Den 2015-08-21 kl. 22:15, skrev Jo Ann Croft via: > > I would like to find information on my half-brother's maternal > great-grandparents. His grandfather died young (aged 45) and his > grandmother remarried and seldom spoke of her first husband. > > I have found on ancestry.com a birth for a Carl Bernhard Liljestrale on 17 > Dec 1869 in Allmänna Barnbördshuset, Stockholm, but cannot decipher the > rest of the information. Also I have no way of determining if this is my > "Carl B Lilliestrale". > > He emigrated in 1886 according to the US 1900 census and settled in > Brooklyn, New York where he became a citizen and worked as a letter carrier. EMIBAS: Liljenstråle, Carl Bernhard Skomakare [shoemaker] (unmarried man) b. 17 Dec 1869 in Stockholms stad Emigrated 5 May 1887 from Göteborgs Karl Johan, Göteborgs och Bohus län (Västergötland) to Amerika --------------------- EMIHAN: Surname: LILJENSTRÅLE Given name: C B Age: 20 Sex: M Born: 1866/1867 Parish: Coynty: OA [Göteborg city] Departure port: GÖTEBORG Departure date: 1887-02-11 Destination: NEW YORK Fellows: NEJ [Alone] Source code: 31:93:1914 // Bo Johansson