Laila,
I am putting together a write-up some relatives.
About Ivar Långström, I say he took the river Glomma to Fredrikstad to work in the brick factory.
I am not sure that is right, but with some reseach I think that is how he arrived there.
Would you know about this?
This is not done yet but would like to know about the way he got to Norway.
The pics will be in the text, but the web site makes it harder to do that so for now I just have the pics and they will be at the end of the
write-up.
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Ivar Olsson Långström
was born on May 8, 1825 on a farm named Snoveröd in the parish of Naverstad in
the Bullaren area of Sweden. Ivar had 8
brothers and sisters. He married Anna Maja Olofsdotter the eldest daughter of
Olof & Eva Andersson. He eventually moved on to her fathers farm named Häljebo.
He farmed there for a while but the farm was to small to support a
family. During this time he also was a sheep handler.
He and his sons would buy sheep on the way to Göteborg and sell them when
they arrived there. Later in his life he worked in a brick factory named Narnte
in Fredriksburg Norway to support his family. Ivar took a boat on the Glomma
river to the brick factory Narnte in Fredrikstad Norway.
He died on September 9, 1898 at the age of 73 while working in Norway at
the Narnte brick factory. Two of Ivar’s
sons, Carl Johan and Gustaf, went to America. Carl never married and was a
painter. Gustaf married Emilia Andersson
and there are many descendants of Gustaf & Emilia in America.
The other son, Axel Långström moved to Norway and has many descendants
living there. Ivar Långström & his family
moved from Häljebo, where all of his children were born, to another farm named
Deleshagen. In 1894 the family moved to Gottersröd and before that all three
sons have left for the US, Karl Johan February 12, 1892, Gustaf January 20, 1893
and Axel December 23, 1893. (Axel eventually moved to Norway, and I am not sure
he ever went to the USA) After Ivars
death in Norway in 1898, Anna Maja lived at Gottersröd until about 1930.
Then she, Mathilda & Harry moved to Mo sockenstuga by the Mo Church.
They lived there until about 1936 when they moved to the house that Harry
built at Tveten. Ivar's wife Anna Maja
Olofsdotter, had a brother Carl Johan (Olofsson) Holmberg who stayed in Sweden,
and another brother Fredrick Olofsson
stayed in Sweden. The other brothers
Anders, Alfred, and Otto all went to America. The brothers that went to America
all changed their name to Holm. There are many Holms living in America.
Note, The descendants of Ivar Långströms brother Michael Långström, still
farm at Snoveröd today. It is a farm about 500 American acres, and they grow
grain on half of it and timber on half.
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I took the people out of the pics of Snoveröd and Häljebo...........
Let me know what you think................ jlongstrom@cox.net
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Laila, click on the thumbnail, and then just hit the back
button when done looking.
Maybe you should print or save on your computer if you want them. Jerry
John a Hanson boarder, 1930
John Hanson boarder 1900
Carlson home where John is lodger 1900
John Hanson married