Karl Johan Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

See father's (Erik Kristoffersson Bonstrom, b 1858) research notes. For information, I used the Eggen Clark1 FT on ancestry as a starting off point; then Östmark church reocrds, Värmlänningar i Nordamerika, US Census Records, and the MN birth record collection on Ancestry

See his father's notes for relationhip


1. Modified Chronological list

Carl Johan Bonstrom, b 28 Jan 1889, Östmark; died 2 Feb 1954, Minneapolis, MN
Married: 28 Oct 1913, Hennepin Co
Hannah Frideborg Eriksdotter (Bonstrom), b 2 Mar 1894, Östmark; died

Children:

1. Carl Einar Bonstrom, b 23 Sep 1914, Minneapolis; died 24 Jun 1998, Riverside Co, CA
m. 17 Dec 1938, Hennepin Co, MN
Thora Caspara Graff, b 1 Mar 1919, Cavalier Co, ND; died 18 May 2006, Riverside Co, CA
children: Patrica Ann, b 16 May 1939, Joyce Marie, b 28 Aug 1941, Richard Carl, b 10 Nov 1943 d. 13 May 1961, Los
Angeles, CA
2. Helen Evelyn Bonstrom, b 5 Sep 1917, Minneapolis; 27 Nov 1975, Scott Co, MN
m. 22 Jul 1939, Hennepin Co
David E McKinley, 20 July 1917, Towner Co, ND: died 13 Jan 2005, Goodhue Co, MN
children: David E McKinley b 2 Ju; 1942; James W McKinley b 27 Oct 1945; Paul Arthur b 29 Feb 1948, d. 8 Jan 2008;
3. Marion Eleanor Bonstrom, b 13 Nov 1919, Hennepin Co; died 6 Dec 1965, Hennepin Co
m. 22 Jul 1939, Minneapolis
Edwin Herman Engelking, b 29 Nov 1916 Rock Co, MN; died 14 May 1999, Hennepin Co
Children: Edwin Herman Engelking Jr, b 13 Feb 1942, Hennepin; Marilyn Joy Engelking, b 26 Jul 1954, Hennepin;
Robert James Engelking, b 6 Jul 1944, Hennepin
4. John Erik Bonstrom, b 21 Sep 1923, Hennepin Co; died 29 Oct 2014, Hennepin Co
m. 13 May 1950, Hennepin Co
Charlotte Frances Brustad, b 23 Aug 1926, Hennepin Co
Children: Ruth Ann, b 31 Mar 1951; John Charles, b 14 Jun 1953; Mark Daniel b 21 Nov 1961
5. Paul Edward Bonstrom, b 28 Aug 1929, Hennepin Co; died 22 May 2013, Hennepin Co
m. 18 Dec 1948, Hennepin Co
Vivian Elaine Sannan, 21 Jul 1930, Norman Co, MN;
Children: Paul Edward, b 9 Jan 1950; Barbara Lynn, b 6 Oct 1952; Daniel James, b 1 Jul 1959
6. Ruth Elaine Bonstrom, b 8 Feb 1934, Hennepin Co;
m. 16 Jan 1954, Hennepin Co [divorced, 8 Jul 1991]
Lowell Dale Kramer, b 13 Mar 1934, Linn Co, IA; died 21 Sep 2017, Dakota Co, MN
Children: Dale Eugene Kramer, b 6 Jan 1956, Hennepin Co, Timothy John Kramer, b 22 Jan 1957, Brown Co, MN





2. Emigration

son, Karl Johan Bonstrom b 28 Jan 1889; moves to America 8 Jan 1909 [Östmark moving out, B:5, page 36 no 2]
- Ellis Island immigration; arrives 5 May 1909 on board SS Caronia, departure from Liverpool [but first from Göteborg leaving Apr 1909]
line 14 page 3 of manifest (image 0866); going to uncle, O B Kristoffersson at 89 East River Flats, Minneapolis
- on his second voyage, Michigan U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists; image 2920 [from Eggen Clark1 FT]
- 20 Feb 1913; arriving at Sault Sainte Marie, MI
Carl Bonstrom; b in Ostmark; father Erik Bonstrom, Ostmark
previously in US in 1908 [?];
relative in the US Ole P Christopherson, 1034-26 Ave SE, Minneapolis
[ then, image 2921 ; but this many not be the same ??? date of 3 Aug 1923; John Bonstrom ]

New York, U.S., Arriver Passenger and Crew Lists; image 156, line 14
May 5 1909, Ship Caronia
line 14, Karl J Bonstrom, age 20; going to Minneapolis
then on line 12 is Oskar B Bonstrom, age 19 going to Brooten, MN
[Note: on line 13, same ship arrival is: Olle Eriksson age 19 b in Fryksände; father Erik Olsson, Torsby; going to Brooten, MN; someone different; but Brooten is the area that Sven Anderson homesteaded]

Värmlänningar i Nordamerika, by Måwe, Carl-Erik 1971; image 316
Karl Johan (John) Bonstrom, b 28 Jan 1889 from Bäckängen - Sormark; then returned to Sweden 3 Apr 1912** and then emigrated again on Sep 6 1913 with wife Hanna Frideborg from Tjärn and cousin Hanna Kristina [see below]
- his last known address 3112 Phillsbury Ave S, Minneapolis
- daughter Ruth Elaine married to Lowell Kramer, at Glenwood, Minneapolis
- son Carl Einar Bonstrom, 3748 - 181 St, Torrance, CA

** Östmark moving in records, B:4 page 18, no 5; 4 Mar 1912 coming from America, going to Bäckängen, page 459
but I can't find him moving out in Sep 1913 AND according to image from Michigian passenger lists [above] he entered US at Saulte St Marie Michigian in Feb 1913; BUT in the moving out, B:5, page 44 no 27 for a date of 1 Sep 1912 -- -- this refers to O.B and this reference to O.B. is noted a number of times, but I don't know what it refers to ????????? - missing, unaccounted ???????

