Ida Paulina Hjort (1874)

Born 10 Sep 1874 in Husby, Kopparberg, Sweden

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1874 Ida Paulina Hjort was born 10 Sep 1874 in Husby, Kopparbergs (Dalarna county), Sweden. She was the daughter of Anders Gustaf Andersson and Paulina Söderquist.^[1]

1880 Ida lived with her parents and older sister Eugenia in Smedby (Husby parish) Kopparbergs, Sweden. The household comprised:

• Hjort, Anders Gustaf, b. 1848 in Husby Kopparbergs län, Skomakare (shoemaker) Fjärdingsman (sheriff)
• Söderqvist, Paulina Henrietta, b. 1844 in Stockholm
• Eugenia Henrietta, b. 1872 in Husby Kopparbergs län
• Ida Paulina, b. 1874 in Husby Kopparbergs län^[1]

1886 After her father died, Ida Paulina was sent to live at indecypherable word - Pay? Fray? 178 on 16 Nov 1886.^[2]

1890 When 26 years old and after having been orphaned in 1886 at age 12, Ida was living at Smedby, in the Husby parish, Hedemora deanery, Kopparbergs county, Sweden. She was unmarried and residing with the Sundström family. The household comprised:

Family number 1

• Sundström, August Teodor, b. 1844. in Husby, Handl. Poststat. först.
• Qvist, Sofia Karlina, b. 1852. in Tunhem
• Birger, b. 1881 in Husby
• Agda, b. 1885 in Husby
• Elsa, b. 1888 in Husby
• Gerda, b. 1890. in Husby

Family number 2 Liljengren, Anton, b. 1865 in Långasjö Kalmar län

Family number 3 Hjort, Ida Paulina, b. 1874. in Husby^[3]

1891 Ida left Gothenburg, Sweden on 15 May to immigrate to the USA. She arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on 31 May 1891 via the steamship Cephalonia. According to the record her intended final destination was Massachusetts, USA.^[4][5]

1900 Ida may have been living in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA in 1900, which is where her aunt Augusta Anderson was living. Ida may have been working as a servant in the household of Thomas G. Mills:

• Thomas G Mills Head Male 34 New York
• Clara J Mills Wife Female 31 New York
• Dorothy Mills Daughter Female 7 Massachusetts
• Ida P Hjorth Servant Female 24 Sweden^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1880 Swedish Census; https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/Folk_820016-039#?c=&m=&s=&cv=38&xywh=-913%2C-74%2C2625%2C1472
2. ↑ https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0012817_00055#?c=&m=&s=&cv=54&xywh=3553%2C295%2C4448%2C2773
3. ↑ 1890 Swedish Census https://sok.riksarkivet.se/person?Namn=ida&Ort=husby&Fodelsear=1874&page=7&postid=Folk_104111192&tab=post&FacettState=undefined%3Ac%7C#tab
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Index to Boston Passenger Lists, 1848-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV51-Z1LT : 16 March 2018), Ida P Hjort, 1891; citing Immigration, ship Cephalonia, NARA microfilm publication M265 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969), roll #M265.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KG2W-YV3 : 12 March 2018), Ida P Hjort, 01 Jun 1891; citing p. , Ship Steamship Cephalonia, NARA microfilm publication M277 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 115; FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9B6-HWW : accessed 19 August 2019), Ida P Hjorth in household of Thomas G Mills, Precinct 1 Worcester city Ward 8, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1775, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,697.