Death dates and birth dates are taken from death certificate from Winnebago CO. Registered number on certificate is:842. No name for father or mother or birth places is available on the certificate.Grandma Hillner
said that Grandpa Hillner was 7 years old when his father died She also says that Charles was 42 years old when he died.
Charles was known as Charles August Hillner in the United States. He was born as Karl August Hilmer Johansson in Sweden. Family tradition gave his last name as Persson.
died of diptheria at age 7yrs 2 months 27 days as recorded on death certificate Winnebago CO. Copy of certificate is in Kari Trogdons possession
NATURALIZATION:Petition for Natur;1915; Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois;Cert#425095;copy owned by Kari Trogdon, Port Orchard WA
IMMIGRATION:Declaration of Intention;1908;Dept of Commerce & Labor, Bureau of Immigration & Naturalization;Cert #99;copy owned by Kari Trogdon, Port Orchard WA
Second marriage to Amanda.
Moved to Burbank California in 1945 according to his death certificate. Was a cabinetmaker/woodworker. He immigrated from Sweden by way of Copenhagen, Denmark. He left Denmark February 27, 1905 on the vessel, Cedric. He arrived in New York, New York on March 25, 1905. He declared his intention to become a US citizen on December 3, 1908. He became a US citizen on January 12, 1915 (per his Naturalization papers, certificate# 425095). At that time he changed his name from Knute Johnson Bjorklund to Knut Bjorklund.
Ester Viola Margret BJORKLUND-17
birth information came from Knut Bjorklund's naturalization papers.
Death information is from personal knowledge
found name of John Hillner on marriage certificate for Charles Hillner, copy in my possession - Kari Trogdon
found Inga on copy of marriage certificate for Charles Hillner, copy is in my possession - Kari Trogdon
Johannes Petersson is father from Skepplande, Alvsborg. Anna Maria Andersdotter who was 37 yrs old. Carl was an illegetimate son of Anna who is from Norums.
Carl's vocation is that of a chimneysweep - thus his last name of Fyr (meaning fire).
PLF told me that August emmigrated to Galesburg on 21 April 1893. I find on www.ellisislandrecords.org an August Carlson of Sweden, 20 years old, Male, unmarried, arriving on 20 May 1893. He is aboard the Gallia departing from Liverpool, England. I believe that this is the correct entry. There is no available view for the original manifest. I will need to send for the film.
nickname was "Jack"