I need help with Time Line of John Vilhelm
John Vilhelm was born 22 February 1888 in Julita. I have found his birth record but the last column I don't understand what it means. His mother is shown as living in another place at the time of his birth. It looks like Hvilsta, Klosters fors. I have not been able to find her.
He is shown living with his grandparents until his death is in 1889.
Part of what is confusing is the fact that his mother - Johanna Sofia Löthman is shown as moving to North America 13 September 1887. I can't find her coming back to Sweden to have this baby just a few months later. I am hoping to fill in the holes.
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The last column in the birth record of John Vilhelm reads: Födelse och dopattest avsänd till Past[ors] Emb[ete] i Kloster d[en] 16 Apr 1888, meaning: Birth and baptismal certificate sent to the pastor's office in Kloster on 16 Apr 1888 (the home parish of the mother).
In the entry for John Vilhelm in the household examination book the remark in the next to last column is: Modern Joha. Sofia Löthman i Amerika. = The mother Johanna Sofia Löthman in America. So she seems to be living in America when her son dies in 1889. Note that the moving remark in the houshold examination book for Hwilsta (now spelled Vilsta) and the corresponding entry in the moving registry (https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/F0002960_00090) give only the date of application, not the actual travel date. So it seems that she stayed with her parents in Julita until the birth of her son and left for North America first after.
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Thank you. Did the application for moving take a long time?
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I found Sofia Löthman on a passenger list for transfer from Göteborg to New York via Copenhagen on 4 June 1888: https://www.ancestry.de/sharing/29896002?h=22c834
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This is amazing to have to have actual document. Hopefully this will help me find her entering America.
Thank you
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On Ancestry I found the following documents for Johanna Sofia Löthman:
Arrival to the port of New York on 22 June 1888 on SS Thingvalla:
Marriage record of 23 Dec 1888 Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church New York City:
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Thank you! You have just helped me complete the missing holes. Now I can put everyone together. This is exciting!!
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You're welcome. Glad I could support you in your research.
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