Knut David Brosell (1887 - 1970)

Born 6 Feb 1887 in Bockhammar, Gunnilbo, Västmanland, Sweden

Ancestors

Died 21 Oct 1970 at age 83 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Knut David Brosell was the son of smelter smith Johan Adolf Brosell at Bockhammar and his wife Anna Lovisa Larsson. He was born 6 February 1887, and it is noted in the birth book that he was not baptized; thus there is a s.k. (So Called) by his name.^[1] He moved from Gunnilbo parish to Ramnäs parish with his parents the same year he was born.^[2] They came back to Gunnilbo and then emigrated in 1889.^[3]

They lived in Joliet, Illinois.^[4][5] About 1911 David married Marie and by 1930 they had two children, Leslie, 18 years and Ethel, 14 years.^[6][7]

David Brosell died in Los Angeles in 1970.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Gunnilbo C:8 (1872-1889) Bild 113 (AID: v72168.b113, NAD: SE/ULA/10346)
2. ↑ Gunnilbo AI:14a (1880-1889) Bild 80 / sid 74 (AID: v72150.b80.s74, NAD: SE/ULA/10346)
3. ↑ Gunnilbo AI:14a (1880-1889) Bild 47 / sid 41 (AID: v72150.b47.s41, NAD: SE/ULA/10346)
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSC7-HQR : accessed 1 October 2017), David Brosell in household of Adalf Brosell, Joliet Township Joliet city Ward 1, Will, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 2B, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,353.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKFC-LY9 : accessed 1 October 2017), David Brosell in household of John A Brosell, Joliet Ward 1, Will, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 13B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 334; FHL microfilm 1,374,347.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39S-5V9 : accessed 1 October 2017), David Brosall, Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 24A, line 8, family 508, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 568; FHL microfilm 2,340,303.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWRB-4HQ : accessed 1 October 2017), David Brosell, Joliet, Joliet Township, Will, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99-20, sheet 4A, line 31, family 77, 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 907.
8. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPHC-BT8 : 26 November 2014), David Brosell, 21 Oct 1970; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #85853794

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