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The Sjöholm Family

Charlotta Berg was a daughter to bridge-tender Lars Johansson Berg (b.1806-10-01) and Maja Katharina Larsdotter, (b.1811-07- 16). Charlotta was born on 1842-09-22 in Fredsberg (R) and died on 1889-11-17 in Kristina parish, Jönköping (F). Charlotta married Nils Peter Sjöholm on 1860-09-13. Nils Peter was born on 1833-04-09 in Ivetofta (L). He was a master gardener. Most of their children left Sweden for the USA. Nils Peter followed the children to the USA (at the age of 60) and emigrated from Sweden on 1893-05-02. Nils Peter traveled together with his youngest son Nils Theodor. Nils Peter and Charlotta’s children: 1. Johan Fredrik, born 1861-07-08 in Fredsberg. Died 1935-06-15 in Ramnalid, Borås, Sweden. 2. Regina Josefina Gravilda (Hilda), born 1863-03-19 in Kyrkefalla. To the USA 1884-08-29 3. Julius Wilhelm, born 1865-05-17 in Hjo sfs. To the USA 1890-08-02 4. Helga Edla Adolfina (Helen), born 1867-06-23 in Falköpings sfs. To the USA 1884-08-29 5. Richard Birger, born 1870-02-07 i Valtorp. Died 1875-03-01 in Falköping of scarlet fever. 6. Irenes Viktor, born 1872-04-05 in Mularp. To the USA 1912-09-24. 7. Karl Oskar, born 1873-05-11 in Mularp. From Stockholm to the USA 1913-08-18. Died 1926-04-05 in Stockholm, Sweden. 8. Charlotta Albertina Paulina (Pauline), born 1875-06-21 in Falköpings sfs. To the USA on 1890-08-02. 9. Richard Birger, born 1878-04-10 in Falköpings sfs. Died 1959-1016 in Ölmstad (F). Married 1899. 10. Nils Theodor, born 1883-04-10 in Jönköpings Kristina. To the USA 1893-05-02. 11. Elva Amanda Hildegard, born 1885-06-13 in Jönköpings Kristina. To the USA 1890-08-02.

The Sjöholm Siblings

Nils Peter Sjöholm and his wife Charlotta Berg Sjöholm had 11 children of whom 10 lived into adulthood. Nils Peter and 8 of the children left Sweden for America at various points in time. Only the oldest son Johan Fredrik and the second Richard Birger (b. 1878) remained in Sweden. Karl Oscar returned to Sweden after a few years and died in Stockholm in 1926.

Johan Fredrik Sjöholm

Johan Fredrik was born on 1861-07-08 in Fredsberg, Västergötland. His occupation was master gardener. Johan Fredrik married Anna Matilda Andersdotter on 1900-10-05. She was born on 1862-02-06 in Toarp and died on 1930-03-18 in Borås. Johan Fredrik died on 1935-06-15 in Ramnalid, Borås. The couple had 6 children: 1. Karl Erik, born 1888-09-11 in Lundby (O). Died 1915-07-08 in Borås (P). Married 1912. 2. Wilhelm Julius, born 1890-12-30 in Lundby (O). Died 1969-12-26 in Borås Caroli (P). 3. Signe Gravilda, born 1896-05-03 in Lundby (O). Died 1983-11-22 in Borås Caroli (P). Unmarried. 4. Helga Ingeborg, born 1898-11-27 in Lundby (O). Died 1963-05-22 in Borås Caroli (P). Married name Vickstrand. 5. Ragnhild Linnea, born 1901-07-15 in Lundby (O). Died 1992-06-13 in Borås Caroli (P). Married name Skoglund. 6. Elsa Paulina, born 1904-08-05 in Lundby (O). Died 1989-10-27 in Borås Gustav Adolf (P). Married name Sundbye. Sources: Lundby (O) AIIa:4 (1899-1906) Image 106 / page 94 Borås (P) AIIa:33 (1905-1911) Image 185 / page 181 Borås (P) AIIa:39 (1911-1929) Image 242 / page 1438

