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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: philos on Friday 06 March 15 15:50 GMT (UK)
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I'm looking for someone but unfortunately someone with a terribly generic name, Eugenia Johnson, apparently my maternal grandfather's mother. She was born in Sweden supposedly in 1881, according to the U.S. Census in 1920, taken in Minneapolis city, Hennepin county, Minnesota.
Please tell me where would be the best place to ask for help finding further information about her and her son/nephew/ who was my grandfather (Thorlief Christofferson— another common name with dozens of permutations)? I'm just a beginner at this time and would certainly appreciate anyone's guidance; Thanks!
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Do you have a birthdate and place of birth for Eugenia? And where was your grandfather born? If he was born in the US, where were his parents married?
If you check other census records, you might find a place of birth for Eugenia. If she married in the US, a marriage record could show a father's name. A shipping record could show her place of origin as well.
Once you have a birthplace, it is possible to find her in the Swedish records.
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Do you have a birthdate and place of birth for Eugenia? And where was your grandfather born? If he was born in the US, where were his parents married?
If you check other census records, you might find a place of birth for Eugenia. If she married in the US, a marriage record could show a father's name. A shipping record could show her place of origin as well.
Once you have a birthplace, it is possible to find her in the Swedish records.
Thank you Pinefamily, I only know that she told the 1920 census taker in Hennepin county, Minnesota that she came over to USA in 1904 and that in 1920 she was 39 years old – hence she was born supposedly in 1881. My grandfather Thorlief was born in Oslo Norway, supposedly in 1902, emigrated to the USA in 1917 according to statements given to the census taker. I found the little information that I have about him and his mother while on a free trial with ancestry.com... there are so many ancestries sites offering this that and the other and every one of them is expensive. You think I could find out about her and maybe him too anywhere that DOESN'T require a subscription?
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Hi philos
As you said there is a Thorleif Christofferson living with Euginia Johnson in Minnesota in 1920 as a nephew but he was born in Norway. Do you know if Thorleif was born in Norway. I have found a Euginia Johnson in Sweden with the roughly the same date of birth and the same year of emigration, but I need a little more info before I pursue her.
Actually the more I look at the census I believe Thorleif to be the nephew of the family Brown living at the same address. The wife of Richard Brown, Lottie, her parents were Norwegian.
What do you think?
I, we, need a little more info on your family.
Ian
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*Just seen the title of your PM*
I need to know what you know of Thorleif. Do you know his birth date etc.
And I must ask why you think Eugenia is his mother?
Ian
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ummmm..
Just seen your post before I wrote mine. I don't know how I missed that.....!
Ian
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I'm sure it wasn't there either, Ian. Very strange.....
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Philos,
Did you find the information on ancestry in the records, or on a member's tree? The reason I ask is that the trees uploaded to ancestry are notorious for incorrect information. If the 1920 census has Thorleif as a nephew, that is how you should approach it, until it can be proven otherwise. It does seem more likely, as they went to the US at different times.
In answer to your question about subscriptions, unfortunately there isn't a lot you can find out without one. The kind people on Rootschat do look up a lot of things for others though. :)
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I had actually found this before I knew Oslo was involved. This could be Thorleif:
http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/ft/person/pf01036392148992
Here is his birth. But the dates differ:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ew5/
and
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWV4-CM9
Marie Gulbrandsen nee Hansen remarried in 1910. She re-married as Marie Kristoffersen. Here is his death Kristian Kristoffersen:
http://www.arkivverket.no link broken
Here is a link which could be your Thorleif. I haven't found a passenger list for him but 2 crew lists for a Thorleif. 1 deserted and 1 left in New York. (I hope it works).
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ew4/
But to see these lists you will have to be a member of: (It is free):
http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/signup
I have given you a lot of info here. I am not saying this is your Thorleif but this could be a start. It looks promising but we must find more info to prove all this.
I have found who I believe to be Eugenia in Sweden. I'll get back with her later on sometime.
I hope all the links work.
Here is the link to the Norwegian Records:
http://arkivverket.no/eng/content/view/full/629
Ian
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Some of the links haven't worked, Ian.
And what is the connection between Eugenia and Thorleif?
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Hi pinefamily
Thanks for that....which ones?
I have no idea what the link is with Eugenia and Thorleif. I don't think she was living with him. The house numbers are 299 and 300. Maybe the enummerator got it wrong.
Maybe I am wrong.
Ian
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Hi philos
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ is free this weekend.
You can look there for a lot of info.
Ian
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The death of Kristian Kristoffersson, and one of the links for Thorleif's birth.
So possibly the family connection is with Lottie Brown, as you suggested above.
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Thanks.
The parish in Oslo is Sagene.
The birth record is from 14 June 1903.
The death record is from 2 November 1901.
I hope this link works better:
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_fylke=3&idx_kommune=Sagene+prgj&idx_kilde=Alle&idx_periode=&idx_textsearch=&js=j
There is an English link on the page.
Ian
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It is late here now. Must be off to bed. See yous later.
All the best.
Ian
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Philos,
Did your grandfather live in Wisconsin at all? There is a Thorleif Christoffersson in Wisconsin in the 1940 census, but with a birth year of 1894.
There is also a Torleif Kristoffersson died in 1908 in Hennepin, Minnesota, aged 18.
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I would suggest one of two ways to approach this. Either you can go to your nearest public library, where you should be able to access ancestry for free. Then you can find your grandfather in other US census records, to compare ages and/or birthplaces, and go from there.
Alternatively, post a lookup request here on the US board. Someone will kindly look up your grandfather in the census records, as long as you provide as much info as you know about him.
Hope this helps.
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Hi philos
As you said there is a Thorleif Christofferson living with Euginia Johnson in Minnesota in 1920 as a nephew but he was born in Norway. Do you know if Thorleif was born in Norway. I have found a Euginia Johnson in Sweden with the roughly the same date of birth and the same year of emigration, but I need a little more info before I pursue her.
Actually the more I look at the census I believe Thorleif to be the nephew of the family Brown living at the same address. The wife of Richard Brown, Lottie, her parents were Norwegian.
Sorry I didn't get back to much, much earlier. I didn't come to my computer at all yesterday as it was the last day here of my son's short five-day visit. I very much appreciate you taking the time to look into this.
My mother has always said that her father Thorleif Christopherson was the son of "Aunt Jenny." No proof of that so far. She was supposedly born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1881 and he was supposedly born in Oslo, Norway on june 21, 1902. I should go read your other posts before replying any further...
What do you think?
I, we, need a little more info on your family.
Ian
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I would recommend starting with the most recent information and going backwards from there. Do you have a death certificate or death date for Thorlief? Was he married? If so, do you have a marriage certificate or date?
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Philos,
Did your grandfather live in Wisconsin at all? There is a Thorleif Christoffersson in Wisconsin in the 1940 census, but with a birth year of 1894.
There is also a Torleif Kristoffersson died in 1908 in Hennepin, Minnesota, aged 18.
Thank you pinefamily! I had a hard time finding this thread again, sorry. The answer to your question is no, not as far as I am aware, NO connection to Wisconsin at all. Also this guy – my grandfather – married my grandmother around 1930, and my mother was born to them in 1933
The rest of this post is in answer to Ian, who suggested that I uploaded some of our private messaging to the thread for better results– — —
Ian said:
To find more info I must have more info. I didn't understand your PM.
Who is Agnes Gallagher?
How do you know it is her in 1940 with name Bergquist?
Do you know she had the name Bergquist?
How do you know it is Torleif in 1920?
Are you guessing about this Addaire Johnson on the passenger list? According to the list she was visiting her cousin in New York.
Have you got a copy of the Naturalisation Cert. I would like to see it.
To find people through the censuses is very tricky. There are many people that have the same names and dates. I need a lot of info to dig deeper. It is very easy to get caught up with the wrong people chasing dead ends.
I suggest you putting the info in your thread so other people can look at it too.
Ian
Phil answered:
Thank you in, you are right I should put the info into the thread. I'm always looking for a reply button and never seeing it lol. Let me see if I can answer the questions
1) Agnes Gallagher was my mother's mother. She came from County Leitrim, Ireland to New York in 1921 according to her petition for naturalization in 1942. Meanwhile she had married Torleif Christopherson on <looks like> July 5, 1930. It appears from this document that she was taking advantage of the opportunity to change her name officially, in the very same act of Naturalization, to Agnes Christophesen. On the document Line 1 shows this change and prior names but it is a little blurry. Nevertheless she did sign at the bottom very legibly Agnes Christophesen. I'll try to attach a copy of her Petition for Naturalization.
2) Eugenia Johnson was my mother's father's mother. She is the one who later became Eugenia Bergquist. That must have happened in between the 1920 census and the census of 1940. I myself saw the 1940 census document but I did not make a copy of that. I DO have a .jpg file copy of the 1920 census showing her as a single woman with <disbelief> Thorlief Christofferson as her nephew.
