Caroline Backstrom

  Research Notes:

Note: Some records record surname as "Shinness", but many of the earlier records spell the surname as "Shinnes" and this is the spelling that I have used on my database



Ancestry Family Trees: As a starting point, I have used the following FTs, and then added information as I can find it

Lennart eriksson Släktträd FT on ancestry [lennart eriksson] ; acccess 23 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/85009464/person/220162465246/facts

Ross/Runquist-Lowes/McKinnon FT [darren ross]; accessed 21 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/3945231/person/172135034435/facts

Kesslar (Seemann) FT [ronslar] accessed 25 Jun 12021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14361016/person/380067261847/facts
- some added for Walter Shinness

Bergstrom-Carlson, FT [John Rufener]; accessed 25 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/161501615/person/272106395801/facts
- some added info for Millie Theodora with 4 children: BUT references 1921 Canada Census that only lists
3 children with the youngest "Helen" age 7]

Herniman Olson FT: [lpayne189]; accessed 21 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/49092755/person/20185822022/facts

FamilySearch FT; GM58-WCD; Bengt, - LCFX-G27
- this only names her - nothing on husband or children
BUT - links to her father, Bengt Backstrom with some information from Manuel Aquilar Hendrickson, 3 Feb 2021


Modified Chronological:

Caroline Backstrom, b 10 Mar 1863, Östmark, Värmland, Sweden; died 1939, Stettler, Alberta, Canada
1st Married: 30 May 1883, Grafton, Walsh Co, North Dakota
Thorvald Shinnes, b 10 Jun 1855, Norway; died 9 Apr 1898, North Dakota
2nd Marriage:
Erik Olson, b Feb 1871 in Swe


Children:

Millie Theodora Shinnes, b 30 Jul 1888, Grafton, Walsh Co, ND; died 14 Dec 1957, Lacombe, AB CA *
3 children: Courtney Carlson [b 1910], Helen Carlson [Hjordi, b 1912] [m to H Nims], Pearl Carlson [m. C M. Fone]
m. 1907 in Stettler, AB
Samuel Walter Carlson, b 25 Apr 1880 in WI, United States; died 14 Apr 1942, Stettler, AB

Anna Marie Shinnes, b 30 Dec 1883, Grafton, Walsh Co, ND; died 20 Jun 1959, Lacombe, AB, CA
Married: 14 Jul 1908, Stettler, AB, CA
Nels Martin Olson, b 10 Jan 1886, Stearns Co, MN; died 7 Nov 1941, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, Cal ** double relationship]
2 children: Willard Ernest Olson, 1909-1997 [1 child]; Alma Evelyn Olson, 1914-2006 [m. John Tweedy] [no children]

Walter Shinnes, b 1891, Ramsey Co, ND; died 1957, Stettler, AB, CA; [homestead, NW¼, Sec 6, Twp 34, Range 18W;
entry on 18 Sep 1908; file 1443703]
m. abt 1913, Stettler
Elmira Sharkey, b 1897, Fargo, ND; died 17 Nov 1966, Stettler, AB [Elnora, AB]
2 Children:
Lester Arthur Shinnes, b 1914, Stettler, AB; died 27 December 1980, Stettler
[m. Helen Elizabeth Hurlbut, 1917, Fort Sask.. AB; died 1994 Stettler] 1 Child, Carol Anne b 1946
Lloyd George Shinness, b 1924, Stettler, AB; died 20 May 1975, Stettler [m. Magdalena Niegum, 1933-1971]

Clara W Shinness, b Dec 1892, Ramsey Co, ND; died 8 Apr 1977, Calgary, AB, CA. No Children
m. 1927, Calgary, AB
Frank Oliver Vickerson 2 Nov 1900, Lacombe, AB; died 15 Nov 1992, Calgary, AB

Trena [Thrine] Caroline Shinnes, b 16 Feb 1902, Ramsey Co, ND; died 7 Mar 1983, Calgary, AB.
1 Child: Sandra Burrows married to R L Strong [likely Richard, aka, Dick Strong from Calgary]
1st m. 1929
Edwin William Burrows, 1903, London, ON; died 27 Dec 1964, Calgary
2nd m. 1968
Lorne Robert Gaudin, b 5 Apr 1900, Napinka, MB, CA; died 25 Jul 1997, Lacombe, AB, CA


