Help finding where born in Sweden?
I only have access to riksarkivet not the the other archive site. From U.S. records I have name of son, Joseph B Seabloom born 14 Nov 1901. Father Oscar Seabloom. Mother Anna Steinnar born 1873. All born in Sweden. If any record for this family can be found easily to get me started much appreciated. With county and parishes unknown if not easy to find please don't worry. Thanks much. Deniese
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Have you been able to locate the name of the place in Sweden at all, or just Sweden? Have you looked for naturalization papers, passenger list, and obituaries for Joseph and his parents? All of these are possible places where the specific location in Sweden could be mentioned. If you can give more details about where they lived, I can give tips on where to locate these types of records if needed.
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I have read the naturalization papers and state death records and census. So far Sweden is all I have found. Settled in state of Washington. I have found other users with family of Seabloom name that are listed as arriving thru Canada. I may be mistaken but I thought from 1880 forward the archive records, the one you have to have a subscription to, had the household records indexed. Any suggestions I will try. Thanks.
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The household books are also on FamilySearch. You can search them here:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2790465
They are also on MyHeritage to which I have a subscription and you can search on an exact date there, but when I did a quick search there was no Joseph of any surname born on that date that came up, nor anyone with a similar name to Joseph, nor even a child born on that date to an Oscar and Anna that was remotely close. I also tried searching 14 Nov 1900 and 14 Nov 1902 as sometimes the year can be a little off. You can certainly try more searches and see if you come up with any good possibilities.
You might still need a more specific place of origin to identify him, however. I have seen those on obituaries and passenger lists. Another possibility is church records in the town where they lived, particularly if they attended a Swedish Lutheran Church, which many did when they immigrated. I have seen a hometown on marriage records or the town of birth of parents on a child christening. Some of the church records are on Ancestry or FamilySearch, some you can get through the church itself.
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I'm also surprised that you didn't find a more specific place of origin on naturalization papers because post-1906 it was part of the law to put more specific information on those documents than just the country. Before 1906 it's common to just get a country name. Usually there are the final naturalization papers where they received citizenship, as well as declaration of intent. Sometimes one of those will be more specific than the other one.
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Thank you for looking. I have found some info but still searching. Coming together a piece at a time. Deniese
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Our Family History Center is already open and I searched your family from ArkivDigital indexed records. I could not found any match. Seabloom is not a Swedish name, direct translation is sjöblomma or havblomma (ether one not used), it could have been Sjöblom in Sweden. In 1910 US census name is Sablom, so name Sjöblom or Säblom is a good possibility. But still no matches in indexed house hold records, emigration, birth or marriage records (indexed births and marriages contain only part of Sweden).
Also Steinnar is not a name used in Sweden. Steinar is an old male first name.
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Hi @Deniese Drake ,
I did a some digging on this and found a possible match. I looked up Anna on the 1910 U.S. Census in Breckon, WA. This census tells some important clues. Anna is listed as Seblom (indexed wrong in Ancestry as Soblom). The immigration shows 1906 but in looking at the birthplaces of the children, Joseph was born in Sweden in 1901 and Wendall was born in Canada in 1904. So it would seem the immigration in 1906 was from Canada to the United States. The emigration leaving Sweden should be between 1901 - 1904 assuming the information in one census alone is accurate. In looking at the Swedish Emigration Records, 1783 - 1951 database on Ancestry there is a Oskar Sjöblom (which translates nicely from Seblom or Seablom) who was born about 1900 that emigrated from Sweden with his mother Anna Sjöblom in 1903 to Halifax, Canada. They left from the port of Göteborg so I looked in the Gothenburg, Sweden Passenger lists on Ancestry. This shows an Anna Sjöblom (29 years old in 1903 = est. birth 1874) with 3 sons emigrating, John (5 years old est. birth 1898), Oscar (3 years old est. birth 1900), and Bror (1 year old, est. birth 1902). This says they left from Jörn parish in Västerbotten County. I looked in Riksarkivet and found them in the congregation record. This shows the father is Johan Rudolf Sjöblom (not Oscar) but I question the U.S. sources that said his name should be Oscar). What source in the U.S. says the fathers name was Oscar? If this is them, the father is never on a U.S. Census because he emigrated in 1902 and died before 1910. The mothers name is listed as Anna Charlotta Stenman (which could have evolved into Steinnar by people who didn't really know). Anna Stenman was born 31 Dec. 1873. See the family in Riksarkivet at https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/00200147_00283. This shows the father emigrated in 1902 and the wife and 3 sons emigrated in 1903. The record shows the 3 sons born in Sweden as John (b. looks like 1892 but I think he meant 1897), Oskar (b. 1899), and Bror (1901). I'm not sure why Bror Joel would have changed his name to Joseph except that culturally Bror maybe didn't fit well over here. I found the family on the previous household examination record, see https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0013606_00455.
I think it fits well with the family in 1910 but would still look at other sources.
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Heidi thanks so much for your search. This family sure has a lot of interesting oddities. So grateful for help from the community. Deniese
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I think Morris has found your family.
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Morris, thank you so much for digging for me. I did find some of what you found but not knowing enough about meanings and translations of names I was not sure about any of it. I will look at links you provided. I had not seen house record with son Bror which would have been a complete blank for me. Also did not see emigration dates for father and then for family. My sheet of paper has lines going all directions. Thank you again. Deniese
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Yes. I think so too.☺
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The son Joseph's death/burial record for state of Washington gives father as Oscar Seabloom. The 2nd son, Oscar has father's middle name of Rudolf so maybe the father being called Oscar was an error by recorder in immigration. One little help please. Could you take a look at son john and tell me his middle names? Thank you. Deniese
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John Brynolf Egidius
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Thank you Heidi. I figured out the two marriages so the note makes sense. Appreciate the translation.
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