/Dear Dick, Lilly, Mary, Robert and all the rest of you dedicated genealogists researching Cook county databases,/ Please see below. I have now decided to continue my research into the life and whereabouts of my great-grandmother Signe (Ottilia/Otilia) OSTBERG (ÖSTBERG/MELIN), from the time between 1922 and 1933. That is, it seems as after Signe had married one Nils MELIN in 1922 (as you correctly write about; see below), she left him sometime probably around 1924 or 1925 and might have moved to Chicago. She then might have met a man named Herman CARLSON/CARLSSON/KARLSSON) and might have married him there, and perhaps also had had at least one baby (Ruth?). Then she probably left also Herman (if that name is correct) and finally met one Eugene SCHWARM, whom she married in 1933 and stayed with for the rest of her life (she passed away in 1984, I think). So, even though this looks quite tangled up to say the least (or rather just /because /it is so complicated!), I would be extremely grateful for any help that you could provide me with in finding out more about my great-grandmother Signe's life between 1922 and 1933 in US. /All the best; Kind regards, Joakim Rådström, SWEDEN/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joakim Rådström skrev 2011-03-24 21:14: > Dear all, > > Thank you for your fantastic help! You have been so dedicated in this, > and your knowledge of US genealogy databases and where to turn for > information now seems to have given me at least one more (living) > American relative. > > All the best - and once again "tack så mycket!" > from Joakim in Sweden > > > > Dick Tague skrev 2011-03-24 19:42: >> Pretty good finds of yours also Mary. Ya'll know the Cook co. is a great >> list save for the certain few who continually violate the community >> guidelines. Dick >> May you live to be a hundred with an extra year to repent ! (Irish proverb) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mary Snow"<marysnow@bellsouth.net> >> To:<cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Looking for information on Signe (Ottilia/Otilia) >> OSTBERG (ÖSTBERG/MELIN), between 1922 and 1933 >> >> >> Terrific website, Robert! >> >> Joakim, you can use google.com to find more information. Other people >> have researched Signe. Search for Ernest Schwarm and/or Signe Ostberg. >> The family moved to Oregon in 1945. Included in the information found: >> >> http://genforum.genealogy.com/il/messages/47376.html >> Signe Carlson married Ernest R. Schwarm 23 Feb 1933 Chicago, IL >> Signe O Ostberg married Nils G. Melin on 12/9/1922 Hennepin Co. MN >> >> Marriage record for Ernest and Signe at: >> http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com >> >> Son Duane, who died in 2010 in Oregon, was born in Chicago in December, >> 1933. His obituary sent to your email. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email toCOOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> __________ Information från ESET Smart Security, version av virussignaturdatabas 5983 (20110324) __________ >> >> Meddelandet har kontrollerats av ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.esetscandinavia.com >> >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> Subject: Looking for information on Signe (Ottilia/Otilia) OSTBERG >> (ÖSTBERG/MELIN), between 1922 and 1933 >> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:47:24 +0100 >> From: Joakim Rådström <freelance@joakimradstrom.com> >> To: COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com >> >> >> >> /Dear fellow Cook County genealogists,/ >> >> I am a Swedish guy looking for information on my great-grandmother >> Signe Ottilia/Otilia SCHWARM, born May 1, 1902, deceased September >> 1985 in Portland, OR. We know about Signe's history between 1933 >> (when she married Eugene SCHWARM) until her death, but not about her >> whereabouts and possible marriages/children between 1922 (when she >> arrived in US) and 1933. >> >> Signe was born ÖSTBERG (American spelling OSTBERG), and emigrated >> from Sweden to US in 1922. She possibly left for USA with Nils Gustaf >> (or Fritz) MELIN (possible US spelling MALINE or similar). >> >> According to the Ellis Island ship records, Signe's destination was >> the town CHRISTINE, ND., where Nils Gustaf's (Fritz's) mother, Hulda >> MELIN, lived. Nils Gustaf's (Fritz's) listed his nearest relative in >> Sweden according to the ship records as his aunt, Karin MELIN, who >> lived at Folkungagatan 18 B in STOCKHOLM. >> >> The above findings have made me wonder whether Signe first settled >> with Nils Gustaf or Fritz MELIN/MALINE, and even married him, or if >> she went on from North Dakota to for instance Illinois (which some >> people have guessed, and which is the reason to why I joined this >> list) and from there to Oregon, where she finally met with her >> husband-to-be Eugene. >> >> I am extremely grateful for every kind of information that can shed >> some light on Signe's life during this period. >> >> >> /Very best regards,/ >> >> Joakim Rådström >> Stockholm, SWEDEN >> >> >> >> *Background information: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death >> Record for **Signe Schwarm* >> >> Name: Signe Schwarm >> Date of Birth: Thursday May 01, 1902 >> Date of Death: September 1985 >> Est. Age at death: 83 years, 4 months >> Last known residence: >> City: Portland; Parkrose >> County: Multnomah >> State: Oregon >> ZIP Code: 97230 >> Latitude: 45.5423 >> Longitude: -122.5001 >> >> Social Security details: >> State of Issue: Oregon >> Number: 543-62-5385