Wordless Wednesday: Edward and Ellen (Dahlquist) Anderson, September 1950

Tuesday's Tip: Swedish-American Newspapers

The Minnesota Historical Society provides access to 28 Swedish-American newspapers published between 1859 and 2007. These newspapers were published for the Swedish immigrant communities. More than 300,000 digitized pages are available for searching and browsing. There is a text correction tool that you can use to correct mistakes. There is also a user annotation tool, which can be used to add comments and tags.

I found some interesting things in this collection. My ancestors attended the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Chicago, and news from the church was published. My great-grandfather Edward Theodore Anderson and his brother-in-law Carl Dahlquist were elected to serve as deacons. My 2nd-great-grandfather C. J. Dahlquist (Carl's father) was in the Anti-Saloon League (something that I was previously unaware of).

Svenska Amerikanaren, 18 January 1917, page 15

I found a death notice for C. J. Dahlquist's son Martin L. Dahlquist.

Svenska Tribunen-Nyheter, 6 August 1919, page 12

C. J. Dahlquist's brother Frank A. Shirlander and his wife were attacked by a former employee in 1905. The incident was reported in two Swedish-American newspapers.

Svenska Amerikanaren, 30 May 1905, page 11

Svenska Tribunen, 31 May 1905, page 11

If you have Swedish ancestors who immigrated to the United States, this collection is worth a look. The collection can be accessed at http://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/swedishamerican.

Those Places Thursday: 425 25th Street, Chicago, Illinois

130 years ago today, on 8 September 1886, my great-grandmother Ellen Victoria Dahlquist was born at the residence of her parents Carl Johan (or Charles John) and Mary (or Marie) Louise (Borg) Dahlquist.

Return of a Birth, Ellen Dahlquist. State of Illinois, Cook County. No. 115239, dated 7 October 1886.

The family lived at 425 25th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, in the 5th Ward.

Lakeside Directory of Chicago, 1886. Fold3.

The following map shows the neighborhood that the Dahlquist family lived in in 1886.

Portion of Rand McNally and Company. Map showing the boulevards and park system and twelve miles of lake frontage of the city of Chicago. Chicago, Ill.: Rand, McNally & Company, 1886. Detached from: Glossop, Frank. Glossop's street guide, strangers' directory and hotel manual of Chicago. 10th ed. Chicago: [Frank Glossop], 1886.  Public domain. Available from Chicago Historical Society and Wikimedia Commons.

The family did not live at 425 25th Street for long. In 1887, they moved to another residence in the neighborhood, 373 24th.

Wordless Wednesday: Ellen Victoria Dahlquist, 1906

Treasure Chest Thursday: Ellen Victoria (Dahlquist) Anderson's Daily Planner

I have a daily planner book that belonged to my great-grandmother Ellen Victoria (Dahlquist) Anderson. Rather than recording appointments, she used it to record the dates of family births, marriages, and deaths. Although the planner is dated 1967, events from before and after 1967 were recorded. Some of the information I found in it was new to me.

Tombstone Tuesday: Carl Anderson Dahlquist

Photo by Mary Dutcher - Find A Grave contributor

Carl Anderson Dahlquist was born on 29 May 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Carl Frederick Dahlquist and Minnie Anderson. He married Marjorie Buell, and they had two sons. He was a veterinarian in LaGrange, Cook County, Illinois. He died on 19 September 2005 and was buried in Plainville Cemetery in Plainville, Adams County, Wisconsin.

Carl was my first cousin twice removed. His paternal grandparents were my 2nd-great-grandparents Carl Johan/Charles John Dahlquist and Mary/Marie Louise Borg.

Sympathy Saturday: Martin Luther Dahlquist

Martin Luther Dahlquist was the son of my 2nd-great-grandparents Carl Johan/Charles John Dahlquist and Mary/Marie Louise Borg. He was born on 22 February 1891 in Chicago, Illinois. He worked as a shoe salesman in his father's store. He married Grace Victoria Anderson on 16 May 1917 in Chicago.

