Gustav Nilsson Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

Ancestry.com FT; Primary Tree FT ; owner Rochelle Geurts; also a few photos
[no longer public, only private - Mar 2021]
link, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/112922097/person/150108943154/facts


Another Family Tree on Ancestry: Krantz/Jorgensen/Frisendahl FT 2011 ''''''''''''''
link, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/25203850/person/1620525564/facts?_phsrc=NEk300&_phstart=successSource
- incomplete, regarding son Oscar
- records Gustav's father as Nils Jonsson - NOT correct

Another ancestry FT, Karlquist FT, link
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10587364/person/122072745759/facts
- re: Oscar's daughter, Gladys Florence Bonstrom b 1910; BUT has no information on her parents, that is, Oscar ....

Note: another ancestry FT, Vikner FT ;; maybe more complete and
link, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/11356533/person/-479639058/facts
- shows marriage to Gladys Florence Bonstrom and her 3 marriages - Callerstrom, Vikner, and Peikert
- as other information, he was a missionary in China for many year
- BUT no additional information on Gladys Florences' parents

there is another Ancestry.com FT; Leadens-Hughes-Fischback FT
link, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/73900656/person/42284388525/facts?_phsrc=NEk336&_phstart=successSource
- information on Max Henry Peikert, married to Oscar's duaghter, Gladys F Bonstrom
- BUT no additional information on Gladys Florences' parents


2. US Census; other

1870 US and 1875 MN with his father; single

1880 US Census, Rockford, Wright Co; ED 71; page 3; dw/fam 25
Gustave Bonstrom (indexed on ancestry, as Bunstrom), age 25 born in Swe; farmer
wife Christina, age 22 born in Swe
dau, Ida A age 7 months (Nov), b in MN [1879]
father, Nels E age 64 b in Swe
brother, Andrew N age 31 b in Swe

1885 MN State Census, Rockford Twp, Wright Co, MN; page 6- image 227 (ancestry); fam 41
Gus N Bonstrom (index as Gue); age 29, b in Swe
wife Christine, age 26, b in Sweden; children born in MN
Robert, age 4
Oscar, age 2

1895 MN State, Census, Rockford Twp, Wright Co, MN; page 26- image 572 (ancestry); fam 185
Gus Bonstrom, age 40 b in Swe; in State and this jurisdiction for 28 years
wife, Christine age 37 b in Swe; children b in Swe
Robert, age 15
Oscar age 12
Celica, age 10
Efram age 5


1900 US Census, Rockford Twp, Wright Co; ED 236; sheet 10A&10B; dw /fam ??, but starting of line 48
Gustaf Bonstrom, age 44, b Jun 1853 in Swe; married 20 years [abt 1880]; em 1867; farm
wife Christine, age 41, b Dec 1858 in Swe; m 20 yrs; mother of 9 children, 5 living
dau, Celicia M, age 14, b Sept 1885 b in MN ; church records - married
son Efram G, age 10 b Aug 1889
son Lambert E, age 4, b Sep 1895

1910 US Census, Rockford Twp, Wright Co; ED 215; sheet 3B; dw /fam 55/59, but starting of line 93
Gustaf and Christine, and children, Robert, Oscar, Efraim, Lambert
- Christine: mother of 10 children, 5 living ???

1920 US Census, Rockford Twp, Wright Co; ED 98; sheet 10A; dw /fam 46/123 ???, but starting of line 40 [poor quality]
Gustaf and Christine, and children, Robert, Efraim, Lambert
and then,
Clifford Bonstrom, grandson age 7 b in MN ; surname may not be correct
Lorna L [??], granddaughter, age 4

1930 US Census, Rockford Twp, Wright Co; ED 28; sheet 6A; dw /fam 123/127
Gustaf and Christine [emigrated 1878], and children, Robert E, age 49, single; Lambert age 34, single

1940 US Census Rockford Twp, Wright Co; ED 86-29; sheet 1A; household 6, line 30
Christine Bonstrom, age 82 b in Sweden, widow; same house in Apr 1935 ***
then, Robert E Bonstrom, age 59 [1879] b in MN; single

** This is Christine, the wife of Gustav - on the next line after son Robert is:
the Gilbert Walden and Clara Maria (Bonstrom) family - I first thought this Christine was the mother of Clara Maria, but that was not correct - Zion Lutheran Church records, note that Clara Maria's mother died in 1920 as the two Ancestry FTs record
- Note the above church records, note that Robert's middle name as Aktor and so the middle initial should be "A" rather than "E"

3. for Gustav Bonstrom family:
Swedish Lutheran Church Records, Zion Lutheran Church, Buffalo, MN; image, 119
link, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554911-00118?pId=30217927

Nils Ersson Bönström, b 20 Oct 1816, Östmark; arrived Nov 1866
wife, Maija Andersdotter, b 28 Jun 1814

THEN: image 33; Gustav Bönström family ........... [ also image 135 \\

Gustav Bönström, b 6 Jun 1855 at Östmark; arrived 1866
wife, Kristina Nilson (Nilsdotter), b 11 Dec 1857 at Fryksände; arrived 1879
children:
Robert Aktor, b 5 Feb 1881 at MN Karlslund - I think this is an earlier name - also spelled Carlslund f 1800 and then Swedesburgh]
Oscar Edvin, b 28 Apr 1883 at Karlslund
Maria Cicela, b 5 Oct 1885 at Karlslund; reference to image 63 - married to Frederik Otto Frisendahl, and 5 children
Mabel Nathalia, b 19 Sep 1888 at Karlslund; died 20 Jul 1889
Gustaf Ephram, b 5 Aug 1890 at Karlslund;
Edvard Nicholausm b 8 Jan 1893 at Karlslund; died 29 Jul 1894
Lambert Erhard, b 11 Sep 1895 at Rockford
Ella Hazel, b 3 Dec 1902 at Rockford; died 28 May 1903

image 135
records daughter Ida Marie, b 14 Nov 1879 and died 7 Aug 1880

4.

Modified Chronological list:

Gustaf Nilsson Bonstrom, 1885-1939
married: Abt 1880 at Rockford
Kristina Nilsdotter, b 1858-1943
children:
1. Ida Marie Bonstrom, 1879-1880
2. Robert Aktor Bonstrom, b 5 Feb 1881; died 24 Dec 1946; not married, no children
3. Oscar Edvin Bonstrom, b 28 Apr 1883; died 17 Jul 1966; married Alice Mabel (Erickson) b 18 Jul 1890, died
a. Gladys Florence, b 24 Oct 1910; 30 Mar 1975; 1st marriage, Rev Carl A Callerstrom (1871-1948); 2nd marriage, Rev David W
Vickner, 1881-1958); 3rd marriage, Max H Piekert, 1907-1998
Children: Theordore Carl Callerstrom, 1932-2011, [3 children; Lisa E, Theodore Carl Jr, Melinda (m. Greg Koosman)];
Evangeline Gladys Callerstrom, 1934-2010, [no children]; Carolyn Florence Callerstrom, 1936 [2 children, Jodi Kay Danielson,
(m. Peter Jaunich); Todd Allen Danielson] ⁹²⁶⁰

Gustav married Kristina Nilsdotter about 1880 in Buffalo Twp, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States. (Kristina Nilsdotter was born on 15 Dec 1857 in Fryksände, Värmland län, Sweden, died on 19 Jul 1943 in Buffalo, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Buffalo, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States.)