Regina Josefina Gravilda (Hilda) Sjöholm Perry

Regina Josefina Gravilda was born on 1863-03-19 in Kyrkefalla (R). On 1884-08-29, at the age of 21, she emigrated from Sweden to the USA. She traveled with her 17 year old sister Helga Edla Adolfina. In the USA she changed her first name to Hilda. She She married Ottis C Perry and her married name was Hilda Perry. In 1898 Hilda opened a hotel called Hotel Josephine, in Magnum, Oklahoma. The image to the right shows an advertisement in the Magnum Star paper on May 25 1898. This ad was sent to me by Carol Kemp, WA, USA. Hilda was her great-aunt. Her husband Ottis died at age 49. Hilda remarried but she divorced her second husband in 1921. Her house burned down the following year, where her father Nils Peter died. She moved to Shamrock, Texas, in 1927 where she opened another hotel, Mother Perry’s. Hilda died in September 1934 at the age of 71 at the home of relatives in Magnum. Hilda is burred at the Magnum Cemetery. Her sister Helga (Helen) also ran a hotel.
Above is an extract from the ship manifest in August 1884 when Gravilda Sjöholm and her sister Helga went to the US, destination New York. The manifest is for the Wilson Line’s ship Orlando that operated between Göteborg, Sweden and Hull, England. The manifest shows that Regina Josefina Gravilda went by the name Gravilda in Sweden and that Helga Edla Adolfina went by the name Helga.

Julius Wilhelm Sjöholm Nelson

Julius Wilhelm was born 1865-05-17 in Hjo sfs. He emigrated from Sweden for the USA on 1890-08-02. He left Göteborg on the Wilson Line ship Ariosto for Hull England on 1890-08-08 together with his two younger sisters Paulina and Elva. He moved to Minnesota and married Alma Nelson. In the US he took the name Nelson, i.e. Julius Nelson.

Helga Edla Adolfina (Helen) Sjöholm Moore

Helga Edla Adolfina (Helen) was born on 1867-06-23 in Falköpings sfs. She went to the USA on 1884-08-29 together with her older sister Gravilda (Hilda). She married Randall Moore, so in the US she was Helen Moore. In 1909 she established a hotel in Coleman, Texas, the Cottage Hotel. It was the only hotel in Coleman for many years. The hotel flourished and the following year she rented the Florence Hotel and expanded her business. The Florence Hotel was torn down in 1912 and she then expanded the Cottage Hotel by 10 rooms, a kitchen and a dining room. Helen retired in 1920 and leased the hotel to her son Louis Randall Moore who ran the hotel with his wife for seven years. The “New Moore Hotel” was opened by Helen Moore in 1928. The portrait to the right shows Helen Moore and was published in August 1928 in an article about her hotel business in a Coleman paper, TX. Helen died in Dallas, Texas, at the house of her niece Violet Hagg who took care of her in her last months of life.

