Thunell

[sharon]

Does any one know anything about the Thunell Family.  My husband's Grandfather came to the U.S. in 1909. He was born July 9,1890 in Kopparbergs Province in the Dalarna area in the town called Silvberg.

[Mats Ahlgren]

Sharon
 
Perhaps this is the man?
 
Post 914019
 
Tunell, Karl August
Laborer (unmarried man)
 
b. 7/9/1890 in Silvberg, Kopparbergs län (Dalarna)
 
Emigrated 3/2/1909
from Kvarnsveden, Amsberg, Kopparbergs län (Dalarna)
to Nordamerika
 
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 572
 
Emibas migration file ID: Amsberg W 1909 001
 
Mats

[Maud Svensson]

Census 1900:
 
Home parish:  Valbo, Gävleborg county
Residence:  Forsbacka Järnverk (ironworks)
Foundry worker Anders August Tunell, b. 1862 in Silvberg, Kopparberg county  
w. Eva Augusta Jansdotter, b. 1861 in Silvberg
s. Karl August, b. 1890 in Silvberg
s. Valter Amatius, b. 1894 in Silvberg
s. Leander Andreas, b. 1900 in Valbo
 
In 1890 the family lived in Ulfshyttan, Silvberg.
 
According to Swedish Death records (CD) Valter Amat?us Thunell was born 4 Nov 1894 in Valbo and died 26 Dec 1970 in Maria Magdalena parish, Stockholm.