Sture Ragnar Dahlström (1898 - 1992)

Born 19 Sep 1898 in Röke, Kristianstad, Sverige

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel M (Carlson) Dahlstrom — married 9 Dec 1932 in Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 26 May 1992 at age 93 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States

Biography

Sture was born in 1898. He was the son of Albert Dahlström and Nelly Persdotter.^[1]

Educated & confirmed in Sweden; Immigrated to Moline, IL, 1915; foreman at Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co. from 1915; brothers Berner, Harry, and Einar all in Skåne; sister Anna in Tjörnarp, Skåne; last address: 2323 11th St, Moline. No children An aunt, who visited Sweden, wanted to bring Sture to America when he was 13 years old. Dad said no. But when I was 17 he went with me to Copenhagen and bought me a ticket...We were stopped on the North Sea by a German submarine and had to stay in the same spot for two days. They boarded and searched all of us. Having arrived in Moline, Sture started to work at Moline Plow, where he became a foreman. He was never laid off, not even during the Depression. My aunt and her family moved to Florida, but I stayed. I lived in Dixon a couple of years. He was alutheran and member of lodges belonging to Vasa IOGT, and Odd Fellows. ^[2] He passed away in 1992.^[3]

Married to Ethel Marie Carlsson, born 16 Sep 1911, East Huntington, Pennsylvania, died 3 Jan 1996, Moline, Illinois. She was daughter of Claus S. Carlsson (1877-1969) and Anna Andersson.

Sources

1. ↑ Röke kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/LLA/13324/C I/12 (1895-1920)

   Riksarkivet View source 00127797_00026 sida 22

2. ↑ [Interview #0050 Dec 9, 1985 in Swedish] from Swedes in Moline, Illinois 1847-2002 by Lilly Setterdahl
3. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3MG-52S : 20 May 2014), Sture R Dahlstrom, 26 May 1992; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZ3-TV2 : 13 March 2018), Sture Dahlstrom, Ward 5, Moline, Moline Township, Rock Island, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 81-48, sheet 12A, line 35, family 307, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 875.
• United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJCC-T6B : accessed 4 October 2018), Stuhe R Dahlstrom in household of B C Swanstrom, Moline Ward 5, Rock Island, Illinois, United States; citing ED 108, sheet 8B, line 91, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 402; FHL microfilm 1,820,402.