Irenes Victor Sjöholm Nason

Irenes Victor was born on 1872-04-05 in Mularp (R) and died on 1954-11-13 in Santa Clara, CA, USA. Victor married Beda Karolina Lundqvist on 1912-09-24. The couple then had 7 children and Beda had two daughters from an earlier relation. Beda was born on 1867-12-24 in Stigsjö (Y) and died on 1956-12-02 in Santa Clara, CA, USA. Victor and his wife lived in Nygård, Stigsjö, Sweden. Victor was a master gardener. The image to the right shows Victor and Beda Nason in the US. The image is shown with consent of Carol Kemp, WA, USA. Victor left Sweden for the USA on 1912-09-24. His destination was Granite, Oklahoma. The plan was to settle in in the US and the following year the rest of the family was to join him. Beda and their children left Sweden for the USA on 1913-08-18 together with Irenes Victor’s brother Karl Oskar. They sailed from Göteborg on 1913-09-19 to Hull in England. From Hull they went by train to Liverpool where they boarded an Ocean liner for Quebec, Canada on 1913-09-24. Once in Quebec the party traveled to Michigan in the USA from where they boarded a train to Chicago and from there to Magnum, Oklahoma where Victor was waiting. In the USA Victor took the new surname Nason, i.e. Victor Nason. Victor was drafted for military training in 1894 (conscription). His military enrollment number was “19 40/94”. He was registered by Jönköping draft board (40) which belonged to the Jönköping Regiment’s enrollment area (infantry). Victor and Beda’s children: 1. Victor Irenius, born 1898-12-25 in Nacka (AB) 2. Hildegard (Elsie), born 1900-08-23 in Brännkyrka (AB) 3. Ingeborg Sofia (Violet), born 1901-04-11 in Ljustorp (Y). Died in 1994. 4. Rosa Maria (Rose), born 1903-06-09 in Stigsjö (Y) 5. Helga Elisabet (Helen), born 1904-11-06 in Stigsjö (Y). Died in 2004. 6. Rut Torborg (Ruth), born 1906-07-06 in Stigsjö (Y) 7. Göta Ebba Fredrika, born 1908-05-03 in Stigsjö (Y) Source. Stigsjö (Y) AIIa:1a (1896-1911) Image 1920 / page 182 Beda’s two daughters from her previous relation; Dorothea Birgitta Maria (b. 1894-03-07 in Timrå (Y)) and Emmy Karolina (b. 1896-10- 19 in Stockholm) didn’t come with Beda to the USA in 1913. Emmy Karolina came to the US in 1912 by herself at the age of 16. She also went to Coleman, Texas, and later moved to Dallas. Dorothea remained in Sweden. In the US Violet married Virgil Darwin Hagg (1901-1979). Virgil’s family was Swedish descendants by the name Hägg.

Karl Oskar Sjöholm

Karl Oskar was born on 1873-05-11 in Mularp (R). He married Maria Larsdotter. She was born on 1875-07-10 but died young on 1909-04-17 in the Royal Seraphim Hospital. The couple lived in Kungsholmen district of Stockholm. Karl Oskar left Sweden for the USA on 1913-08-18 together with Irenes Victor’s wife and 7 children. Irenes Victor came to the US in 1912. At some point Karl Oskar returned to Sweden where he died on 1926-04-26 of pneumonia at the S:t Erik Hospital, Kungsholmen, Stockholm. Occupation: metalworker. Karl Oskar and Maria had a daughter: Karin Maria, born 1899-09-11 in Kungsholmen, Stockholm. Died 1981-04-22 in Hägersten (AB). Married name Söderberg. Karin Maria married Stig Markus Emanuel Söderberg (1915-2000) on 1943-12-11.

Charlotta Albertina Paulina (Pauline) Sjöholm Sackett

Charlotta Albertina Paulina (Pauline) was born on 1875-06-21 in Falköpings sfs. She emigrated from Sweden to the USA on 1890-08- 02 together with her 5 year old sister Elva. They left Göteborg on the Wilson Line ship Ariosto for Hull England on 1890-08-08 together with the older brother Julius. In the US she went by the given name Pauline. She married a Sidney Sackett, so she was Pauline Sackett. They lived in Coleman, Texas.

Richard Birger Sjöholm

Richard Birger Sjöholm was born on 1878-04-10 in Falköpings sfs. He died on 1959-1016 in Ölmstad (F). He married Anna Sofia Svensdotter on 1899-11-25. Occupation; industrial worker, paper mill. Children: Nils Oskar Sjöholm, born 1898-12-01 in Gränna (F). Eva Linnea Sjöholm, born 1901-11-28 in Gränna (F). Died 1995-10-29 in Ölmestad (F). Married name Blomkvist. Sources: Haurida (F) AIIa:2 (1900-1905) Image 82 / page 72 Gränna (F) AIIa:1 (1900-1911) Image 330 / page 318 Eva Linnea married Karl Arvid Blomkvist (1895-1986) on 1926-05-30. The couple had a daughter Gerd Margareta (b. 1937-03-22).

Nils Theodor (Nelson) Sjöholm Seaholm

Nils Theodor was born on 1883-04-10 in Jönköpings Kristina (F). He left Sweden for the USA on 1893-05-02 together with his father Nils Peter Sjöholm. Nils later moved to Kansas and married Fannie Gordon. According to the 1940 census Nils now had changed his name to Nelson T. Seaholm.

