This one has the right names and age in this transcript of the port records. I don't see him in any other emigration records, though. Efternamn: WENNERBERG Förnamn: GUSTAF Ålder: 34 Kön: M Född: 1838/1839 Församling: Län: OA Titel/Anm: Utresehamn: GÖTEBORG Utvandrdag: 1873 11 07 Destination: CHICAGO Medåkande: NEJ Källkod: 7:721:9872 Martin Annette Bowen skrev 2012-10-22 18:05: > I am wondering if it is possible to find this man in Sweden with the > limited information I have found. I have always known a starting > location when looking for my Swedish ancestors and have no idea how to > start looking for this man. > > My father’s great-aunt Martha Sørensdatter was born in Norway on 31 > July 1834 and immigrated to Chicago in 1869 as a single woman. > Sometime between 1870 and 1880 Martha married a cabinet maker named > Gustav Wennerberg (called Vandermark in the 1880 census). Martha > was a widow by 1900. I found Gustav Wennerberg, cabinet maker, in > Chicago City Directories in 1893-1895, and Martha as widow of Gustav > at the same address in 1897 and 1899. Gustaf Wennerberg’s death > certificate says he died June 8, 1895, age 55 years 7 months 15 days. > He was born in Sweden and had resided in Illinois for 25 years. The > only other reference I have found that may be this man is G. > Wennerberg as a witness to the marriage of John Peter Bergquist to > Elin Carina Sorenson at Saint Ansgarius Episcopal Church in Chicago on > 26 Aug 1870. Elin Carina is likely Martha’s sister who also > immigrated in 1869. > > Thank you for any suggestions. > > Annette > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >