Johan Hessen emigrated from Stora Tuna, Dalarna in 1902. He was followed by his younger brother Fred Hessen in 1904. Both brothers were in their late twenties. Fred shipped out of Christianna on the vessel Helig Olaf. He was followed later that summer by his wife Hilma Andersen (she was born in Svåna, Vastmanlän) and their 3 children Arthur, Axel and Carl. The Hessen's lived in Chicago during 1905, where a friend of their's from Sweden, Mr. E. Nyberg, suggested they move to Northern Wisconsin, as it looked like their homeland. The family settled in Farmington (what is now St Germain) in Vilas County, WI. Hilma used to write to somebody back in Sweden, but her grandchildren do not know who.
Please is their anyone out there to whom this sounds familiar? I would like to contact any family still living in Sweden. I am also interested in any information available about Svåna. Also, is their such a thing as a Residential Phonebook for Sweden that is available online? I have not been able to locate one.
Thank you.
Heidi Hessen
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