Elva Sjöholm Stephens

Elva Amanda Hildegard was born on 1885-06-13 in Jönköpings Kristina (F). She emigrated from Sweden to the USA on 1890-08-02 together with her older sister Paulina. They left Göteborg on the Wilson Line ship Ariosto for Hull England on 1890-08-08 together with the older brother Julius. Elva first lived with her sister Hilda in Magum, Oklahoma. Elva married Jason Stephens. So in the US she was Elva Stephens. The couple had no children. She is listed in Herrington, Kansas, in the 1915 census. Her father Nils Peter Sjöholm and her brother Nils Theodor are living with her at this time. In 1920 she was living in Kansas City, Missouri. Her husband Jason died in 1937. In 1940 she is listed in the census in Kansas City, Kansas at her brother’s house, Nils Theodor, who has now changed his name to Nelson T. Seaholm. She died in 1952 in Kansas City, Kansas.

Passanger Lists, Ships Departing Göteborg

In 1869 Sweden adopted a law that required the registration of emigrants leaving Sweden and thereby we saw the birth of passenger lists. Emigrant agents were thereafter obliged to keep passenger lists, i.e. to draw up emigrant contracts and enter the emigrants into special lists. These passenger lists were then handed over to the Police Departments at the ports of departure. The Police ticked off every passenger on the lists when the emigrants boarded the ships.

Passanger List, Wilson Line Göteborg - Hull, The Ariosto, 8 August 1890

Above, source: Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900) (O) EIX:43 (1890) Image 230 / page 43. Section 41. The above image are actually three extracts of the passenger list. The page with the siblings had no heading so it is from the previsions page. The top of the page starts with passenger 4190 - 4192 while the Sjöholm siblings are passengers 4196 - 4197 so I left a few out. Julius was the oldest among the Sjöholm siblings at the age of 25. His two younger sisters were Paulina (age 15) and Elva (age 5). They were departing Göteborg on 8 August 1890 on the Wilson Line Ariosto to Hull, England. In England they went by train from Hull to Liverpool where they bordered an ocean liner with the destination New York.
History Hans Högman
Copyright © Hans Högman 2019-12-24

A Bridge Tender

on Göta Canal

The Sjöholm Family

Charlotta Berg was a daughter to bridge-tender Lars Johansson Berg (b.1806-10-01) and Maja Katharina Larsdotter, (b.1811-07-16). Charlotta was born on 1842-09-22 in Fredsberg (R) and died on 1889-11-17 in Kristina parish, Jönköping (F). Charlotta married Nils Peter Sjöholm on 1860-09-13. Nils Peter was born on 1833-04-09 in Ivetofta (L). He was a master gardener. Most of their children left Sweden for the USA. Nils Peter followed the children to the USA (at the age of 60) and emigrated from Sweden on 1893-05-02. Nils Peter traveled together with his youngest son Nils Theodor. Nils Peter and Charlotta’s children: 1. Johan Fredrik, born 1861-07-08 in Fredsberg. Died 1935-06-15 in Ramnalid, Borås, Sweden. 2. Regina Josefina Gravilda (Hilda), born 1863-03-19 in Kyrkefalla. To the USA 1884-08-29 3. Julius Wilhelm, born 1865-05-17 in Hjo sfs. To the USA 1890-08-02 4. Helga Edla Adolfina (Helen), born 1867-06-23 in Falköpings sfs. To the USA 1884-08-29 5. Richard Birger, born 1870-02-07 i Valtorp. Died 1875-03-01 in Falköping of scarlet fever. 6. Irenes Viktor, born 1872-04-05 in Mularp. To the USA 1912-09-24. 7. Karl Oskar, born 1873-05-11 in Mularp. From Stockholm to the USA 1913-08-18. Died 1926-04- 05 in Stockholm, Sweden. 8. Charlotta Albertina Paulina (Pauline), born 1875- 06-21 in Falköpings sfs. To the USA on 1890-08- 02. 9. Richard Birger, born 1878-04-10 in Falköpings sfs. Died 1959-1016 in Ölmstad (F). Married 1899. 10. Nils Theodor, born 1883-04-10 in Jönköpings Kristina. To the USA 1893-05-02. 11. Elva Amanda Hildegard, born 1885-06-13 in Jönköpings Kristina. To the USA 1890-08-02.