Martin died far too young. When he was only 28 years old, his appendix ruptured. He had surgery at Englewood Hospital, but he did not survive. He died at the hospital on 30 July 1919. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery on 2 August 1919.

Martin never knew his only child. His wife Grace was pregnant at the time of his death. Their daughter Harriet was born almost two weeks after he died.

Englewood Times, 1 August 1919, page 8

Chicago Tribune, 1 August 1919, page 15

Illinois. Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics. Certificate of death no. 21260, Martin L. Dahlquist, 1919.

Travel Tuesday: Visiting Relatives in Indiana

Vidette-Messenger, 29 May 1931, page 4

On 27 May 1931, Marie Louise (Borg) Dahlquist, her daughter Juliet (Dahlquist) Gilbert, her son-in-law Fritz Arthur Gilbert, and her granddaughters Lois and Joyce Gilbert traveled from Chicago, Illinois to Porter County, Indiana. They visited Marie's sister Clara Matilda (Borg) Samuelson and brother-in-law Nels A. Samuelson. They also visited Marie's brother Alfred Borg and sister-in-law Emily (Chellberg) Borg.

Talented Tuesday: Harriet Dahlquist

Southtown Economist, 17 October 1943, page 2

My first cousin twice removed Harriet Dahlquist studied organ in 1943, so that she could become an organist at Foster Park Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois.

Shopping Saturday: C. J. Dahlquist's Shoe Shop

My 2nd-great-grandfather Carl Johan/Charles John Dahlquist was a shoe dealer. In 1895, he went into business with Axel Swenson. Their shoe shop, called Swenson & Dahlquist, was located at 6031 State Street, Chicago, Illinois. By 1902, the store had moved to 511 W. 63rd Street, Chicago. It was located in the Englewood neighborhood.

Englewood Times, 10 March 1905, page 1

 Englewood Times, 15 September 1905, page 2

 Englewood Times, 29 September 1905, page 1

In 1906,  Axel Swenson sold his share of the business to Swan J. Burkdahl, and the store's name was changed to Burkdahl & Dahlquist.

Englewood Times, 9 March 1906, page 8

A surgical chiropodist was available at the store from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

 Englewood Times, 21 June 1907, page 1

By 1909, the store was called Dahlquist & Son. The store remained at the same location, but after Chicago's streets were renumbered, the address changed to 409 W. 63rd Street. He worked with his older son Carl Frederick Dahlquist until 1917, when Carl Frederick began working as a contractor. His younger son Martin Luther Dahlquist also worked at the shoe store.

 Englewood Times, 13 May 1910, page 1

Chicago Tribune, 29 September 1912, page 6

 Englewood Times, 14 May 1915, page 9

Englewood Times, 18 June 1915, page 11

Englewood Times, 14 April 1916, page 1

 Englewood Times, 8 September 1916, page 1

 Englewood Times, 24 November 1916, page 1

Englewood Times, 15 December 1916, page 1

In 1918, the shop displayed some World War I souvenirs in its window. They were provided by Corporal Walter D. North, who had attended Englewood High School.

Englewood Times, 29 November 1918, page 1

On 30 July 1919, Martin Luther Dahlquist died as a result of a ruptured appendix. Not long afterward, C. J. Dahlquist sold his shoe business.

 Englewood Times, 29 August 1919, page 1

Englewood Times, 12 September 1919, page 8

Peter P. Hokamp purchased the shoe business, and the store reopened on October 4, 1919.

Englewood Times, 3 October 1919, page 8

Although he had sold his shoe business, C. J. Dahlquist continued working at the store.

Englewood Times, 24 June, 1921, page 1

Wedding Wednesday: Two Announcements (One Incorrect, One Correct)

When the announcement of the marriage of my great-grandparents Edward Theodore Anderson and Ellen Victoria Dahlquist was published in the 24 June 1910 issue of the Chicago, Illinois newspaper Englewood Times, it contained many mistakes. The groom's surname and house number, the bride's father's first initial, and their honeymoon destination were incorrect. I wonder how so many mistakes were made. Maybe whoever took down the information had terrible handwriting.

