Söderberg

[Christina Soderberg]

Hello all,
 
I am trying to find some information regarding a man called N.E Söderberg. He was believed to have come from Sweden. He left Sweden and settled down in Fiji in the South Pacific. He became a plantation owner and married there. His generation in Fiji continues and as much as they would like to be called Fijians, they would also like to know where their ancestor came from. I need your help in finding where he came from and why he left. Please let me know if you have anything regarding this man. He was in Fiji around the 1870s which means he left Sweden earlier. Any help is highly appreciated.  
 
Thank you.

[Christina Backman]

Try googling. There is an N E Söderberg...Fiji 1870s in a digitalised newspaper but unfortunately, I can´t open it.

[Mikael Andersson]

Hi!
 
Probably N.E. stands for Nils-Erik.
 
http://magasin.kb.se/searchinterface/page.jsp?issue_id=kb:160546&sequence_number =2&recordNumber=&totalRecordNumber=
 
Wermlands läns tidning,1872-04-10
 
 
Landsmän pa Fijiöarna.  
I ett bref till Dag. Nyh. daterat Ba-flodeu. Fijiöarne, nov. 1871. läses: För närvarande lefva omkring 15 svenskar på denna ögrupp en af de fruktbaraste och rikaste i Australien. Bomullsodling är hufvuduäringen, och vi arbeta alla i denna branch. Längst bosatt här är f. d. underlöjtnanten i danska armén C. A. Egerström, han håller för närvarande hotell på en af de större öarne och förtjenar, som jag tror, rätt vackra penningar. På en annan ö äro bosatte: 6. Pettersson, J. F. V. Strand och A. Lundberg, alla bomullsplantörer med de vackraste utsigter att göra lycka. Y. Köpsen (V) är inspektör hos förenämde Pettersson. Ett annat svenskt nybygge är beläget på den största af öarne, Viti Levu, utmed den natursköna Ba-floden. Der är för det första tva bröder Lindberg: den ene är bomullsplantör, den andre kapten på en liten skuta, på hvilken han seglar omkring och driver handel med infödingarna. Dessa bröder äro ägare af stora landsträckor,somm de för 2-3 år sedan köpt av infödingarne. och de komma att derpå skörda ansenlig vinst. Vidare finns där A. Rydell från Stockholm, bomullsplantör: han reder sig mycket väl. Slutligen, litet högre upp i landet, är N. E. Söderberg satt, som också eger ett lofvande plantage. l'ensiou.
 
In English:
 
(Swedish) Citizens on the Fiji Islands.
In a letter to the newspaper Dag. Nyh. dated Ba River. Fiji-islands, November 1871. you can read: Currently live about 15 Swedes on the islands, some of the most fertile and richest in Australia. Cotton growing is the main business, and we all work in this branch. The residents here are; a former second lieutenant in the Danish army CA Egerström, he is currently running a hotel on one of the larger islands and makes, I think, good money. On another island there are settlers: 6. Pettersson, JFV Strand and A. Lundberg, all owners of Cotton Farms with the most promising future in making good business. Y. Köpsén (V) is inspector at Petterssons farm. Another Swedish settlement is located on the largest of the islands, Viti Levu, along the scenic Ba River. There are alson two brothers named Lindberg: one is owner of a Cotton Farm, the second is captain of a small ship, on which he sails around and runs trade with the natives. These brothers are owners of large stretches of land, some 2-3 years ago bought from the natives. And they come upon it to reap considerable profits. Furthermore, there A. Rydell from Stockholm, bowner of a Cotton Farm: he sorts out very well. Finally, a little higher up in the country, NE Soderberg is set, which also possesses a promising plantation, l'ensiou.
 
Have a nice day!

[Jan Ivar Mattsson]

To Mikael:  
 
The text you quote unfortunately has been deformed in the OCR scanning. The final word (”l'ensiou” = Pension) belongs to the next article and is not the name of Soderberg's plantation.
 