The Sjöholm Siblings

Nils Peter Sjöholm and his wife Charlotta Berg Sjöholm had 11 children of whom 10 lived into adulthood. Nils Peter and 8 of the children left Sweden for America at various points in time. Only the oldest son Johan Fredrik and the second Richard Birger (b. 1878) remained in Sweden. Karl Oscar returned to Sweden after a few years and died in Stockholm in 1926.

Johan Fredrik Sjöholm

Johan Fredrik was born on 1861-07-08 in Fredsberg, Västergötland. His occupation was master gardener. Johan Fredrik married Anna Matilda Andersdotter on 1900-10-05. She was born on 1862-02-06 in Toarp and died on 1930-03-18 in Borås. Johan Fredrik died on 1935-06-15 in Ramnalid, Borås. The couple had 6 children: 1. Karl Erik, born 1888-09-11 in Lundby (O). Died 1915-07-08 in Borås (P). Married 1912. 2. Wilhelm Julius, born 1890-12-30 in Lundby (O). Died 1969-12-26 in Borås Caroli (P). 3. Signe Gravilda, born 1896-05-03 in Lundby (O). Died 1983-11-22 in Borås Caroli (P). Unmarried. 4. Helga Ingeborg, born 1898-11-27 in Lundby (O). Died 1963-05-22 in Borås Caroli (P). Married name Vickstrand. 5. Ragnhild Linnea, born 1901-07-15 in Lundby (O). Died 1992-06-13 in Borås Caroli (P). Married name Skoglund. 6. Elsa Paulina, born 1904-08-05 in Lundby (O). Died 1989-10-27 in Borås Gustav Adolf (P). Married name Sundbye. Sources: Lundby (O) AIIa:4 (1899-1906) Image 106 / page 94 Borås (P) AIIa:33 (1905-1911) Image 185 / page 181 Borås (P) AIIa:39 (1911-1929) Image 242 / page 1438

Regina Josefina Gravilda (Hilda) Sjöholm

Perry

Regina Josefina Gravilda was born on 1863-03-19 in Kyrkefalla (R). On 1884-08-29, at the age of 21, she emigrated from Sweden to the USA. She traveled with her 17 year old sister Helga Edla Adolfina. In the USA she changed her first name to Hilda. She She married Ottis C Perry and her married name was Hilda Perry. In 1898 Hilda opened a hotel called Hotel Josephine, in Magnum, Oklahoma. The image to the right shows an advertisement in the Magnum Star paper on May 25 1898. This ad was sent to me by Carol Kemp, WA, USA. Hilda was her great-aunt. Her husband Ottis died at age 49. Hilda remarried but she divorced her second husband in 1921. Her house burned down the following year, where her father Nils Peter died. She moved to Shamrock, Texas, in 1927 where she opened another hotel, Mother Perry’s. Hilda died in September 1934 at the age of 71 at the home of relatives in Magnum. Hilda is burred at the Magnum Cemetery. Her sister Helga (Helen) also ran a hotel.
Above is an extract from the ship manifest in August 1884 when Gravilda Sjöholm and her sister Helga went to the US, destination New York. The manifest is for the Wilson Line’s ship Orlando that operated between Göteborg, Sweden and Hull, England. The manifest shows that Regina Josefina Gravilda went by the name Gravilda in Sweden and that Helga Edla Adolfina went by the name Helga.

Julius Wilhelm Sjöholm Nelson

Julius Wilhelm was born 1865-05-17 in Hjo sfs. He emigrated from Sweden for the USA on 1890-08-02. He left Göteborg on the Wilson Line ship Ariosto for Hull England on 1890-08-08 together with his two younger sisters Paulina and Elva. He moved to Minnesota and married Alma Nelson. In the US he took the name Nelson, i.e. Julius Nelson.

