More Sjöndin emigrants

Another emigrating woman from the Sjöndin tree was the daughter of a first cousin to Bertha Raymetz. Her name was Emma Nordkvist .becoming Nordquist in the new country. A few years after her arrival she marries (1 January, 1917 according to Minnesota Marriages) Emil Erick Ramberg in Hennepin. Census information tells us they move to Walhalla, Lake of the Woods before 1930. They got at least two children who grew up and had children of their own.

Two other Sjöndin cousins had daughters emigrating under married surnames Dahlin and Hultgren. The original surname Martinsson was changed to Dahlin around 1880 when they left Sweden. Most of their children were born in Minnesota.

The Hultgrens went another way. In the ship passenger list of Itaparica, dated 28:th of May 1891, you can find the Hultgren couple and the first son Linus heading for Rio de Janeiro. Despite the following 10 very hard years in Rio Grande de Sul area the family grew with 2 children. In the beginning of the 20:th century they migrated over the Argentine border to improve the living conditions. They finally ended up in Oberá Misiones before 1920 with a fourth child born in Argentine. The Hultgrens found in this area today all seem to be descendants from them. The clip below is from a paper called Sändaren and shows a couple contacted some time ago. Article here.

The Ostrom line connected to Raymetz is also interesting from my perspective because it also has connections on my maternal side. My mother and Per Olof Ostrom had many roots in Haverö parish and at some points they are interconnected.

Per Olof Åström is listed as timber rafting supervisor in Nybo, Haverö parish (1890 census, available free here). He seems to leave Sweden together with his family 1893 judging from 1895 census info which also tells us they reached Grass Lake 9 months before this census. Almost 30 years later the son Olaf Bernard “Ben” marries Carrie Raymetz and this two lines meet.

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