Östmark moving out B:5, page 46 no 41 on 6 Sep 1913 is: Hannah Frideborg Eriksson from Bäckängen (page 457) along with Hanna Kristina Bönström from Sörmark (page 425)

RE: Spouse, Hannah Frideborg Eriksdotter, b 2 Mar 1894 [CI:6, image 181 no 26]; parents Erik Jönsson and Karolina Bönström from Bäckängen; and they are recorded:
Östmark (S) AIIa:4 (1910-1919) Page 457, Bäckängen
Erik Jönsson b 19 Sep 1859 and Karolina Bönström b 30 Nov 1865 and she died 22 Aug 1914 ; [her parents were Nils Ersson Bönström b 24 Arp 1829 and died 2 Jun 1895 and Karin Mickelsdotter b 1833 - see AI:30, page 233, Bäckängen]
with a number of children: daughter, Hannah Frideborg b 1894 moves to North America on 9 Sep 1913



3. Ancestry FTS
Johnson FT [Tammy Johnson]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/60113092/person/140181827505/facts
Eggen Clark1 FT [teedeeE1]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/100825750/person/180008888134/facts
Cottingham FT [Rafoos]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/13489220/person/13882819544/facts

There is a record on FamilySearch (GH1H-CTD) BUT it records very little information

4. US Records

1910 US Census, Minneapolis; ED 0173; sheet 1A; likely

line 21 - Carl J Bonstrom [ancestry index as Benstrom], lodger, age 21 b in Swe; em 1909; working in a sawmill
line 23 - Oscar Benstrom ...............


1920 US Minneapolis; ED 0209; sheet 22B; fam 510 line 51
John Bonstrom, age 30 b in Swe; Miller - flour mill
wife Hannah, age 25 b in Swe
son Paul E age 6 b in MN *
dau Helen, age 2 *
'babe' age 2

1930 US Minneapolis; Ed 0233; sheet 62B; dw/fam 240
John C age 41, b in Swe; labor cement contrator
wife Hannah age 35 b in Swe
son Carl E age 15, b in MN
dau Helen E age 13
dau Marian E age 11
son Johnnie E age 6
son Paul E age 8 months

1940 US Census, Minneapolis; 89-398; sheet 6A; household 114
John Bonstrom, age 51, b in Swe
wife Hannah, age 46, b in Swe
son John age 16
Paul age 10
Joan age 8 [likelyJoAnne]
Ruth age 6 [1933-34]

then next family [ must be the son]
Carl Bonstrom, age 25 b in MN
wife Tora, age 21 b in in MN
daughter Patricia, age 0 b in MN

* Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Births/Bapitisms
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/48258_555058-00512?pId=63369098
Carl Einar, b 2 Feb 1915 ((image 783) - BUT this conflicts with the MNHS birth cert record with birth as 23 Sep 1914, which is likely more accurate
Helen Evelyn b 7 Jul 1919 (image 790) - But conflicts with MN birth/death cert


4. MN death [MNHS] cert 1954-MN-018985; died: 2 Feb 1954

OBIT: Star Tribune (Minneapolis), issue 4 Feb 1954, page 22
- died at age 65; from 3112 Pillsbury Ave, Minneapolis
- surived by wife Hannah; 4 daughters: Mrs David E McKinley, Mrs Edwin H Engelking, Mrs Burtam G Cough all of Minneapolis, and Mrs Lowell Kramer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- survived by 3 sons, Carl E, John E, and Paul E all of Minneapolis
... grandchildren; 1 sister and 2 brothers in Sweden; interment Sunset Memorial Park.






then, emigrating on the same date is Oskar Blazius Konrad Bönström born 28 Oct 1889, Sörmark Torp ; Oscar died 1925 ***
then sysk=sisters Hanna Kristina left 6 Sept 1913 and Maria Viktoria emigrated 31 Dec 1913
- last known address, Fort Frances, Canada;
Oskar Blazius Konrad Bönström, b 1889 - see moving out above; comes from Sörmark, page 427; likely travelled with Karl Johan
- his father Erik Bönströmm b 1859 and I think, but not sure, we are not related - more research needed ⁹³¹⁹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emigration, 1909: Leaving for North America, 8 Jan 1909, Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden. ^9277,9320 Leaving Östmark parish on 8 Jan 1909 for North America

Karl married Hanna Frideborg Eriksdotter on 28 Oct 1913 in Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States.⁹³¹⁸ (Hanna Frideborg Eriksdotter was born on 2 Mar 1894 in Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden, died on 18 Feb 1972 in Dakota Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States.)