Non-Swede emigrants

[Karen Norwillo]

My grandmother, Maria Simonsdotter Forslund, born 13 Jun 1875 in Finland, obtained a passport in 1896, but does not appear on any passenger lists from Hango. She married Johan Karl Fernqvist, born Sweden abt 1875, in the US 1897. They returned on a miner recruitment trip to Finland and Sweden, where two of their children were born. They returned to MI in 1903. I have that record. Are there records of Swede-Finns who emigrated through Gothenburg 1896? Any help appreciated.

[Elisabeth Thorsell]

This could be the husband, but I can't find Maria in the Swedish databases.
 
Post 924973
 
Fernqvist, Karl Johan
Gruvarbetare (unmarried man)
 
b. 12/12/1871 in Ramsberg, Örebro län (Västmanland)
 
Emigrated 5/17/1893
from N. Grängesberg, Grangärde, Kopparbergs län (Dalarna)
to Nordamerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 19
 
Emibas migration file ID: Grangärde W 1893 111

[Bo Nordenfors (Nob)]

This is from Emigranten CD, the date is when mr Fernqvist showed up for the port police.  
 
Efternamn:   FERNQVIST
Förnamn:     KARL J
Ålder:       21            Kön: M
Född: 1871/1872
Församling:  GRANGÄRDE    Län: W
Titel/Anm:    
Utresehamn:  GÖTEBORG
Utvandrdag:  1893 05 23
Destination: FLORENCE
Medåkande:   NEJ
Källkod:     51:197:2103

[Karen Norwillo]

Thank you both so much This probably is her first husband. When they returned to Sweden and Finland for those few years, their daughter Jennie Linnea Ferqvist was born in Grängesberg, Dalarna in 1901. Karen

[Karen Norwillo]

I would be interested in the parentage of Karl Johan Fernqvist born 12/12/1871 in Ramsberg. From his death in 1903, a mining accident, his father is given as Per Erich Fernqvist and mother as Carolina. Thank you in advance. Karen

[Bo Nordenfors (Nob)]

Per Erik Larsson, Karolina Jönsdotter. Mother 20 years of age.
source:
scb Örebro Födde/vigsel/död 1871, GID  100018.31.27300.

[Bo Nordenfors (Nob)]

Parish was Ramsberg, within Örebro County, sorry for incomplete information. Father from Warfelhyttan, Lindesberg (??) and mother from Kårberg.

[Bo Nordenfors (Nob)]

Perhaps this is something:
 
 
FERNQVIST KARL J 21 GRANGÄRDE W 1893 FLORENCE
 
 
source:   http://longstrom.com/immigration_to_mn.htm

[Karen Norwillo]

Bo,
  Thank you for the information. Karl Johan was my maternal grandmother's first husband. After he was killed in a mine in 1903, she married my grandfather Johan Fredrik (Larsson) Stevenson who was also born in Sweden. I have most of his info. with a few loose ends still remaining.
Would anyone know where the Fernqvist name might have come from? Soldier name? Farm name?
Karen

[Elisabeth Thorsell]

The place Per Erik Fernqvist was from is called Vasselhyttan, in the old days spelled with a W.
 
Fern might suggest that somebody further back came from a place, with a name starting with Fern (now: Färn) like Färnebo parish in Värmland, or Västerfärnebo in Västmanland.
 
Qvist (now: kvist) means twig and is a common ending to Swedish surnames.
 
You can read more on Swedish names  here.

[Karen Norwillo]

My aunt Jennie Linnea Fernqvist was born in Grängeberg, Dalarna 1 Sep 1901 before her parents returned to Michigan in 1903. As Karl Fernqvist was not naturalized in the US, would her birth be recorded in church records in Sweden? If so, where would I obtain a copy of that record?

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Hi Karen,
 
There are extractions of birth, marriage, and death records from 1860-1920 which have been microfilmed. Look in the Family History Library Catalog to find the film numbers to order. They are catalogued under the name of the län --> utdrag ur ministerialböcker --> year --> type of record (birth, marriage, death).
 
My farmors sister had a daughter born in Jamestown, New York in 1907. I never could find that child's baptism record but the 1920 census showed there was a boy born in Sweden after that child's birth. I found the record of the birth/baptism of both the daughter born in Jamestown and the son born in Högsby, Kalmar (on the island of Öland)in the birth record extracts. (I'm amazed the daughter was baptised that late. She was about 3 or 4.)
 
I suggest that you order the appropriate film. Look under Kopparberg (the name of the län at that time).
 
Judy