Joel Per (Söderberg) Soderberg (1877 - 1949)

Born 8 Aug 1877 in Söderhamn, Gävleborg, Hälsingland, Sverige

Ancestors

Husband of Inga Sofia (Norell) Soderberg — married 1 Jul 1900 in Söderhamn, Hälsingland, Sweden

Died 16 Apr 1949 at age 71 in San Luis Obispo, California, United States

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Biography

Joel (Söderberg) Soderberg migrated from Sweden to the USA.

Per Joel was born in Söderhamn town, Hälsingland Sweden 8 August 1877 to the worker Per Söderberg from Sörböle in Mo parish and his wife Ingeborg Persdotter.^[1][2]

Per Joel Söderberg married Inga Sofia Norell in Söderhamn 1 July 1900^[3] They lived in Styfje, Norrala. Joel left for North America in March 1903 and his wife followed in July.^[4]

He immigrated to America in 1903^[5]

He lived with his family in Minneapolis^[6] until the 1920s.^[7] By 1930 he moved to Los Angeles, California.

In 1942, he was naturalized American^[8]. Joel died in 1949 in San Luis Obispo^[9].

Research note

• How the brickwall was solved

Sources

1. ↑ Söderhamn CI:5 (1868-1877) Bild 242 / sid 236 (AID: v136897.b242.s236, NAD: SE/HLA/1010202) http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/info/v136897.b242.s236
2. ↑ Söderhamns kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/HLA/1010202/C I/5 (1868-1877), bildid: A0013504_00242 Riksarkivet SVAR
3. ↑ Söderhamns kyrkoarkiv, Lysnings- och vigselböcker, SE/HLA/1010202/E I/4 (1895-1916), bildid: F0011443_00073 Riksarkivet SVAR
4. ↑ Norrala kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker, SE/HLA/1010142/A II a/1 (1900-1906), bildid: F0011334_00304 Riksarkivet SVAR
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2365-G2S : 4 December 2014), Per J Soderberg, 1903; citing Immigration, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication T843 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,404,185.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M25W-882 : 29 October 2015)
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXR-CPG?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-KH1%3A1036473401%2C1037469101%2C1038873701%2C1589332332 : 11 September 2019), Minnesota > Lake > Two Harbors Ward 1 > ED 65 > image 5 of 14; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX3T-R8V : 28 November 2014),
9. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5R-74T : 26 November 2014)

See also:

• Joel's WWI draft registration: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K87J-LT6 : 12 December 2014).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97V-D71 : accessed 12 October 2016), Joel P Soderberg, Tract 398A, Glendale, Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-852, sheet 11A, family 261, 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 230.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZ1-WVD : 8 December 2015), Joel Soderberg, 1930.