Frans Edvard Svanström

1865 - 1952  (86 years)

• Name	Frans Edvard Svanström
  Born	25 Feb 1865	Ukna, Kalmar, Sweden
  	Address: Ekevik
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	17 Oct 1883	Törnsfall, Kalmar, Sweden
  Name	Frans Evald Svanström
  Died	31 Jan 1952	Rigagatan, Oscar, Stockholm, Sweden
  Person ID	I1699	Swanstrom
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Karl Johan Svanström,   b. 1 Sep 1823, Gärdserum, Östergötland, Sweden ,   d. 28 Nov 1905, Ukna, Kalmar, Sweden  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Anna Sofia Jaensdotter,   b. 22 Jan 1826, Dalhem, Kalmar, Sweden ,   d. 11 Jan 1910, Ukna, Kalmar, Sweden  (Age 83 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1847	Gärdserum, Östergötland, Sweden
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fredrika Viktoria Svensson,   b. 21 Oct 1867, Gamleby, Kalmar, Sweden ,   d. 19 Feb 1959, Rigagatan, Oscar, Stockholm, Sweden  (Age 91 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1888	Gamleby, Kalmar, Sweden
  Children	1. Filip Edvard Fredrik Svanström,   b. 5 Dec 1888, Gamleby, Kalmar, Sweden ,   d. 10 Oct 1973, Högalid, Stockholm, Sweden  (Age 84 years)   2. Karl Henrik Edvard Svanström,   b. 21 Feb 1891, Gamleby, Kalmar, Sweden ,   d. 9 May 1967, Snörum, Kuddby, Östergötland, Sweden  (Age 76 years)   3. Tore Edvard Svanström,   b. 22 Sep 1898, Gamleby, Kalmar, Sweden ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Birger Edvard Svanström,   b. 1 Apr 1909, Gamleby, Kalmar, Sweden ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elsa Anna Viktoria Svanström,   b. 15 Oct 1910, Gamleby, Kalmar, Sweden ,   d. 1 Mar 2007, Nacka, Stockholm, Sweden  (Age 96 years)
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Elsa, Victoria, Filip and Edvard
  		Elsa to the left, Filip, Victoria, Edvard and Tore
  		Victoria and Edvard
  		Tore, Victoria, Edvard and Elsa

  
  

• Notes

  His great granddaughter Paola Landal wrote (29 March 2017): "My grandmother Elsa Langdal was the youngest child of Edvard and Victoria Svanström and was born, as you found out, in Kalmar län, 1910, in a small town called Gamleby. When she was two years old the whole family moved to Stockholm on horse and cart. As you probably already know Sweden was extremely poor before industrialism, especially people in the countryside. Many people (around one million, 1/5 of the population) moved to the USA and also too capital cities in Sweden to avoid starvation. In Grandma´s family case however, I think Edvard and Victoria moved because they wanted a better life for themselves and their children. Not because they were starving in Gamleby, "Edvard Svanström was a cobbler and in Stockholm he opened a shoemaker in the old town in Stockholm. They found a small apartment in the city and my grandmother described her childhood as happy. Her parents Edvard and Victoria were very kind people I guess, but as in most families, there was a great deal of sorrow and a life characterized by the cruelty of time. "I was often listened to her stories about her brothers Filip and Tore. Unfortunately Tore died when he was only thirtyeight years old of pneumonia. Another brother, Henrik, choose to move back tot he countryside to work on a farm and lost contact with the family. But what really got me interested in their destiny was another brother who my grandmother never spoked about, until she got senile, at the age of 93. Then she suddenly started to talk about Birger, like we all knew him. Who is Birger I asked?  It turned out that she had a brother who only was one year older than her. At this time it was a shame to have a mentally retarded person living at home and I guess that's why she never mentioned him. The most sad thing about this story is that Edvard and Victoria left Birger to a home for the disable. These homes were terrible for the kids and people who lived there at that time and he probably died soon after getting there. "I have always wondered about Birger, if he really existed or just in her mind, and I am greatful that you found out that he did! That he was born 1909 in Gamleby, and died 1919 in Stockholm which was unknown for me until now. Poor Birger." -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Dr[äng] Frans Evald Svanström is shown leaving Ukna from Strömsborg to Törnsfall on 17 October 1883. He is shown arriving in Törnsfall from Ukna on 20 November 1883.