My mother is still alive and she has told me repeatedly that Eugenia was born in Sweden and also was the mother of her father, not his aunt as was written up in the 1920 local census. The story was that he came over much later, in 1917 if the 1920 census record is correct, having jumped ship, so there may not beyond a record of him coming through Ellis Island at all.
If you use Dropbox you should be able to follow this link and find Agnes Christopherson's Petition for Naturalization:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g50pww4odobku1r/NewYorkNaturalizationRecords1882-1944ForAgnesChristophesen.jpg?dl=0 night did have good data
Here is the dropbox links to the 1920 census taken in Minneapolis city, Hennepin County, Minnesota:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt6rcv5fynbzo54/census1920_Euginia%20Johnson.jpg?dl=0
Thank you for being such a help!
Phil
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I would recommend starting with the most recent information and going backwards from there. Do you have a death certificate or death date for Thorlief? Was he married? If so, do you have a marriage certificate or date?
He married my grandmother Agnes Gallagher who became Agnes Christopherson when they were supposedly married on July 5, 1930 (I haven't seen solid proof of that only the reference in Agnes' Petition for Naturalization in 1942). He left their family three or four years after my mother (Jean Christopherson) was born, and basically disappeared. I was unable to find my mother's birth certificate anywhere online. Needless to say, I haven't found any record of what became of Thorleif afterwards either. In the final analysis, I want to find out whether he descends from Swedish blood or Norwegian blood. The story is that he was born in Oslo, Norway but no proofs so far.
Thanks
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Philos,
As I suggested above, I still think you need to find both Thorleif and Eugenia in every record you can, their marriage, death and census records. That way you can fill in as complete a picture as you are able.
Regarding Eugenia, you really need to find some documentation that she was Thorleif's mother. The 1930 census might help, as long as they are still living together.
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Our messages crossed paths. :)
From everything Ian has found so far, it would seem that Thorleif is of Norwegian birth; the name Thorleif is not very common in Sweden, but is in Norway. It is curious that Eugenia was born in Sweden.
From the census record, it would seem he was from Norway.
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Had a quick search on familysearch, and the only likely candidate for Eugenia in the 1930 census is a Eugenia Johnsson b. 1888 Sweden, living in Hennepin.
There were no Eugenia Bergquist's.
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The New York City marriage index has a marriage for Agnes Gallagher & Torleif Christopherson on 5 Jul. 1930 in Manhattan. You can check this index (and others) for free at www.italiangen.org. The marriage certificate should have his parents' names listed, but you might need to either purchase it or look it up on microfilm at a Family History Center.
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On Ancestry there is a passport application in 1917 of a Karl Torleif Christofferson born 21 June 1902. His father is written as Thorwald. Karl Torleif was born in Oslo. There is also a photo of him. I wonder if this is him.
The birth date is the same.
Ian
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I can add that he lived in Brooklyn New York.
Ian
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The New York City marriage index has a marriage for Agnes Gallagher & Torleif Christopherson on 5 Jul. 1930 in Manhattan. You can check this index (and others) for free at www.italiangen.org. The marriage certificate should have his parents' names listed, but you might need to either purchase it or look it up on microfilm at a Family History Center.
Hi shelleyesq and thank you for that piece of information— Great news! I'm saving the Italiangen.org to my favorites. That is my grandmother and grandfather there I'm sure because that's the date they gave as their marriage date on other official documents that I have seen. You're right, the marriage certificate should have his parents' names listed. Thank you so much again! that should hopefully tell me if he was a Norwegian blood or if his father was equally+- as Swedish as his mother.
Phil
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Please share your findings on here with us. This is a very intriguing story.
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On Ancestry there is a passport application in 1917 of a Karl Torleif Christofferson born 21 June 1902. His father is written as Thorwald. Karl Torleif was born in Oslo. There is also a photo of him. I wonder if this is him.
The birth date is the same.
Ian
Hi Ian, thanks for looking. Looks like you hit the jackpot there because that's the right birthday, according to his wife's later Petition for Naturalization(1942). Since the information from the census of 1920 also indicates he was born in 1902 and further indicates that he entered the country in 1917, I'd say — another match. Thank you again and again; I can't get on Ancestry without a membership as I used my free opportunity about a year ago. It's wonderful how people here cooperate and assist. just wonderful. Phil
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It also states which ship he came in on.
