In 1950 she went back to Sweden where she died in 1979. [6]
Obituary
EDNA GUNNARSON
Edna Gunnarson, 84, died Wed in Motola Hospital, Sweden. She and her husband, the late David Gunnarson farmed many years on Harlem Township.
Survivors include a daughter, Ms. Laverne Nimtz, four grandchildren, Laverne Nimtz jr, Gloria Sietke, Kathe Nimtz, and Leslie Nimtz, all of Rockford and six great grandchildren.
↑Ancestry Record 7488 #4014913032
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. NAI: 6256867. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Year: 1914; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2337; Line: 15; Page Number: 168 :Name: Edna A H Lilja
Publication Title: Rockford, Illinois, City Directory, 1916
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVC-5P5 : accessed 7 November 2018), Edna Gunnarson in household of David Gunnarson, Elm, Antelope, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 9, sheet 8B, line 98, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 979; FHL microfilm 1,820,979.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X394-L6K : accessed 7 November 2018), Edna Gunnarson in household of David A Gunnarson, Harlem, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 12A, line 44, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 571; FHL microfilm 2,340,306.
↑Ancestry Record 60882 #4611492 U.S., Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1914-1966] The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 71
Name: Edna Amalia H Gunnarson
Departure Age: 55
Birth Date: abt 1895
Departure Date: 14 Apr 1950
Departure Place: New York, New York, USA
Ship: Gripsholm
↑ Register Star (Rockford, IL) 19 May 1979, page 6 GenealogyBank: accessed 7 November 2018
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