John Nathanel Lofgren

  Research Notes:

Ancestry Family Tree:
Millang FT [Lyle Millang] [from Edmonton]; last access, 31 Jul 2022
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/67204013/person/36166942798/facts
- detail on children and grandchildren of Johan N Lofgren
- Lyle Millang's mother was a sister to Eddie Lindberg (married to Verna Lofgren - this FT follows ancestors of Verna back to Sweden and Verna's greatgrandparents, Nathanael Löfgren and Maria K Jakobsdotter


1. From Eddie Lofgren binder:
Dagney was born in Sweden; 31 Jul 1906; also, Erik Jacob, born 28 Jan 1908


2. Emigration: arrival at Quebec, 9 Jul 1909; image 143 (ancestry.com)
Norway, Emigration Records, 1874-1960 ancestry collection, image 151;
Jurisdiction: Trondheim politikammer, 1907-1911
- first entry on the page [line 3177]; note that Johan's brother is recorded [line 3181] - Anders A Lofgren b 1873
[see Anders' research notes and the email from Karin Blomström emails, 12 Sept 2016; re; Anders came with John, worked in the winter in the woods but returned to Sweden in 1912]


3. Jane Lofgren's data -- records a "permit for burial" for Camrose Cemetery (Valleyview), ... but no record on findagrave [she has old information]
findagrave id 158698234, Valleyview, Camrose, and the above id posts a brief OBIT - see point 5



4. leaving Vilhelmina; Household records .... vol AIIa:3, 1896-1919; p 807 to NA 14 Jun 1909;
same date for brother Anders Albert;
moving out: Vilhelmina (AC) B:3 (1895-1915) Page 54 no 33 - Johan N Lofgren and family - page 807
then number 34 is Anders Albert, from page 958 [ living with his parents]
then, number 35 is Jonas Olaf Eriksson, b 31 Aug 1889 [age 20], from page 955
- living at Sikjonäs with his parents, Erik Hanson, b 18 Apr 1846 at Åsele parish

Note: Johan N Lofgren's wife was born in Åsele parish


5. Posted obit at findagrave: 158698234 [from Camrose Canadian issue, 21 Sep 1951, page 10
- born 17 Jul 1877, Siksjones, Vesterbotten [sp]
- died 12 Sep 1955 in Camrose at age of 78 yrs, 1 mon and 26 days
- baptized and confirmed in Sweden and married to Edelina Wiberg
- emigrated in 1909 - farmed at Hay Lakes until 1943 moved to Hay Lakes
- survived by wife Edelina; five daughters, Dagny (Mrs. Martin Lyseng) of Armena, Inda (Mrs. Fred Djuve) of New Norway,
Hedvig (Mrs. Wally Swanson) of Edberg, Verna (Mrs. E. B. Lindberg) of Edmonton, and Hettie (Mrs. Gordon Ramsay) of Buffalo, New York;
two sons, Erick and John, both of Hay Lakes; twenty-two grandchildren;
and one brother, Albert of Sweden. One son, Gus, predeceased him in 1944.

6. 10 Jul 2022 from Eddie Lofgren, a grandson on Johan N and the son of John A

I had driven down the back alley to take a look at dad's back yard. And Eddie Lofgren was in the back drive way cleaning his car. Stopped and chatted.

He said that he had a call recently from Jane Feduk (Phil had died 2-3 yrs ago)
- Jane had been contacted by Darryl Lyseng (Everald Lyseng's son) and Darryl had asked why John Lofgren and his wife, Edelina were buried in Camrose and not closer to the farm in the Hay Lakes area
Eddie's response:
- the Swedes in the area had some type of "Evangelical" Church on the 80 acres north of John Lofgren's home. The Swedes and the Norwegians built the church as a joint venture, but the 2 groups didn't get along; the Norwegians bought out the Swedes and moved the church to the present day location and named it St Joseph's
- many Swedes, including John Lofgren went to a Swedish "Evangelical" church in Camrose* - this was just across the road from the Charlie Killiam school (but present day - it was torn down and some apartments were built; I remember a church there for many years)
- Eddie remembers going to his grandpa's funeral at that church - Eddie would have been about age 12 in 1955
- this is most likely why John and Edelina were buried at the Camrose Cemetery, later renamed as Valleyview Cemetery

* this was likely "The Evangelical Covenant Church", initially "Mission Covenant Church"
[page 38 - Camrose history ... by Stan Hambly, 1980.]
- the above source doesn't give the location, but using the phone book and Yellow pages [https://mhdgs.ca/camrose.html -- see my document, "appendix"]
for 1971: Evangelical Covenant Church, 4802-46 Street, phone 672-2144
page 19, Yellow pages

-------------------- 8. Land - added 31 Jul 2022 ^4969,4971

John married Edelina Katherina Wiberg ⁴⁹⁶⁸.^,4969 (Edelina Katherina Wiberg was born on 2 Jul 1885 in Sweden,^4968,4969 died on 26 Jan 1967 in Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada ^4968,4969 and was buried in Valleyview Cemetery, Camrose, Alberta, Canada.)