Helena Wilhelmina Berg (abt. 1851)

Born about 1851 in Sweden

Died [date unknown] in Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

Helena Berg was born in Sweden in about 1851. She was a Swedish servant in south Boston. She was the mother of an illegitimate son, August Bernard Carter Berg, who was adopted in Massachusetts by Daniel Francis Viles and Susan C. Mossman in 1877. Helena said the boy's father was John Carter.^[1]

Birth

Helena Wilhelmina Berg was born on 10 July 1851 in Ledsjö, Skaraborg, Sweden, the daughter of August Berg and his wife Stina Majo Gunnarsd. August's occupation was Traktor.^[2]

Helena Wilhelmina Berg Birth/Baptism Record

Emigration

A Helena Wilhelmina Berg departed from Göteborg (Gothenburg), Göteborg och Bohus, Sverige, on October 6, 1871, on the ship "Albion." Helena was born about 1851 in Göteborg (Gothenburg) and was 20 years old. Her destination was Hull, England.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Picture from Arkiv Digital of Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900) EIX:5 (1871-1871) Passenger list Göteborg - Hull 6 oct 1871 on ship Albion The record states that Helena Wilhelmina Berg lived in Göteborg before leaving Sweden

In the parish moving records, there is a Wilhelmina Berg born 1851-07-10 leaving Göteborg's Gustavi parish on October 4 1871, with destination America . Her father was August Berg and her mother Stina Maria Gunnarsdotter. Her birthplace is shown as Skaraborg (Västra Götaland), Ledsjö.^[8][9] The column for where she can be found in the parish says only that the papers were made out on July 5 1871.

Possible Marriage

There is a Boston marriage record on September 27, 1877, for a Helena Berg, 20 years old b. Sweden, daughter of August and Mary Berg, and Charles Lochmann, a 23 year old engraver b. Prussia, the son of John and Johannes Lochmann. It is the first marriage for both.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Viles, Edgar Francis adoption: Middlesex Co., MA adoption record A-715, recorded on 24 April 1877 at Vol. 3, p. 49.
2. ↑ Birth of Helena Wilhelmina Berg Sweden: Riksarkivet; Ledsjö kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/GLA/13320/C/2 (1807-1860), bildid: C0051351_00062, sida 107 IMAGE ID: C0051351_00062 LINK: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0051351_00062
3. ↑ Gothenburg, Sweden, Passenger Lists, 1869-1951 [Ancestry.com. 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.
4. ↑ Swedish Emigration Records, 1783-1951 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: EMIGRANTEN POPULÄR 2006 is a coproduction between Emigrantregistret in Karlstad and Göteborgs-Emigranten in Göteborg. Database Name: EmiHamn. Archive Call Number: 5:681:2986

   Record at Ancestry

   Name: Helena W Berg

   Birth Year: abt 1851

   Gender: Kvinna (Female)

   Destination: Boston

   Record Date: 6 okt 1871 (6 Oct 1871)

   Port of Departure: Göteborg

   Database Name: EmiHamn

   Archive Call Number: 5:681:2986

   Principal Person: Berg Helena W

5. ↑ Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900) (O) EIX:5 (1871) Bild 3440 / Sida 681

   Arkiv Digital page info v479729.b3440.s681 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet

   Police archive

   Förteckning öfver utvandrare, som af undertecknad befodras med Ångfartyg Albion som den 6 October 1871 härifrån afgår till Hull

   Nr 29886 Helena Wilhelmina Berg, Göteborg, 20(age), ,1,,1(travelling alone), Boston

6. ↑ Record for traveling Liverpool to Boston Ancestry

   Name: Helen W Berg

   Gender: Female

   Birthdate: abt 1851

   Age: 20

   Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

   Ship Name: Samaria (Norway Heritage)

   Arrival Date: 27 Oct 1871

   Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts

   The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891; Record Group Title: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; Record Group Number: 36

7. ↑ Immigration: "Sweden, Emigration Registers, 1869-1948"
   utvandrarlistor; Volume Number: 479729
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61637 #744087 (accessed 22 August 2023)
   Name: Helena Wilhelmina Berg; Gender: Kvinna (Female); Age: 20; Birth Date: abt 1851; Birth Place: Göteborg; Arrival Port: Hull, England; Departure Date: 6 okt. 1871 (6 Oct 1871); Departure Place: Göteborg; Port: Göteborgs; Ship: Albion.
8. ↑ Immigration: "Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991"
   Original data: Emigrants Registered in Swedish Church Books. EmiWeb, Karlstad, Sweden
   Ancestry Record 61085 #1193117 (accessed 22 August 2023)
   Name: Helena Vilhelmina Berg; Gender: Kvinna (Female); Birth Date: 10 juli 1851 (10 Jul 1851); Birth Place: Skaraborg (Västra Götaland), Ledsjö; Departure Date: 4 okt. 1871 (4 Oct 1871); Departure Place: Göteborgs och Bohus, Gbg S Domkyrko; Arrival Place: Amerika (USA); Occupation or Relation: Piga; Marital Status: Unmarried (Single); Father: August Berg; Mother: Stina Maria Gunnarsdotter; Notes: Travels alone;
   Household Members (Name):
   Helena Vilhelmina Berg
   August Berg
   Stina Maria Gunnarsdotter.
9. ↑ Göteborgs Gustavi eller Domkyrkoförsamlings kyrkoarkiv, In- och utflyttningslängder, SE/GLA/13180/B/7 (1861-1879), bildid: C0040597_00091 [1]
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. 1877, Page 104, No. 1864