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.

Junke från Guhrau

Snickaren Otto Ludwig Junke uppges i Forsa AI:19B komma från Guhrau i Preussen. Samma ort heter idag Góra och ligger i Niederschlesien, Polen. Med utgångspunkt från dokumenterad närvaro i Forsa är han runt 35 år när han dyker upp.

Situation i det område han kom ifrån präglades av de konflikter som “järnkanslern” Bismarck var en del av och som kom att bli staten Tyskland. Det korta avståndet till gränsen av Österrike-Ungern (som även innefattade nuvarande Tjeckien), som blev centralt i ett både impopulärt och blodigt krig 1866, gjorde säkert hans hemtrakter till ett oroligt område och skulle kunna förklara varför han dyker upp i Hälsingland.

En annan möjlig eller bidragande orsak är att han var inblandad i etableringen av pappersindustrin i Näsviken. För detta talar att de förblir inom någon km från denna även när de flyttar runt. Byberg, Böle och Smedsgården är namn som dyker upp och ligger i närområdet.

Junke och Maja Lovisa Storbacka gifte sig 1878 men det första barn som tillskrivs Otto Ludwig föddes redan 1 januari 1870. De får totalt 9 barn tillsammans varav en dör i samband med födseln. Hustrun hade fött 2 barn tidigare i Petalax där en också dog som spädbarn.

Sommaren 1884 slår blixten ned i familjen. Inom loppet av 3 veckor dör fyra av barnen pga difteri. I Gävleborgs län, där Forsa ligger, dör under detta år totalt 27 personer bland 265 insjuknade i denna sjukdom enligt SCB.

Hustrun dör 1888. Otto Ludwig hamnar mot slutet av sitt liv som änkling och fattighjon på Klockarsvedja fattiggård som också ligger intill Näsviken.

Av barnen som överlevde kom den yngste att före namnet vidare (Juncke) medan de äldre sönerna som emigrerade 1907 använde efternamnet Hjort efter mormodern. Maja Lovisas förstfödda kallade sig Berg som skulle kunna vara ett knektnamn då han var soldat i Norrbo 1895.

Brososky

Here I pick up a thread mentioned earlier in “Emigration 1909”. Maria Viktoria Nilsson and Per Olsson establishes in the same area as Carl/Charles Hendrickson who dies 1927 leaving about 1 million SEK (present value). Per/Pete and Maria/Mary had at least 8 children. Among them 2 daughters marry 2 brothers Brososky. For this reason I have paid some extra interest to this Brososky family.

The immigration probably took place 1910 when the family was noted as Brosofsky. By this time the family seem to have two sons Peter and Samuel. Origin is stated as Odessa, Russia. I have had some trouble decoding names of the parents but think they were named Joseph and Matilda. Several years earlier, by 1903, a Joseph Brosowsky is noted in Halifax which suggests he was in Canada some time before the rest of the family.

Census 1911 reveals a newborn child Clara and 5 years later another 2 by the names Mary and Joe. In this 1916 census their surname is hard to read! When indexed they are called Brizaski. I myself think the surname written is Brezoski. In this later census you can also find Josie Meier noted as mother.

This obituary lists one Brososky line. Greg Brososky has also given some information at an early stage in my research. For some reason he calls Joseph below Gus instead of Joe.

With much sadness, we announce the passing of Edith Brososky on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Grande Prairie, at the age of 94 years.

Edith was born on November 21, 1918 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. She was one of eight children, one of which was her identical twin. (Elsie)

She married Joseph Brososky in 1938, and together they raised seven children.

She will be sadly missed by her children: Barbara (Rod), Wayne (Carole), Linda (Rick), Pat, Karen (Bruce), Geri (Gerard), and Jan (Rod). Edith is also survived by her sister Glenora, many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband Joseph, six siblings, and her parents.

The Funeral Service was held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Oliver’s Funeral Chapel in Grandet Prairie. Edith was laid to rest next to Joseph at White Mountain Cemetery near Spirit River, AB.

Another obituary concerning Doreen Marie Brososky (daughter of Peter) can be found here (link).

One og the Olson sisters married to a Brososky was Anna Margret born 1910. She and at least her son Alden visited her birth parish in Sweden as well as the related Norwegian family Kolnes around 1970.

Their visit was documented in a parish yearly booklet called Vävtråden. The name of the booklet refers to the web of life as well as the famous hanging tapestry in Överhogdal. A picture of Maria Viktoria standing in front of her house can also be found in this booklet. She was the mother of Anna Margret. The death registration of Anna Margret is also available here.

The following Brososky group picture has been supplied from Kolnes connections. I don't have any info about who is who so please inform me if you know.

Brososky family group

Many of the www search hits you can get in Canada on this surname are connected in some way to this family.

Mordbrand

Innehållet i detta inlägg gäller min fm ff mf far Per Persson. Han är därmed från samma generation i anträdet som den förste Sjöndin. Vid hans död sker en notering i Bjuråkers dödbok F:1 sid.193 enligt bild. 

Bjuråker F:1 sid.19

När jag först såg detta blev jag förvånad då det såg ut som att prästen (eller bokföraren) dömt honom efter hans död. Han hoppas dessutom att hans högsta chef skall sköta bestraffningen. Efter en del hjälp med tolkningen har jag emellertid fått omvärdera detta. 

En textanalys visar att formuleringarna är strikt juridiska vid denna tid. Prickarna visar att delar av det juridiska materialet utelämnats. Ordet förvunnen, som går att finna i gamla lagtexter, skall betyda överbevisad/förklarad skyldig. Men det var tydligen, vad jag kan förstå, inte tillräckligt för att straffa honom. Det är tydligen där “halva skäl” kommer in. 

Om man backar i samma dödbok till tiden för brottet, sid.7, finner man detta.

Bjuråker F:1 sid.7

Här har man i efterhand strukit över wådeld. Detta borde rimligen skett antingen i samband med utslaget i tinget eller vid Pers död. Hoppas återkomma angående tingets noteringar. Dessa finns såvitt jag vet endast i original förvarade i Härnösand.

Ramberg

When looking into Emma Nordquist in US I did not pay much attention to her husband before they met according to US sources. But, since WW1 draft document states Hälsingland as his origin which is a priority area in my research, I felt I should look into his ancestry too. This is what I found after overriding some research obstacles.

Erik Emil Ramberg was born April 19, 1890 in Mörtsjö, Hassela. This means he is also a close neighbour to Sjöndin families. His father was Anders Gustaf Ramberg who originally came from Harmånger (not far away) and married Brita Kajsa Norberg in Hassela. Her Norberg roots can be followed several generations back in the parish.

Emma was born in Söderåsen Bergsjö (next to Hassela) 1894. This means her mother was 44 and her father 58 years which to some degree can explain why censuses 1900 (with 3 children) and 1910 (with 1 child) lists family as “fattighjon i fattiggården” meaning they were pour and needed support from others.

The father of EE above also had a twin brother Clas Erik who lived in Hassela where his two sons, Erik Petrus and Gustav Albert, were born 1885 and 1892. Like EE this two cousins also emigrated, GA 1912 and EP before 1917 when he marries Amanda Norling in Isanti Co.

EE disappears from Hassela 1912 without being registered the normal way and becomes declared as nonexisting 1914. This means he was transported to a special part of th parish register with a note that he probably went to North America. This can also be confirmed in information when arriving to Boston. This states he left Liverpool April 16, 1912 on board the ship Laconia and is heading for Isanti Co.

EE also had a sister Hedda Elisabet born 1895 who also travels the same way the year after. I have not been able to find out what happened to her after reaching Isanti. If we take a step one generation back we find that the father of EE had a sister Anna Margreta born 1849, who marries Lars Fredrik Palm 1880. They emigrate together 1892 and settles in Isanti Co. As far as I can see they got no children.

Regarding GA above one thing is a little puzzling. On his grave stands a shared stone which also contains Mary L (Ramberg) born April 24, 1905 and dead October 14, 1960 (here). Most likely they were married but I've not found any solid proof for this.

The sources used in US are only free ones available through www. This means there can be something wrong with the connections made.But surprisingly often you can find exact dates, several family members, births, places, obituaries and graves which gives you a fairly solid foundation to build connections, especially with not too common surnames. Sometimes you also need some fantasy to find out how names adapts to the new language spoken.

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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Raymetz, Part III

By 1905 the Raymetz family has moved from Texas to Cambridge in Isanti County, Minnesota. Looking into original Minnesota state census document for 1905 can be a little confusing. Firstly the original can be hard to find as they have been indexed as Reymety (by FamilySearch). Secondly due to loss of Elmer name in the original document the following will be wrong. Information about the persons after Walter can be found on the row below. This means that infomation regarding Elmer is present but given to Karen and so on.

The place they choose for the new home is in many ways representative for the way we in Sweden look upon emigration to United States nowadays. Vilhem Moberg with his emigrant novels took his main characters from this area and planted his pictures in the brains of more than one generation. The group leader Per Andersson “Joris-Pelle” from Hassela and some of the group members became models for his books.

Lots of people from Hassela and the surrounding parishes followed this example. The father of Bertha had two married sisters who left Sweden 1869 as a dual family group under their new surnames Ljung (becoming Young) and Brolin (sometimes Broleen). By the time Raymetz arrived only the Young family and the Brolin daughter (married Olson) can be found there. The emigrating Brolincouple themselves are dead and the two sons are “out of sight” meaning they could not be recognized in any register.

At an early stage during the research when the family line was established I got the message below from a contact called JoLeen which by then gave solid proof I was on the right track

I received a call from Elaine (Raymetz) Peterson. She said she found out that her grandmother's maiden name was Brita Stina Sjöndine. Brita Stina (Bertha in America) was married to John Raymetz. She also said that in a family bible the word Franhammer was after Brita Stina's name. They think it might be her birth place in Sweden.

The minor corrections to this are that Franshammar is the birthplace of her father Mats. He moved to Mörtsjön by the time he got married and that's where Brita Stina was born (map here). At least that's what the church record says.

All descendants from John and Bertha seem to remain in the twin cities area for about 50 years. If you are one of them I'll be happy to answer any question I can. Use contact info or comment field.