Helga Edla Adolfina (Helen) Sjöholm Moore

Helga Edla Adolfina (Helen) was born on 1867-06-23 in Falköpings sfs. She went to the USA on 1884-08-29 together with her older sister Gravilda (Hilda). She married Randall Moore, so in the US she was Helen Moore. In 1909 she established a hotel in Coleman, Texas, the Cottage Hotel. It was the only hotel in Coleman for many years. The hotel flourished and the following year she rented the Florence Hotel and expanded her business. The Florence Hotel was torn down in 1912 and she then expanded the Cottage Hotel by 10 rooms, a kitchen and a dining room. Helen retired in 1920 and leased the hotel to her son Louis Randall Moore who ran the hotel with his wife for seven years. The “New Moore Hotel” was opened by Helen Moore in 1928. The portrait to the right shows Helen Moore and was published in August 1928 in an article about her hotel business in a Coleman paper, TX. Helen died in Dallas, Texas, at the house of her niece Violet Hagg who took care of her in her last months of life.

Irenes Victor Sjöholm Nason

Irenes Victor was born on 1872-04-05 in Mularp (R) and died on 1954-11-13 in Santa Clara, CA, USA. Victor married Beda Karolina Lundqvist on 1912-09-24. The couple then had 7 children and Beda had two daughters from an earlier relation. Beda was born on 1867-12-24 in Stigsjö (Y) and died on 1956-12-02 in Santa Clara, CA, USA. Victor and his wife lived in Nygård, Stigsjö, Sweden. Victor was a master gardener. The image to the right shows Victor and Beda Nason in the US. The image is shown with consent of Carol Kemp, WA, USA. Victor left Sweden for the USA on 1912-09-24. His destination was Granite, Oklahoma. The plan was to settle in in the US and the following year the rest of the family was to join him. Beda and their children left Sweden for the USA on 1913-08-18 together with Irenes Victor’s brother Karl Oskar. They sailed from Göteborg on 1913-09-19 to Hull in England. From Hull they went by train to Liverpool where they boarded an Ocean liner for Quebec, Canada on 1913-09-24. Once in Quebec the party traveled to Michigan in the USA from where they boarded a train to Chicago and from there to Magnum, Oklahoma where Victor was waiting. In the USA Victor took the new surname Nason, i.e. Victor Nason. Victor was drafted for military training in 1894 (conscription). His military enrollment number was “19 40/94”. He was registered by Jönköping draft board (40) which belonged to the Jönköping Regiment’s enrollment area (infantry). Victor and Beda’s children: 1. Victor Irenius, born 1898-12-25 in Nacka (AB) 2. Hildegard (Elsie), born 1900-08-23 in Brännkyrka (AB) 3. Ingeborg Sofia (Violet), born 1901-04-11 in Ljustorp (Y). Died in 1994. 4. Rosa Maria (Rose), born 1903-06-09 in Stigsjö (Y) 5. Helga Elisabet (Helen), born 1904-11-06 in Stigsjö (Y). Died in 2004. 6. Rut Torborg (Ruth), born 1906-07-06 in Stigsjö (Y) 7. Göta Ebba Fredrika, born 1908-05-03 in Stigsjö (Y) Source. Stigsjö (Y) AIIa:1a (1896-1911) Image 1920 / page 182 Beda’s two daughters from her previous relation; Dorothea Birgitta Maria (b. 1894-03-07 in Timrå (Y)) and Emmy Karolina (b. 1896-10-19 in Stockholm) didn’t come with Beda to the USA in 1913. Emmy Karolina came to the US in 1912 by herself at the age of 16. She also went to Coleman, Texas, and later moved to Dallas. Dorothea remained in Sweden. In the US Violet married Virgil Darwin Hagg (1901- 1979). Virgil’s family was Swedish descendants by the name Hägg.

Karl Oskar Sjöholm

Karl Oskar was born on 1873-05-11 in Mularp (R). He married Maria Larsdotter. She was born on 1875-07- 10 but died young on 1909-04-17 in the Royal Seraphim Hospital. The couple lived in Kungsholmen district of Stockholm. Karl Oskar left Sweden for the USA on 1913-08-18 together with Irenes Victor’s wife and 7 children. Irenes Victor came to the US in 1912. At some point Karl Oskar returned to Sweden where he died on 1926-04-26 of pneumonia at the S:t Erik Hospital, Kungsholmen, Stockholm. Occupation: metalworker. Karl Oskar and Maria had a daughter: Karin Maria, born 1899-09-11 in Kungsholmen, Stockholm. Died 1981-04-22 in Hägersten (AB). Married name Söderberg. Karin Maria married Stig Markus Emanuel Söderberg (1915-2000) on 1943-12-11.

