Monday, February 6, 2012

The Qvarnström and Larsson families come to America



The departure record for the August LARSSON family, on the ship Juno, leaving Göteberg, Sweden for Hull, England, and the United States, 3 July 1885.

The Juno, one of the ships of the Wilson Line. Image from Norway-Heritage.

August LARSON was born 25 April 1855 in Sweden. He married Anna Evelina QVARNSTRÖM 7 October 1876 in Venjan församling, Kopparbergs län (now Dalarna län); she had been born 24 September 1854 in Kopparbergs län. She died in 1921 and he in 1926, both in Minnesota.

Traveling with them to Thomson, Minnesota were their daughters Hilma Evelina (1877-1936), Anna Eleanora (1879-bef. 1900), Emma Christina (1881- bet.1921-24), and Frida Eugenia (1883- bet.1905-1926).