Notes by Judi Clermont, transcriber and member of ISTG
on her immigrant grandparents
Frans Oscar was the son of Gustaf Ericksson and Christine Jonasdotter, born November 4, 1874, in the parish of Furuby, village of Karestad, district of Kronoberg, Sweden. He was the youngest of 6 children, Carl August, DOB Aug. 18, 1859, Otto Lorens (Kjell), DOB Oct. 9, 1861, Johanna Mathilda Gustafsdotter, DOB Dec. 18,1863, Ida Charlotta Gustafsdotter,DOB Mar.9, 1866 and died at the age of 3, Ida Christina Gustafsdotter, DOB July 21, 1870. On April 30, 1881, Carl married Ida Eugenia Johansdotter,Ida's DOB November 1, 1858. They had 11 children. Axel Vilhelm, Elen Maria, Anna Teresia, Carl Gustaf Hugo, Vendia Natalia Jsulina, Knut Edvin, Augusta Othillia, Hildur Matilda, Klas Robert Teodor and two others. Carl's first child was Axel Vilhelm Carlsson. born September 12, 1881. Axel came to America December 11, 1901 and he also changed his name and joined his uncles, Otto and Oscar Leedberg. Axel married Selma Augusta Andersson July 21, 1914 in St. Paul, Minnesota. They had two children, Bernice (Leedberg)Reischel, DOB Jan 17, 1917 and a son Luverne(Lee) William Leedberg, DOB Nov. 21, 1981 (Lee died June 7, 1989). After Selma died Sept. 12, 1923 Axel married Agnes Helen Lind April 1924, they had one son Clyde W. Leedberg. Agnes died 1949. Axel then married Eva M. Random (DOB Jan 19, 1898 and she died Sept. 1972.) Axel died Dec. 23, 1963. Bernice married Charles Reischel on July 24, 1914 they had 7 children. Charles, born 1943, Robert born 1945, Thomas born 1948. Richard born 1952, Joseph born 1954, Mary Lee born 1957 and Laurie Lee born 1959. Luverne (Lee) married Carolyn Hobson in 1948, they had no children. He married Linda Nard in 1984, they were also childless. Axel's younger sister Vendla Natalia Jsulina Carlsdotter came to America in 1905 at the age of 16. She married Axel Gustafson in Ramey County, Minnesota on May 21, 1910. They had 4 children. George Gustafson, DOB 1910 & died 1944, Kenneth Gustafson, died 1946, Ruth Lucille Gustafson, DOB dec. 11, 1922 & died June 21, 1988 and Luverne Gustafson, DOB 1929. In 1879 Otto was a soldier and lived in Karestad where he adopted the name Kjell. He came to American December 24, 1889 as passenger name Otto Lorens Kjell arriving at the port of New York on the SS Servia. On November 20, 1895 Otto Lorens Leedberg married Anna Bertha Johnson, DOB Sept.23, 1874, in Boston, Massachusetts. They had 5 children. Amy Martha Adeline born April 10, 1897 & died April 17, 1949, Edith F. born July 14, 1898 & died Sept. 8, 1979, Ester born July 1899, Oscar (Ray) Richold bornFeb. 16, 1901 and died Jan. 3, 1985, and Arthur. Oscar Ray married Theresa Maiellano, they had 6 children, Maryanne, Raymond, Richard, Robert, Lorraine and Linda. Otto was living in Brockton, Mass when he became a U.S. Citizen on October 16, 1905. Johanna Mathilda married Jonas Emil Ryden in Sweden about 1885. Their first child Hanna Emilia Maria Ryden was born, Dec. 7, 1885 in Sweden. Jonas E. Ryden came to America about August 1887 and resided in Minnesota. Johanna and Hanna joined him about November 1887. They had 12 children and mostly resided near Sturgeon Lake and St. Paul, Minnesota. Christine born Jan. 1888, John born Jan. 1890, Sigrid born Dec. 1891, Herbert born Apr. 1894, Elmer Theodore born June 7, 1896, Per Axel born Sept. 1898, Carl O. Sept. 1899, Jennie born 1901, Brede born 1902, Lillian born 1905 and Norman. Ida Christina Gustafsdotter lived in Vaxjo Parish, Sweden in 1894. We have not further records of her whereabouts. My grandfather, Frans Oscar, married Blenda Ingeborg Andersson October 15, 1910 in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Blenda Ingeborg Andersson came to America on the SS Ivernia arriving in Boston, Mass. on October 18, 1905. They had 12 children. Carl (Clarence) Oscar, Lennart William, Alice Alfhild Engeberg (Harper), George Roland, Ethel Lennia (Morse, Keane), Norman Wesley, Waldo Sidney (my father), Edna Beatrice (Morse), Harry (Mike) Melvin, Chester Gerold, Kenneth Howard, and Greta Maria Dorothy (Daniels). My grandfather died 1956 in North Chelmsford, Mass.
My grandparents immigrant ships are: SS Scythia
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