Olsson Ohman, Erik

[Gunlög Ström]

Does anyone know anything about a man called Erik Olsson Ohman? He was born in 1877 in Sweden and went to America in 1912. He may have lived in Boyd, Nebraska.
I would be grateful for any answer.
Regards Gunlog Strom

[Mats Ahlgren]

Gunlög
 
Erik Ohman lives in Boyd according to Census 1920. He lives together with his wife Ida, two years younger than Erik. She immigrated 1910.
They rent a farm.
 
Källa: 1920 United States Federal Census > Nebraska > Boyd > Ware > District 27>sheet 2B
 
In Census 1930 is Erik a worker at R.R section(?), where r.r can be a name or just mean RailRoad
They own their place and have been married for 16 years. On the rows where they are mentioned is an interesting thing, the census taker has tried to write from where in Seden they came. I guess it says Helsingland on Erik and Billbelja on Ida. They live in Anoka Village, Butte Township, Boyd
 
Källa:1930 United States Federal Census > Nebraska > Boyd > Anoka > District 7>sheet 1A
 
Mats

[Karen Kelsey]

There is a listing in the 1920 census for the following person in Boyd County, Nebraska:
Erik Ohman, age 42, and he was married at that time.  It said that he immigrated in 1912, and his application for citizenship was PA (pending).  He rented his land, and was a farmer on a general farm.  His wife was Ida Ohman, also from Sweden.  She was 40 years old and was a homemaker.  She had come to this country in 1910, and her application for citizenship was also pending. They had a hired hand to help with the farm.  They lived in Ware township of Boyd County, Nebraska.  There is a listing on the Nebraska gen-web site that gives their wedding date:  Ida Ohman, Erik May 19, 1915
   The NB gen-web site might give you an idea of what that county was like in the 1920s. http://www.rootsweb.com/~neboyd/
It gives a list of databases that might give some general information, and there are a few old photos.
   I do not have access to the 1930 census here at home.  If you want me to look that up, please send me an e-mail after the holidays to remind me, and then I'll go to a library that has the 1930 census.

[Gunlög Ström]

Thank you ever so much!
Isn?t this forum wonderful!
I does look as if this man is the one I?m looking for.
My Erik Olsson Öhman was born on the fourth of december in 1877 at a place called Tranberg in Alfta parish, Hälsingland. He was my husband?s grandfather. He had become a widower in 1911 and left his little children when he went to America. They never heard anything from him at all.
Is there a possibility to see his exact birth-date,and if he and Ida had any children?
This makes me thrilled!
Gunlög

[Mats Ahlgren]

Gunlög
On the site that Karen pointed at I found a
link to this wedding site
where Ida's name is mentioned as Ekstrand.
 
I found one possible match on CD Emigranten, even if the emigration year is one year to early.
 

[Mats Ahlgren]

I can see Ida Ekstrand on the 1910 census. She lives together with a family Harry Gustafson, immigrated 1888. Ida is a widow and her marriage started one year ago. She lives in Ware twp, Boyd.
 
Source: 1910 United States Federal Census > Nebraska > Boyd > Ware Twp > District 22> sheet 1B
 
 
This is Ida's arrival to Boston
 
Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943 Record  
about Ida Ekstrand  
Name: Ida Ekstrand  
Arrival Date: 4 Mar 1909  
Age: 29 years  
Estimated Birth Year: 1880  
Gender: Female  
Ethnic Background: Scandinavian  
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England  
Ship Name: Ivernia  
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts  
Friend's Name: Axel Peterson  
Last Residence: Sweden  
Birthplace: Bellsberga, Sweden  
Microfilm Roll Number: 130  
 
She has father Anders Olsson, Hantverkargatan 3, Landskrona as relative.
 
She is travelling with Astrid P Pålsson, 17 years and from Björnekulla, L and Axel Peterson, 45, american citizen from Omaha, Nebraska. Axel is Astrid's uncle

[Mats Ahlgren]

Gunlög
You ask whether Erik and Ida got any kids. They got married 1915 and there is no kid mentioned in census 1920 and 1930. 1930 is Ida 50, so she could hardly get any more own kids after that.
 
Mats

[Karen Kelsey]

I was unable to find their dates of death because the search lead me to Ancestry, a paid site.  Is anyone able to find their dates of death?

[Karen Kelsey]

Yes, Ida Ekstrand does show up on the 1910 census in Boyd County, NB.  She was 30 years old and was a servant for the Gustafson family - as as Mats told you.  She had come to this country in 1909.  The column that asks about marriage says that she was a widow, but I am unsure of the meaning of 1 year.  Perhaps her marriage only lasted one year, or perhaps she had been a widow for one year.  The census taker did not write a date on this page, but the next page of the census says May 1910.  I would guess that Ida was widowed in Sweden, and then emigrated to make a new life for herself.  She became a servant, met Erik Ohman, and got married.  I do not think that they had any children, and the 1910 census does not say that she had any children from her first marriage.  The columns that asked about 1)how many children she had given birth to, and 2)how many children were still alive were both blank.  Now you have a little background about Ida Ekstrand Ohman.