Ian
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Mistake.....
It was the ship his father came in on.
Ian
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This appears to be a match for Carl (Karl on the passport application) on the passenger list - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJCR-3YF
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On Ancestry there is a passport application in 1917 of a Karl Torleif Christofferson born 21 June 1902. His father is written as Thorwald. Karl Torleif was born in Oslo. There is also a photo of him. I wonder if this is him.
The birth date is the same.
Ian
Hi Ian, If you use Dropbox we can easily exchange files like that. Otherwise, I don't know how I'll ever see the picture. My mother would be extremely interested in seeing her father's picture (granted, from a younger day) after 75 years! Any ideas how I can see this beyond subscribing to Ancestry?
Looking into it a bit further, Thorwald seems like a pretty Swedish name:
http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Thorwald (http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Thorwald)
Thorwald
Male Male Name
Usage
Sweden Swedish
Origin and Meaning
Creative spelling of Torvald [1]
Related Names
See Žórvaldr
Statistics
Name Count per Country
Earlier today:
Hi Ian, thanks for looking. Looks like you hit the jackpot there because that's the right birthday, according to his wife's later Petition for Naturalization(1942). Since the information from the census of 1920 also indicates he was born in 1902 and further indicates that he entered the country in 1917, I'd say — another match. Thank you again and again; I can't get on Ancestry without a membership as I used my free opportunity about a year ago. It's wonderful how people here cooperate and assist. just wonderful. Phil
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Hit the wrong key came up with your problem.
In French the Eugene is male and the Eugenie is female may be the E has morfed into an A
I have a few in my family.
good luck with it.
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There is also Thorwald's passport application with photo on Ancestry. Now you have 2 new photos for the collection.
Ian
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Hi
At last.
I have now managed to find the Christophersen family in Oslo. And the great news is that a Eugenie Johannesson is living with the family in 1900 as a servant.
1900 – Oslo:
http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/ft/person/pf01037045027771
Eugenie was Swedish and born in 1880.
1910 – Oslo:
http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/ft/person/pf01036392060980
According to the census Thorwald was living at “Lenox Mass. Amerika”
1915 – New York
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K95Y-T6T
Thorvald Alfred Martinius Christophersen with son Erling.
It looks like he travelled back and forth between Norway and USA. There are a number of travel records on Ancestry. I wonder just what kind of relationship he had with his wife.
I do believe this to be your Thorleif and his family in Oslo. The passport application for Thorleif was an emergency one, so I suppose he was to travel to USA pretty quickly.
Thorvald Alfred Martinius Christophersen’s Naturalization:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVT7-X62N
Ian
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This appears to be a match for Carl (Karl on the passport application) on the passenger list - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJCR-3YF
Yes that is them - father and son.
Ian
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I have just found Carl Torleif's birth record and it states that Eugenia is his mother.
Ian
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Well done, Ian!
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Cheers pinefamily .
Now to see if they married.
Ian
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Here is the marriage between Thorvald Alfred Martinius Christophersen and Caroline Augusta Larsen:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7PR-889
and if you use Thorvald's whole name you will get 3 of his children's births.
The actual records can be found on
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_fylke=3&idx_kommune=Alle&idx_kilde=MINI&idx_periode=&idx_textsearch=&js=j
Ian
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I have just found Carl Torleif's birth record and it states that Eugenia is his mother.
Ian
Thank you Ian! That is some pretty persistent and amazing sluething that you have done! I would love to see that record and show it to my mother – she was always a firm believer that Eugenia was Torleif's mother! One of the moderators here suggested that we not use Dropbox and instead attach the photos and documents here. In the interest of open exchange of information I have to agree with her. I just could not figure out how to do it and so suggested using Dropbox. It was a pretty open secret in the family that Eugenia was not his aunt despite it appearing that she was on the 1920 census document. I'm going to try and doubly confirm this by requesting the actual marriage certificate of Torleif and Agnes' from the New York office. That should set it in stone. You did a great job and a huge service! – maybe I'll discover some long-lost cousins eventually out of this process. I can't thank you enough for all of your efforts :-) I hope what goes around comes around in spades!
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Here is the a snippet of Carl Thorleif's birth record.
Nr 223
Born: 21 June
Baptised: 28 June
Name: Carl Thorleif
Parents: Merchant Thorwald Alfred Martinius Christophersen and Maid Eugenia Johansson, (Sv) Sweden
M i Amerika: Man in USA
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The passport images are unfortunately copyrighted. If a moderator can say if it is ok to post only the photos I will then do that....
