Who is aunt Maina in Chicago?

[Frida Nyqvist]

Hi. My name is Frida and I need som american help. I?m looking for my relatives who emigrated to america in the early 1900. I have com quite far b?t now I seem to be stuck in a ded end. I know that Gustaf Turnbom moved to Chicago Illiniose with his wife (or bride to be) Erica Tornbom (Koenig before the marriage). I know that they had two daughters Valborg and Beda who traveled back and forth between Sweden and America. I found them om Ellis islands homepage traveling to Chicago in 1921. In 1922 ther father Gustav died in Chicago and the whole family moved back to Sweden. I alsow know that they were living with Erikas aunt and big brother in chicago. The Aunt who came over first was Maina Johnson and Erikas big broter was Richard Koenig. Richard and his wife are on Ellis islands homeepage as well in 1909. What I?m trying to find out is who this aunt is and her adress in Chicago. Can I find that information on the internet? Plese help!
Frida Nyqvist

[sarah]

Hejsan Frida!
 
In 1909 I see (spelled as it's written in the record) Richard Konig and his wife Elen with an 8-month-old daughter whose name looks like Gjertrud.  They're going to visit his aunt, Mrs. Mina Johnson, who lives at 3553 Seal Avenue, Chicago.
 
1920 I find the family at West 64th Street in Chicago.  The names are better spelled here:  Richard (age 47), Ellen (36) and Gertrude (11).
 
1930 the family now owns a home (worth $8,000) at 3318 West 62nd Street in Chicago.  Their last name is spelled Koeing here.  Ages are 58, 48, and 20.  Richard is a laborer for a building contractor.  Gertrude is a stenographer for a mail order house.  All three are naturalized citizens.  The census also says that Richard and Ellen came to the US in 1901; Gertrude came in 1909.

[Laura Bonde]

Hi Freda,
 
I did find the same passenger record on Ancestry for Beda Olivia and Valborg Margaret Tornbom.  They traveled on the Stavangerfjord and arrived in the port of New York on 20 December 1921. Beda was 25 years old at the time. Valborg was 17 years.  They were coming from “kunggt.5.Kristineholm” with the destination of Chicago.  It is noted that they are sisters.  
 
In the 1920 Census, 614 Ewing Avenue, Ward 8, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, there is this family that looks like it fits:
 
Turnbow, Fritz G.
Head of household
Age: 45
Immigration: 1905, un-naturalized citizen
Born in Sweden
Occupation: Steel worker
 
Turnbow, Anna E.
Relationship to head of household: wife
Age 45
Immigration 1907
Born in Sweden
 
Turnbow, Beda O.
Relationship to head of household: daughter
Age 23
Immigration 1907
Born in Sweden
Occupation: Saleswoman
 
Turnbow, Margaret W.
Relationship to head of household: daughter
Age 15
Immigration 1907
Born in Sweden
 
Regards,  
Laura

[Anne-Lee Wilson]

Hi Frida!
 
Your question was,who is aunt Maina(Mrs. Mina Johnson)in Chicago?.
 
Where was Erica Tornbom(nee Koenig)from in Sweden and when was she born?
Do you have any information about her parents?
Her aunt, Mina, has to be her father's sister or her mother's sister, or wife to one of her father's brothers or wife to one of her mother's brothers.
 
Best wishes,
 
Anne-Lee Wilson
Florida,USA

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Is this Erika's family in Sweden in 1890? As Ann-Lee suggested, it is hard to help if we don't know more about Erika Koenig. I suppose the name was König in Sweden.
 
1890 Swedish Census CD:
 
König, Karl Johan 1843 F
Karlsd:r, Anna Lotta 1848 M
(Barn), Karl Richard 1872 Ch
(Barn), Anna Erika 1874 Ch
(Barn), Ernst Gottfrid 1880 Ch
(Barn), Oskar Walfrid 1882 Ch
(Barn), Edla Charlotta 1885 Ch
(Barn), Robert Filip 1889 Ch
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Jansson, Karl Erik 1870  
 
 
Post 574944
 
König, Karl Johan
Hemmansegare Murare
 
b. 1843 i Bettna (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Man, married (father)
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Bettna
 
 
Post 574945
 
Karlsd:r, Anna Lotta
 
b. 1848 i Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
H:u
Woman, married (mother)
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
 
Post 574949
 
Karl Richard
 
b. 1872 i Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
S.
Man, single (child)
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
 
Post 574946
 
Anna Erika
 
b. 1874 i Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
D.
Man, single (child)
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
 
Post 574948
 
Ernst Gottfrid
 
b. 1880 i Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
S.
Boy (child)
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
 
Post 574950
 
Oskar Walfrid
 
b. 1882 i Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
S.
Boy (child)
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
 
Post 574947
 
Edla Charlotta
 
b. 1885 i Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
D.
Girl (child)
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
 
Post 574951
 
Robert Filip
 
b. 1889 i Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
S.
Boy (child)
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
-----------------------------------------
Post 574952
 
Jansson, Karl Erik
Dräng
 
b. 1870 i Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Man, single
 
Kårtorp
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
I think she is because she is listed with a husband named Gustaf Törnbörn on the 1900 Swedish Census CD. Maybe he is your Tornbom.
 
1900:
 
Törnbörn, Gustaf Fritiof 1874 Father
König, Anna Erika 1874 Mother
(Barn), Beda Olivia 1896 Child
(Barn), Fritiof Valdemar 1898 Child
 
 
Record 4141050
 
Törnbörn, Gustaf Fritiof
Handlande
 
b. 1874 in Skedevi (Östergötlands län, Östergötland)
 
Man, married, father
 
Paris
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Skedevi Östergötl.l.
 
 
Record 4141053
 
König, Anna Erika
 
b. 1874 in Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
h.
Woman, married, mother
 
Paris
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
Record 4141052
 
Beda Olivia
 
b. 1896 in Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
d.
Girl, child
 
Paris
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
 
Record 4141051
 
Fritiof Valdemar
 
b. 1898 in Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
s.
Boy, child
 
Paris
Julita (Södermanlands län, Södermanland)
 
Place of birth (original source): Julita
 
Emibas shows an Augusta Wilhelmina König emigrating. Could she be Mina? Perhaps she was a sister of Karl Johan König (the father of Erika).
 
Post 28065
 
König, Augusta Wilhelmina
Piga (unmarried woman)
 
b. 6/3/1857 in Julita, Södermanlands län (Södermanland)
 
Emigrated 4/3/1886
from Kårtorp, Julita, Södermanlands län (Södermanland)
to Nordamerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 197
 
Emibas migration file ID: Julita D 1886 014
 
 
Emihamn shows her headed towards Chicago.
 
First name: AUGUSTA WILHEL
Last name: KÖNIG
Age: 29     Gender: K
Parish: JULITA     County: D
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1886 04 16
Destination: CHICAGO ILLS
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 28:343:2553
 
I suggest checking that woman in the Swedish parish records to see if she was an aunt of Erika.
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Illinois Marriage Index
 
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html
 
Groom Bride Date Vol./Page License No. County  
 
JOHNSON, AUGUST KONIG,WILHELMINE                    09/19/1886    /     00106195 COOK                
 
 
Judy

[Eva Dahlberg]

Frida's question is 4 years old, she did some intese searching at the time, some more info and answers are given here Anbytarforum: Discussions in English: Swedish names: Looking for Törnbom or König!.
 
hälsningar,
Eva