Englewood Times, 24 June 1910, page 1

A corrected version of the announcement was published in the 1 July 1910 issue of the Englewood Times. The families may have wanted the announcement to be published again with the correct information.

Englewood Times, 1 July 1910, page 1

52 Ancestors: Week 46 "Changes": C. J. Dahlquist

My 2nd-great-grandfather Carl Johan/Charles John Dahlquist went through many changes during his lifetime, including his name, his country of residence, his citizenship, and his business partners.

Carl Johan was born on 13 June 1862 in Kinneved, Skaraborg, Västergötland, Sweden, and was baptized on 15 June 1862. He was the son of Johannes Christiansson and Maria Christina Jonsdotter.

Birth/baptism record for Carl Johan, 1862. Kinneved C:3 (1851-1885) Image 45 (AID: v55921.b45, NAD: SE/GLA/13283), image 45.

On 23 September 1881, he left Gothenburg, Sweden on the Orlando. By this time, he was using the name C. J. Dahlqvist.

C. J. Dahlqvist. Orlando passenger list. Gothenburg, Sweden. 23 September 1881. Ancestry.com. Gothenburg, Sweden, Passenger Lists, 1869-1951 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Göteborgs Poliskammare, EIX 1-143, 1869–1950. Landsarkivet i Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden. 

On the Orlando, he sailed to Hull, England. The articles Migration from Northern Europe to America via the Port of Hull, 1848-1914 and Conditions for Emigrants on the Voyage from Gothenburg to Hull provide insight regarding his experience. According to the Orlando passenger list, his final destination was New York, but he settled in Chicago, Illinois. In the United States, he was known as Charles John Dahlquist.

In 1882, his younger brother Frans August Johanson left Sweden for Chicago. By 1889, he had changed his name to Frank A. Shirlander. The oldest brother, Alfrid, remained in Sweden. He took his father's patronymic as his surname and was known as Alfrid Kristiansson. Three brothers, three different surnames!

On 20 December 1885, he married Marie (or Mary) Louise Borg at the Swedish Lutheran Church in Baillytown, Porter County, Indiana.

Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDHQ-35C), Charles J. Dahlquist and Mary Clara Borg, 20 Dec 1885; citing Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,686,157. Mary's middle name is incorrect on the document. Note that when Rev. A. Challman filled out the form, he gave her name as Mary L. Borg. 

Charles and Marie lived in Chicago after their marriage.Their first child, my great-grandmother Ellen Victoria Dahlquist, was born on 8 September 1886. Their second child and first son, Carl Frederick Dahlquist, was born on 10 January 1888.

Charles was naturalized on 28 August 1888.

Charles J. J. Dahlquist naturalization, 28 August 1888. Superior Court, Cook County, Illinois. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950 (M1285); Microfilm Serial: M1285; Microfilm Roll: 44. Ancestry.com. U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 

Charles and Marie had two more children: Martin Luther Dahlquist (born 22 February 1891), and Juliet Caroline Marie Dahlquist (born 14 July 1896).

In 1900, the Dahlquist family lived at 6031 State Street, Chicago, Illinois. They had moved to 6311 Eggleston Avenue, Chicago by 1910. On 27 September 1911, my paternal grandmother Helen Martha Marie Anderson was born; Charles and Marie became grandparents.

Charles worked as a shoe dealer.  He went into business with Axel E. Swanson in 1895. Their store was located at 6031 State Street, Chicago, Illinois. The store had moved to 511 W. 63rd Street by 1902. By 1906 he and Swan J. Burkdahl had gone into business together. The store remained at the same location, but was called Burkdahl & Dahlquist. By 1909, the store was called Dahlquist & Son. He worked with his son Carl Frederick Dahlquist. After Chicago's streets were renumbered, the address changed to 409 W. 63rd Street.

 Chicago Tribune, 29 September 1912

On 30 July 1919, Charles' son Martin Luther Dahlquist died after his appendix ruptured. Martin's only child, his daughter Harriet Grace Dahlquist, had been born nine days earlier.