Ian
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Thorwald became a sailor later on in life. He died in New York 30 Jul 1927. On one of the passenger lists from 1924 it states that he was a widower. He did though travel quite a number of times backwards and forwards from Norway to USA and evidently met Eugenia in his household as a maid on one of his trips as he wasn't in Oslo at the birth of Carl Thorleif.
Name: Thorwald Christopherson
Birth Year: abt 1860
Age: 67
Death Date: 30 Jul 1927
Death Place: Kings, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 14795
Ian
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Thank you Ian! That is some pretty persistent and amazing sluething that you have done!
Cheers Phil and you are welcome.
The question now is if you are interested in the Swedish side of the family.
Ian
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I wonder if this is your grandfather in the 1940 census - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYHQ-B7S The status of divorced and the indication that he lived in New York City in 1935 seems a possible match. As you may know, Reno was a popular destination for people seeking divorces in those days, as they only required a brief residency there to make the spouse eligible for a divorce.
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Considering that census record, this entry - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK25-RPL - on the Social Security death index for T. Christophers with the same birth date as your guy is interesting. Another version of this database says his Social Security number was issued in New York before 1951. His last residence was in the town of Fernley, Lyon Co., Nevada.
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Here's an apparent mention of Torlief & Agnes' divorce case - http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/75308881/ You can see some of the text by scrolling all the way to the bottom.
The Reno Evening Gazette has a mention from 19 Jan. 1945 of Torleif Carl Christophersen, age 44, getting a marriage license with Ora Mae Barr, age 31, both of Reno. A family tree has Ora married 3 times and dying 7 Feb. 1985 in Reno with the surname Rogan.
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In the Nevada State Journal from 2 and 3 Jun. 1947, there is a personal ad that says "I, Carl T. Christophersen, will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone other than myself from this day on - June 2, 1947." Presumably, that was when he separated from wife #2.
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An index entry for Torleif's marriage application from marriage #2- https://clerks.washoecounty.us:8443/clerk/eagleweb/viewDoc.jsp?node=DOCC0185121-0
And his 2nd wife's remarriage - https://clerks.washoecounty.us:8443/clerk/eagleweb/viewDoc.jsp?node=DOCC0258901-0
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I have now managed to find Eugenia's passenger list. It is on Ancestry under "Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963".
She is registered as Eugima Johansen and as a Norwegian. She arrived in Boston 5 May 1904 on the Ivernia from Liverpool. She is to meet up with her cousin R.H. Hanson living at 179 Whitenut Street, Quincey, Massachesetts. (hard to read the address).
Ian
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I have now managed to find Eugenia's passenger list. It is on Ancestry under "Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963".
She is registered as Eugima Johansen and as a Norwegian born 1881. She arrived in Boston 5 May 1904 on the Ivernia from Liverpool. She is to meet up with her cousin R.H. Hanson living at 179 Whitenut Street, Quincey, Massachesetts. (hard to read the address).
Ian
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uhhh!??
What happened there?
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An index entry for Torleif's marriage application from marriage #2- https://clerks.washoecounty.us:8443/clerk/eagleweb/viewDoc.jsp?node=DOCC0185121-0
And his 2nd wife's remarriage - https://clerks.washoecounty.us:8443/clerk/eagleweb/viewDoc.jsp?node=DOCC0258901-0
Indeed 'shellyesq', you have done some prodigious investigating and it is beyond interesting and I am beyond thankful for all your help. These discoveries put all of us the remaining family much at ease; somehow it is comforting to know where your Mystery grandfather and mystery great-grandmother went with their personal history. Thank you very much!!
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Hi Phil
There are 2 records from the Minneapolis Directories of a Eugenia Bergquist being a widow of a John Bergquist living at 905 E Lake. In the previous years there were 2 John Bergquists that were tailors by profession in Minneapolis. One of them could be Eugenia's husband. There are 2 deaths of 2 John Bergquists in Hennepin.
Eugenia Bergquist death in Hennepin, Minnesota in 1966:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4ZN-RCS
John Bergquist deaths in Hennepin, Minnesota in 1935:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4QW-4J6
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4QW-4VZ
Ian
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I have been tracing a family with a Eugenia Johannesson from Värmland Sweden born 7 Aug 1880. (Note the death record of Eugenia Bergquist – born 3 Aug 1879). The family lived pretty near to Norway. The books state that a number of family members including Eugenia have been working and living in Oslo, Norway.