Charlotta Albertina Paulina (Pauline)

Sjöholm Sackett

Charlotta Albertina Paulina (Pauline) was born on 1875-06-21 in Falköpings sfs. She emigrated from Sweden to the USA on 1890-08-02 together with her 5 year old sister Elva. They left Göteborg on the Wilson Line ship Ariosto for Hull England on 1890-08-08 together with the older brother Julius. In the US she went by the given name Pauline. She married a Sidney Sackett, so she was Pauline Sackett. They lived in Coleman, Texas.

Richard Birger Sjöholm

Richard Birger Sjöholm was born on 1878-04-10 in Falköpings sfs. He died on 1959-1016 in Ölmstad (F). He married Anna Sofia Svensdotter on 1899-11-25. Occupation; industrial worker, paper mill. Children: Nils Oskar Sjöholm, born 1898-12-01 in Gränna (F). Eva Linnea Sjöholm, born 1901-11-28 in Gränna (F). Died 1995-10-29 in Ölmestad (F). Married name Blomkvist. Sources: Haurida (F) AIIa:2 (1900-1905) Image 82 / page 72 Gränna (F) AIIa:1 (1900-1911) Image 330 / page 318 Eva Linnea married Karl Arvid Blomkvist (1895-1986) on 1926-05-30. The couple had a daughter Gerd Margareta (b. 1937-03-22).

Nils Theodor (Nelson) Sjöholm Seaholm

Nils Theodor was born on 1883-04-10 in Jönköpings Kristina (F). He left Sweden for the USA on 1893-05-02 together with his father Nils Peter Sjöholm. Nils later moved to Kansas and married Fannie Gordon. According to the 1940 census Nils now had changed his name to Nelson T. Seaholm.

Elva Sjöholm Stephens

Elva Amanda Hildegard was born on 1885-06-13 in Jönköpings Kristina (F). She emigrated from Sweden to the USA on 1890-08-02 together with her older sister Paulina. They left Göteborg on the Wilson Line ship Ariosto for Hull England on 1890-08-08 together with the older brother Julius. Elva first lived with her sister Hilda in Magum, Oklahoma. Elva married Jason Stephens. So in the US she was Elva Stephens. The couple had no children. She is listed in Herrington, Kansas, in the 1915 census. Her father Nils Peter Sjöholm and her brother Nils Theodor are living with her at this time. In 1920 she was living in Kansas City, Missouri. Her husband Jason died in 1937. In 1940 she is listed in the census in Kansas City, Kansas at her brother’s house, Nils Theodor, who has now changed his name to Nelson T. Seaholm. She died in 1952 in Kansas City, Kansas.

Passanger Lists, Ships Departing

Göteborg

In 1869 Sweden adopted a law that required the registration of emigrants leaving Sweden and thereby we saw the birth of passenger lists. Emigrant agents were thereafter obliged to keep passenger lists, i.e. to draw up emigrant contracts and enter the emigrants into special lists. These passenger lists were then handed over to the Police Departments at the ports of departure. The Police ticked off every passenger on the lists when the emigrants boarded the ships.

Passanger List, Wilson Line Göteborg - Hull,

The Ariosto, 8 August 1890

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Above, source: Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900) (O) EIX:43 (1890) Image 230 / page 43. Section 41. The above image are actually three extracts of the passenger list. The page with the siblings had no heading so it is from the previsions page. The top of the page starts with passenger 4190 - 4192 while the Sjöholm siblings are passengers 4196 - 4197 so I left a few out. Julius was the oldest among the Sjöholm siblings at the age of 25. His two younger sisters were Paulina (age 15) and Elva (age 5). They were departing Göteborg on 8 August 1890 on the Wilson Line Ariosto to Hull, England. In England they went by train from Hull to Liverpool where they bordered an ocean liner with the destination New York.