Carl Gustaf Lindberg (1851)

Born 9 Jun 1851 in Snuten, Bo, Örebro, Sverige

Husband of Christina (Earnberg) Lindberg — married 27 Oct 1872 in Bo, Örebro, Sverige

Descendants

Biography

Carl Gustaf Lindberg was born on June 9, 1851 in Snuten in Bo parish, Örebro, Sweden. He was the son of crofter, later iron worker Anders Peter Lindberg and his wife Maria Charlotta Andersdotter.^[1] He was the third of (at least) five children. He had two older and two younger sisters: Anna Lotta b. 1846, Mathilda b. 1848, Carolina b. 1854 and Augusta b. 1862.

Carl Gustaf married master smith daughter Stina Lisa Jernberg (b. 1849 in Bjurtjär parish) on October 27, 1872 in Bo parish.^[2] They had son Carl Leonard b. 1872 before their marriage. Knut Hugo Waldemar was born in 1873 and Augusta Amaila in 1875, all in Bo parish.^[3]

Carl Gustaf worked at the iron roll (sv valsarbetare) at Övre Gryt iron mill 1872 until the whole family including their six children emigrated to America on June 22, 1881.^[4]

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Carl G. Lindberg, son of Anders-Peter and Mary (Andersen) Lindberg, was born in Sweden, June 9, 1851. There he was educated in the public schools, and was employed in steel works until 1881, in which year he emigrated to the United States, coming to Braddock, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. In Braddock he entered the employ of the Edgar Thompson Steel Works, with which he remained for the long period of twenty-nine years. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Lindberg married, in 1872, Christina Earnberg, born in Sweden in 1859, died in 1911, and they have had children: Carl, living at home ; Walter, a steel worker, of Braddock; Felix, a resident of Swissvale. married Margaret Groft, and has two children, Carl and Margaret ; Amelia, married Dr. Rose, and has one child, Anna; Paul, a steel worker, married Pauline Huits, and has two children, Pauline and an infant son unnamed; Ida, at home ; David, a clerk in Pittsburgh, lives at home. Mr. Lindberg is the owner of the fine house in which he is living, and of a considerable amount of other property.

Sources

1. ↑ Anders Peter Lindberg household 1851-1853. Household examination book: Bo (T) AI:16 (1851-1855) Bild 270 / sid 258 (AID: v50966.b270.s258, NAD: SE/ULA/10125) http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v50966.b270.s258
2. ↑ Carl Gustaf and Stina Lisa parish marriage record 1872 nr 8: Bo (T) EI:3 (1862-1894) Bild 23 (AID: v52940.b23, NAD: SE/ULA/10125) http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v52940.b23
3. ↑ Carl Gustaf Lindberg household 1872-1875. Household examination book: Bo (T) AI:20 (1871-1875) Bild 193 / sid 186 (AID: v50970.b193.s186, NAD: SE/ULA/10125) http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v50970.b193.s186
4. ↑ Carl Gustaf Lindberg household 1881. Household examination book: Bo (T) AI:22b (1881-1885) Bild 24 / sid 21 (AID: v50974.b24.s21, NAD: SE/ULA/10125) http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v50974.b24.s21

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 2, p. 1046-1047)
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3MC-DF5 : accessed 8 May 2020), Charley Lindberg, Precinct 2 North Braddock borough, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 458, sheet 13B, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,370.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGQW-J2H : accessed 8 May 2020), Charles G Lindberg, North Braddock Ward 2, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 173, sheet 2B, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,375,309.