2. NOTE; most Ancestry Family Trees; record place of marriage as: Welsh Co MN. This is NOT Correct. The Lutheran church records from Grafton Lutheran Church in ND record their marriage, 1883, and likely at the church - names both parents altough it is a bit difficult to make Thorvald's father's given name, maybe Thor; mother is Gerd [?] Marie


3. US records:

1900 US Census, Coulee Twp, Ramsey Co, ND; ED 0124; sheet 5A; dw/fam 74; line 9
Bengt Backstrom b Dec 1830 in Swe age 69 married 45 years
wife Anna, b Ap 1833 in Swe, age 65; mother of 9 children 5 living
dauth Tilda, b Nov 1877 in MN; age 22; married 0 yrs [but 2 months is crossed off]; no children
- this is likely Inga Mathilda Backstrom b 30 Nov 1877 Wright Co; died 24 Jun 1951 in Stettler and married to Alfred Borgland
b Mar 1871 and died 28 Feb 1943
Borglund, son in law, b May 1871 in Swe, age 29, m 0 yrs

NOTE: the previous family:
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4120522_00092?pId=57710902

Lina Shinnes ....... ; dw/fam 78/78; line 3
Lina Shiness, b Mar 1863 in Swe, age 37, married then Wd crossed off; farm; em 1866 ??
dau Anna b Dec 1883 b in ND; age 16
dau Millie, b Jul 1888 in ND; age 11
son Walter, b Sep 1890 in ND; age 9
dau Clara, b Dec 1892 in ND; age 6
dua Thrina, b Feb 1879 in ND; age 3


4. Carolina Backstrom b 1863: 2nd marriage to Erik Olson, b 1871 in Sweden

1921 Canada Census, Alberta, Red Deer, sub - district 58 (Red Deer City), page 20; dw/fam 215/225 [line 41]
Erick Olson, age 50, b in Swe; em 1905? Carpenter
wife Caroline, age 57 b in Swe; em 1905 ?
dau Clara Shinnes, age 26 b in US, single clerk in a drug store - Palace Phamacy
dau Therma/Therna, age 23 [ancestry gives age as 43] b in US; single
then a roomer, Theodore Jacobson age 27 b in US

1916 Canada, Western Prairie Provinces, Alberta, Red Deer (41) sub-dis 18, - town of Stettler, page 6; dw/fam 65/66 [line 2]
Erick Olson,a ge 45 b in Swe em 1906; carpenter
wife, Carolina age 52 b in Swe; em, 1902
Clara, daughter age 22 b in US, sales lady, store
Thrina, daughter, age 19 b in US
brother, Axel Olson, age 26 b in Swe, em 1902, carpenter


1911 Canada Census, Alberta, Red Deer, sub-dis 26 (Stettler), page 8; dw/fam 95/102, line 1
[indexed on Ancestry as Erik Alson]
Erik Olson b Feg 1871 in Sweden, age 40, em 1902; natualization 1907, builder
wife Caroline, age 47, b in Swe [Mar 1864?]
step-dau, Clara Shinness, age 18, b Dec 1872 in US
step-dau, Threman, age 14, b in Feb 1897 in US [also known as Trena Caroline, her OBIT in Calgary Herald issue 8 Mar 1983, page 9; findagrave id, 124227968]


NOTE: as of 27 Jun 2021 - I have not found Caroline or Erik in the 1906 Prairie Provinces census
indexing is difficult to determine on automated genealogy website
- None of the Ancestry FTs have much information on Erick Olson
- Erick and Caroline' marriage is likey after she arrived in Canada in 1902 and then before 1911 (Canada Census)
- there doesn't seem to be any link on any the Caroline's children pages for the 1906 census

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Caroline married Thorvald Shinnes on 30 May 1883 in Grafton, Walsh Co, North Dakota, United States.⁹³⁸⁷ (Thorvald Shinnes was born on 10 Jun 1855 in Norway, died on 9 Apr 1898 in Ramsey Co, North Dakota, United States and was buried in Churches Ferry Cemetery, Churches Ferry, Ramsey Co, North Dakota, United States.)

Caroline next married Erick Olson between 1902 and 1911 in Stettler, Alberta, Canada. (Erick Olson was born in Feb 1871 in Sweden, died in 1961 in Stettler, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Stettler, Alberta Canada.)