To Christina Soderberg:
 
On the website of The National Library of Australia trove.nla.gov.au (Digitized newspapers and more) I have found the following information on N. E. Soderberg in Fiji:
 
1. Applications for Land Grants in Fiji: The Sydney Morning Herald, Mon. 18 Oct. 1875
 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13371679
 
2. Fiji (including a report on the troubles between settlers and the Royal Fijian Government):
The Launceston Examiner, Sat. 31 May 1873
 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/3654558
 
3. The above continued: The Launceston Examiner, Tue. 3 June 1873
 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/52886824
 
4. The Ba Disturbance: The Argus (Melbourne) Wed. 16 Apr. 1873
 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5851961
 
5. Notice that N. E. Soderberg and others were arrested for being accessory for the fact after a murder: The Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA) Wed. 8 Apr. 1874
 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/77550475
 
There is a Swedish website Emiweb http://emiweb.eu/ which stores personal data for over 1,2 million Swedish emigrants between 1830 and 1930. You may wish to search for N. E. Söderberg there (the name in Swedish is spelt with an umlaut over the o - it means literally ”South Mountain” in Swedish). Be aware, though, that the name Söderberg is fairly common in Sweden. As an example, my own wife carries exactly the same name as you (Christina Söderberg) although I doubt very much that you are related.
 
(Meddelandet ändrat av jimattsson 2013-04-28 13:32)

[Lasse Waldemarsson]

The name could also be Niklas Edvard Söderberg.
Born 1844 13/6 in Hellvi on Gotland.
He goes to sea in 1866 according to the Seamens index.
After that he seems to disappear. Cant find him after 1866.
 
Lasse

[Jan Ivar Mattsson]

Christina Soderberg, in a posting in another thread, gives the name as Nils Erik or Nils Eric:
 
 
 
To Christina: It is advisable to avoid cross-postings in this forum. Cross-postings make it harder for everyone (including yourself) to keep the desired information together. I suggest that you make all subsequent postings in this thread.

[Lasse Waldemarsson]

Christina
Do you have the names of his children?
and grandchildren, that could be of some help with his first and middle name.
 
Lasse

[Christina Soderberg]

Hello again,
 
My goodness, I am so overwhelmed by all of your efforts in trying to help me connect the dots so I would like to say THANK YOU first of all. I do have names but they are of my great grandfathers. The one I believe that came after N.E was Otto Soderberg then Albert Soderberg his son, then Nicholas Soderberg my grandfather and now my dad Albert Soderberg. I was told that there were 2 Swedish men that came to look for my ancestor and his family back in the 1960s or 70s but my extended Fijian family hid us from them thinking we might be in danger. Thank you all so much again, I am looking forward to spending the next few days looking through all that you guys have provided. Vinaka Vaka Levu (Thank you very much)
 
Christina.

[Susanne Meyer Jernberg]

Hej  
 
Söker min avlidena mormors syster vart hon ligger begravd och hur många barn hon fick ?
 
Emerentina Selina Gift Söderberg flicknamn Englund  
Född 1879-12-21
avliden 1947-12-09
 
Tack på förhand
Mvh
Susanne Meyer

[Anders Pemer]

Från Begravda i Sverige-skivan:
 
Söderberg, Selina E.
Fru
Begravd 17/12 1947
 
Stockholm, Västberga begravningsplats, avd. 2, kv. C, nr. 68 (kista, nr 2 i graven)
Graven upplåten i evärdlig tid (upplåtelse nr 1)
 
Enklaste genvägen till vad hon hade för barn är att beställa förstasidan med dödsbodelägare från hennes bouppteckning. Det görs på formuläret på denna sida: http://riksarkivet.se/bouppteckning
 
Du kommer att behöva personnummer och dödsförsamling också till beställningen. Om du inte redan har dessa, så är de 18790821-088 respektive Katarina församling, enligt Sveriges Dödbok 1901-2013.
 
Jag glömde förresten trycka på Samma grav-knappen på grav-skivan, och det verkar som att två eller rentav tre söner är begravda i samma grav.
 
Nu lyckades jag förresten äntligen söka fram i Rotemansregistret på nätet också. Det kan du ju få spänningen att söka fram själv, gå in på http://www2.ssa.stockholm.se/Rotemannen2012/Search.aspx oxh sök t ex på födelsedatum 18790802 och förnamn Selina. Frågan är vad för födelsedatum som är rätt, det datumet är hon indexerad med där.

[Susanne Meyer Jernberg]

Hej Anders
 
Tack för all hjälp!
Hade inte fixat detta utan din hjälp.
Så himla snällt  
Tack ännu engång  
Mvh
Susanne Meyer