I have managed to trace most of the members of this family to Hennepin and Minneapolis and Minnesota. So this looks like to be an excellent candidate for your Eugenia.
I can also say that I have found a couple of records of Eugenia coming back to Sweden in 1910 and in 1914 with her sister Maria Johnson.
Ian
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Eugenia Johannesson..
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The correct state of events:
In 1938 Eugenia was still living at 2814 31st Av S. The same address as in the 1920 Census. Then in 1940 John Bergquist was living with Eugenia at the same address.
I am sorry but the 1935 deaths of John Bergquist are not correct.
So here are 2 death records of a John Bergquist between 1938 and 1948 that could be him.
1943
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4ZN-R41
1948
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4HN-9J1
Ian
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Eugenia and John Bergquist are in adjacent cemetery plots in this cemetery:
http://www.lakewoodcemetery.com/
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I am sure that this family is Eugenia and her family. I will post a few facts about this family that I think will point to Eugenia Johnson:
...in Blomskog parish in Värmland.
Bryngelsson, Johannes - b. 1837
Andersdotter, Ingeborg Margareta - b. 1839 - died 1885
Johan Abel - b. 1874
Anna Maria - b. 1878
Eugenia - b.1880
Andersdotter, Kristina - b. 1859
Albert - b. 1887
Herman - b. 1889
Johanna Matilda - b. 1891
Olof - b. 1893
Laura - b. 1896
Bernhard - b. 1898
Anna - b. 1900
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It looks as though Abel Andersson, brother to Christina Andersdotter was the first to Minnesota, Clay in 1881:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11120-91780-97?cc=1325221
His name came up on 2 passenger lists from Albert and Herman
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Here are a few censuses of this family in Minnesota:
Albert Johnson living with uncle Able Anderson in Clay, Minnesota in 1905:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159387-70113-51?cc=1503056
Laura Haugland nee Johnson (?) in 1940 in Hennepin, Minnesota:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27786-6098-40?cc=2000219
Bernard Bryngelsson in 1940 in Hennepin:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27786-13399-92?cc=2000219
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Here are the passenger lists with names and addresses:
1904 – Albert Johanneson to Hawley, Minnesota to uncle Able Anderson
1904 – Herman Johanneson to Hawley, Minnesota to uncle Able Anderson
1910 – Eugeni Johnsen – father J Bryngelsson – to friend Mrs Schuschen (?) at 146 66 Street, New York
1914 – Eugenia Johnson – father Johannes Bryngelsson – to friend Mrs O. Jordan at 14 West 49 Street, New York
1914 – Maria Johnson (Anna Maria) – father Johannes Bryngelsson – to friend Mrs O. Jordan at 4 West 49 Street, New York
1921 – Anna Johanneson – father Johannes Bryngelsson – to brother Herman Johnson in Drake, N. Dakota
1929 – Viktoria Johanneson – brother Bernhard Johannesson Bryngelsson – to brother-in-law John Haugland at 1017 East 22 St, Minneapolis
1927 – Bernard Bryngelsson from Blomskog parish – to sister Viktoria at 5224 Columbus Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota
All of the children in this family left for USA. These are the ones I can find.
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......and thanks to shellyesq you can find 2 burials listed for this family in Lakewood Cemetry. There are probably more.
Laura Haugland with husband John J Haugland and family
Bernard Bryngelson and family
Ian
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Now, I suppose for the right John Bergquist according to the burial in Lakewood Cemetry:
Name: John Berquist
Death Date: 21 Jun 1939
Death County: Anoka
State File Number: 000200
Certificate Number: 000200
Certificate Year: 1939
Record Number: 814347
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4QW-ZB2
Ian
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I had recently updated this family tree at Geni.com and was amazed to find all this info at this site.
I believe Thorvald Alfred Martinusen Christopherson (1860-1927) is my 1st cousin 2R. His profile is at Geni. com at https://www.geni.com/people/Thorvald-Alfred-Christopherson/6000000061146622594
I have his parents in the family tree and ex-wife, Eugenia Bergquist (Johnson) (1880-1966) profile is https://www.geni.com/people/Eugenia-Bergquist/6000000111641005838
Dale Nelson
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Eugenia Bergquist (Johnson) was not married to Thorvald Alfred Martinusen Christopherson, but had son,1902 Carl "Torleif" Thorleif Christoffersen (1902-1978).