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Category: Landstrom Family History

• Genealogy Landstrom Family History

  Linking Landstroms

  I gathered eight Landstrom-related certificates during my recent library lock-in; six death certificates and two marriage certificates. I worked my way through the death certificates in chronological order: Gustaf Adolf Landstrom 1855-1890, Oscar Frederick Landstrom 1870-1913, John Peter Landstrom 1824-1914, Kenneth F Landstrom 1908-1914, Charles Werner Landstrom 1863-1935, and Olive…

  October 5, 2024
• Genealogy Landstrom Family History Tolf Family History

  Looking for Landstroms

  One of the death records on my to-do list for the library lock-in was for the wife of my 3rd great-uncle Johan Willhelm Landstrom. Olivia Carolina Wind is special to me because decades ago I connected with a mutual cousin of ours in Sweden. Lars Wind and I formed a…

  September 30, 2024
• Genealogy Landstrom Family History Mueller Family History Schmitt Family History Tolf Family History

  A Week of Ancestors 5/12

  May 12 to May 18 BIRTHS: Although there are a number of births on this week’s calendar, the name that caught my eye first was that of John Nicholas Schmitt. Six years older than my great-great grandmother Elisa, big brother John was born in Hellimer, Moselle, France on the 16th…

  May 12, 2024
• Genealogy Landstrom Family History Mangels Family History Schmitt Family History Tønnesson Family History Thompson Family History Tolf Family History

  A Week of Ancestors

  April 14-20 BIRTHS: 200 years ago this week, my 3rd great grandfather Johan Peter Landström was born in Göteryd parish in Kronoberg, Sweden. He was the sixth-born child of a master blacksmith (mäster smed) and as a young man became a blacksmith himself. Johan raised six sons, most of whom…

  April 14, 2024