By 1923, Charles was working as a salesman for Peter P. Hokamp, a chiropodist.

Polk's Chicago Directory 1923. Chicago, IL: R. L. Polk & Co., 1923. Page 1176. Available from Fold3.

By 1930, Charles and Marie were living in the home of their daughter Juliet and her husband, Fritz Arthur Gilbert, on 509 W. 61st Place, Chicago. They were still living there in 1940.

Charles died in Chicago on 14 September 1942. His funeral was held at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church on 17 September 1942. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

State of Illinois, Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics. Certificate of death, Charles J. Dahlquist. 14 September 1942.

Chicago Tribune, 15 September 1942, page 22

Marie and Charles Dahlquist

52 Ancestors: Week 31 "Easy": Marie Louise Borg

My 2nd-great-grandmother Marie Louise Borg has been pretty easy to research. Her name and correct dates of birth are listed in my father's baby book. My father remembered her, and told me that he knew her as "Denny." A family photograph of the Borg family is clearly labeled on the back; it lists the names of everyone in the picture, and includes the married names of the Borg daughters. I have located her in every census except 1870.

Marie (also known as Mary) Louise Borg was born on 13 January 1864 in Porter County, Indiana. She was the daughter of John (Johannes) Borg and Johanna Carolina Samuelson, who had emigrated from Västra Harg,Östergötland, Sweden in the 1850s. She grew up as part of a large family (she was the third of eleven children). I have several family photos of the house that the Borg family lived in, which was located in the Swedish community of Baillytown.

In 1880, Marie was keeping house for her uncle Samuel August Samuelson in Westchester Township, Porter County. His wife had died, and he had five young children to take care of. His 70-year-old mother-in-law lived with the family as well. On 20 December 1885, Marie married Charles John Dahlquist, a Swedish immigrant from Kinneved, Västra Götaland, Sweden. He lived in Chicago, Illinois and worked  as a shoe dealer. They married at the Swedish Lutheran Church in Baillytown, Porter County, Indiana. Reverend A. Challman solemnized the marriage. I was fortunate to find their marriage announcement from the Chesterton Tribune transcribed on the Porter County, Indiana message board. I later located the original record.

After her marriage, Marie moved to Chicago to live with her husband. Their first child, my great-grandmother Ellen Victoria Dahlquist, was born on 8 September 1886. They had three more children: Carl Frederick Dahlquist (born 10 January 1888), Martin Luther Dahlquist (born 22 February 1891), and Juliet Caroline Marie Dahlquist (born 14 July 1896).

In 1900, the family lived at 6031 State Street, Chicago, Illinois. By 1910, they had moved to 6311 Eggleston Avenue in Chicago. Marie and Charles became grandparents on 27 September 1911, when my paternal grandmother Helen Martha Marie Anderson was born. Helen's two middle names were the names of her grandmothers.

On 30 July 1919, Marie lost her son Martin Luther after his appendix ruptured. His only child and her sixth grandchild had been born nine days earlier.

By 1930, Marie and Charles were living on 509 W. 61st Place, in Chicago, in the home of their daughter Juliet and her husband Fritz Arthur Gilbert. They were still living there in 1940.

On 14 September 1942, Marie's husband Charles died.

Marie had surgery in 1949, and it was discovered that she had pancreatic cancer. She died of uremia at the Augustana Home for Aged in Chicago, Illinois. She was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, which had been established for Swedish families in Chicago.

From my father's baby book

Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDHQ-35C), Charles J Dahlquist and Mary Clara Borg, 20 Dec 1885; citing Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,686,157. Mary's middle name is incorrect on the document. Note that when Rev. A. Challman filled out the form, he gave her name as Mary L. Borg.

1930 United States census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Ward 17, population schedule, enumeration district 16-647, sheet no. 4B. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. 

Medical certificate of death, State of Illinois. State file no. 74765. Mary Louise Dahlquist. 29 October 1953.

Chicago Tribune, 31 October 1953

Marie (or Mary) Borg

Marie and Charles Dahlquist