Hi again! The name of the man who emigrated 1872 was Anders Gustaf Tornblom. Håkan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keisu" <keisu@brutele.be> To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [MIOAKLAN] Tornblom/Nielsen - Holly, MI > Hi Caroline! > > > I had a look in the CD with Swedish emigrants and I think I've found your > family: > > Albertina TÖRNBLOM (with umlaut over the first 'o') - 37 years old from > the city of Karlstad in the county (län) of Värmland. > She left the port of Göteborg 9 May 1874 for Detroit with her children > Anna 4 y.o., Frans 7 y.o., Axel 9 y.o. and Hulda 11 y.o. > > I do not find find any Adolf Gustaf Nilsson Törnblom. But according to the > Declaration of Intent your refer to he seems also to have been know as > 'Anders Gustaf' and I do find this man: > > Anders Gustaf Tornlund (without umlaut) 35 y.o. leaving the county of > Värmland (no parish noted) on April 12 1872. Destination: New York. > > I hope this will help! > > > /Håkan > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Caroline Landrum" <caroline_landrum@yahoo.com> > To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:30 PM > Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Tornblom/Nielsen - Holly, MI > > > > My great-grandfather, Adolphus Gustav Nielson, was born 31 Mar 1835 in > Stockholm, Sweden. He immigrated to Michigan (I don't know by what ship or > by what route) and settled in Holly. It has been handed down through the > family that he changed his name to Tornblom after he learned his trade of > tailoring. I do not know if that was before he immigrated or after. I do > know that his wife, Albertina Peterson Tornblom (born 28 Dec 1837 in Sweden) > immigrated about a year later with 3-5 of their children. I think one child > may have been born/died in crossing. My grandfather, Albert Tornblom was > born 24 April 1875 in Holly. The first child born in the US. Other > children were born later, some of whom may also have been born in Holly, and > probably were. I also have the following Naturalization information that I > have not followed up on: > > > > > > 1. Ruth Kennedy, editor, Naturalization Records for Oakland County, > Michigan, 1827-1906 (Oakland County. Genealogical Society, 1985.), 5 Jan > 2001, Email Correspondence. > > > > Mary Hosteny, ChBelinda@cs.com, February 5, 2001, email correspondence. > > > > "TORNBLOM, Anders Gustaf filed Declaration of Intent on 17 Apr 1880 > (4:152)d > > > > SWE > > > > The numbers in parentheses are courthouse liber and page number. > > > > d = declaration of intent. > > > > (never completed naturalization records) > > > > Source: NATURALIZATION RECORDS FOR OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN, 1827-1906. > > > > Pub. by the Oakland Co. Gen. Society, Ruth Kennedy, editor, 1985." > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me what other information might I obtain from looking at > the Declaration of Intent? > > > > Does anyone know how I might find out 1) when/where he changed his name? > 2) how he came to the US? 3) how he might have ended up in Holly? 4) where > in Holly he lived? (I suspect that he may not have owned a house) 5) where > his tailoring business might have been? 6) how long he may have lived in > Holly? > > > > > > > > My grandfather moved to Lansing at some point in his life, met his wife > there, and that is where my mother was born. At some point Adolphus and > Albertina separated, although I do not think that they divorced, due tu > Adolphus' alcholism, according to my mother. She remembered their separate > visits to her home when she was young. > > > > > > > > An interesting side story: Their (Alolphus and Albertina) eldest > daughter, Hulda Eugenia, married Robert H. Benjamin, the original blacksmith > on Mackinac Island. The Benjamin family still owns property and stores on > the Island. > > > > > > > > Caroline Landrum > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Snowpeople fall from Heaven unassembled. > > > > Reply address: > > caroline_landrum@alum.emory.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > > You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >