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| As you all probably know I'm Gwen, if you’re looking at this page then your related to me somehow. I have been researching both the Maternal and Paternal sides of my family, this includes the families: Kral, Smith, Hedlund and Jarvis. All the information that I have collected has been mostly from census records, immigrant records and just plain ol' asking people what they remember. I will put links up to one big family tree and seperate family reports for each family so you can look at whatever you want. I am also going to post some pictures and maps that I have collected. This is a work in progress and I will update it as I get more information. I thought that since I have an interest in this maybe someone else in the family might want to take a look at what I have. Have fun looking, cause I had fun finding! Wilhelm Vaclav(William) Kral was Born between November 19, 1871 in Austria-Hungry. He classified himself as being Bohemian on all the census records. He also stated that he immigrated to the U.S in 1894. When he came over he changed his name from Wilhelm to William. We know that he was married a “few” times, all to Czech women that he met here in the U.S. Their names were Marie Laible and Aloisie Reis. He had a total of 5 children, most of which he had with Marie. He moved to Astoria Queens where he opened a Pearl Button factory in 1900 on the corner of Monson St. and Franklin St. Today it is the corner of 2nd St. and 27th Ave. The family in the 1920 and 1930 census lived at number 8 28th St. in Astoria. Wilhelm died between 1920 and 1930, I have not been able to find any specific date. I have also not been able to find a specific place where he entered the U.S. Edward Smith was born on Bermuda between 1861-1863. He immigrated to the U.S on August 24, 1906 when he was 44 yrs. Old. He came over on the Ship the Bermudian. Records show that he came over a few months earlier then his wife Frances and children Warren, Ruth, Reginald and Hilda who came over on November 2, 1906. Another son Herbert came after the rest on December14, 1906. I assume Edward came over first to find a job and set up a home for the family. Frances et al state that their destination was 29 Borden Ave. I think this is either in Queens or Brooklyn. They had one more son, Edward who was the only one of them born in America. Edward worked in an Ice plant for many years before moving to Kingston New York to work for the Highway department. He died after 1930, I don’t know when or where. Virgil Howard Jarvis was born June 10,1884 in Huntington New York. He married a woman named Maud Golden Green and had three children, Merle, Hazel, and Howard Jr. It is said that Howard Jr. died at the age of 9 from Heart failure. In the 1930 census Howard lives at 59 Hillside Ave. and states his occupation as Carpenter/Mason. I haven’t been able to find much info on this side of the family, which is strange since some Jarvis’ founded Huntington. I’m working on getting some birth certificates and hope to add more soon. Ludwig Hedlund was born between 1866-1868 in Sweden. His Father was also Swedish but his mother was German. He immigrated to the U.S in 1890. He married a woman named Nathalia Kalderon who was born between 1877-1879 also in Sweden. She immigrated on October 26, 1895 on the ship the Georgia (Husetonic) from Helsingborg-malmohus Sweden at the age of 17. Oddly though in the 1910 census Ludwig is living in Brooklyn, but there is no mention of his wife or children, even though I know he was married for 8 years by then with 2 Children. In the 1920 census they had 6 children and lived on Henry Street in Huntington New York. He was a House painter and died about 1923. |
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Gwen Marie Helund 200 Clairmonte Ave Syracuse, NY 13207 United States wumpsis@aol.com
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