Emigrating Hjort brothers

From the Junke family mentioned in the former note two brothers Karl Gustav and Vilhelm Rudolf choose to emigrate. They left Sweden 1907, KG already married and with two children used the surname Hjort which was used earlier by his maternal grandmother.

Wife and children are noted in Ellis Island record as coming Jun 23, 1907 with ship Celtic from Liverpool heading for Carl Hjort in Troy, Idaho which means he is already there.

In 1920 census the family also contains a girl together with the two boys born in Sweden. Names and ages as below:

Carl J Hjort 45 (also Carl Gustav)

Bertha Hjort 44

Carl Edvin Hjort 16

Olof Samuel Hjort 14 (dies as student Jun 9, 1921 from skull fracture after falling)

Hulda L Hjort 10

(Census 1920, South Troy, Latah, Idaho)

The WW1 draft for Carl notes him as naturlized citizen with his right arm paralized.

Vilhelm Rudolf has only been found in census 1930 when staying with brother Carl (still in Latah) but is noted as leaving Sweden about the same time as his brothers family.

Washington Death Certificates states Carl G. Hjort dies July 16, 1948 in Seattle, King. Washington at the age of 73 years 10 months 1 day. Some of his descendants still seem to live in this area.

Hulda marries Joseph Hamlin Dec 26, 1930 in Nampa, Canyon Co (ID) according to Western State Marriages, and the couple gets at least two boys in Idaho. Later at least some of them also seem to end up in the state of Washington.