Sometimes in rural areas of Canada, Swedes have been erroneously recorded as Norwegians, merely from the fact that they were known locally to have shipped out of a Norwegian port, or upon death left behind, say, a ticket issued in Norway.
 
The Marriage Index shows a Peter Pearson, 28 in 1913 and a Pete Pearson, 37 in 1921. They are too young to be your Per.
 
I have also searched the Pierson variant and got no hits.