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Roots of the Hammar Family

Generation No. 2

      6. Johann Vilhelm² Hammar (Bengt¹)² was born October 07, 1836 in Hagen Torp District, Gärdserum Parish, Kalmar Län, Sweden ³, and died January 13, 1899 in Härad, Tryserum Sweden³. He married Emelia Augusta Tollqvist^4,⁵ December 27, 1863 in Småland, Sweden⁵, daughter of Anders Tollqvist and Anna Samuelsdotter. She was born January 13, 1842 in Qvickstorps District, Åtvid Parish, Östergötland, Sweden⁵, and died October 14, 1910 in Småland Sweden ⁶.

Notes for Johann Vilhelm Hammar:
The name Hammar was given in the military to an ancestor of Bendt Hammar. It literally means "the hammer". Linnea Hammar Lindstrom says it was a reward for bravery in the Thirty Years War. This War was fought in Germany about 1639. The Swedish King was very active in that war and in fact lost his life. His death was a severe blow to the Swedish army and they withdrew soon after his death. The name was accompanied by a small piece of land.
Vilhelm was one of sixteen children born in Gärdserum Parish in Kalmar Län close to Östergötland to his mother, Anna Lina Kämpe and step father, Bendt Hammar. His mother's first husband, Anders Kämpe, died fourteen months before his birth. She did not marry for five years after Vilhelm was born. He was listed in the church record as illegitimate stepson of Bendt Hammar in 1846. He was the last child born to Anna Lina Persson Kämpe. There is no record in the parish record I can find giving Vilhelm's birth father. The children spread out over Sweden as they reached maturity. One may have come to America probably on a sailing ship with great hardship. It was rumored that he may have disappeared leaving St. Joe Missouri on a stagecoach. I have not been able to confirm this rumor. Vilhelm only kept track of two or three of his family in later years. Despite the seeming cloud of illegitimacy, Vilhelm was very successful as a farm manager. According to his daughter, Linnea, Vilhelm managed an estate for a "Baron" in Småland. Öster Ed and Tryserum Parish records in Småland Provence seem to confirm this calling him a farm foreman in both parishes. He is the only grandfather to be so designated in all of the records I have reviewed.
(From a letter dated 11-28-2005 from Elizabeth Genealogical Services)
" As to the mansion Stjarneberg we have found that it was belonging to the estate
(Sw säteri) of Fågelvik, also situated in Tryserum Parish. We have also found that in the 1890's these estates were owned by Baron Carl (Adam Jakob) Raab. (So it is correct that Johan Wilhelm Hammar worked for a baron as "rattare" (Eng = farm-bailiff).
      "Baron Carl Raab was born on Dec 18, 1815. He became a lieutenant in the army, chamberlain at the royal court 1853, member of the parliament 1866-75, etc. Carl Axel Ossian Albert Raab - son of Carl Raab - was "disponent" (Eng = manager) at Fågelvik factory in1890 and he owned the estates Fågelvik and Stjarneberg between 1901-04. He died in 1923.
      "Some information about Stjarneberg is: About 300 meters east of Stjarnberg's mansion is a large cemetery from the younger iron age consisting of about 60 graves situated. Stjarneberg was originally a large village named Löt before the farmers were forced away in 1630 and the mansion was given to the nobility family Gyllenstierna and Fågelvik.
      "Two kilometers south of the Fågelvik today is the ruins of the medieval Castle, which was said to be "the Fågelvik's tower" in 1419. The Swedish King Karl Knutson Bonde lived here in 1400. Enemies burned the castle to the ground in 1542.
      "So far we have not been able to find more information on the two sisters Emma and Dorothea. There are possibilities to get such information but it will be rather time consuming and costly." Signed, Brit Lagnetoft

Linnea says he taught himself to read and write and was very interested in the world around him which may account for his rapid rise in responsibility on the farms or estates for which he worked.
In 1899, six months after Vilhelm's death, Linnea travel to Chicago for a visit. On her return, Axel and Linnea probably went to Norköping from where they emigrated in 1903.
I have chosen not to follow the Hammar family to earlier years because there is no evidence that they are blood kin. In fact the evidence is that they are not.- roo

More About Johann Vilhelm Hammar:
Family: 1837, Sixteen Siblings from two families/two blood kin⁶
Occupation 1: Bet. 1886 - 1899, Farm Forman in Sjärneberg ^7,⁸
Occupation 2: Aft. 1874, Promoted to foreman before 1876 in Loftahammer ⁹
Occupation 3: Bet. 1877 - 1886, Farm foreman Svinbäck⁹
Residence 1: November 13, 1886, Moved to the mansion Stjärneberg Estate. Tryserum Parish, Östergötland län ^10,¹¹
Residence 2: Bet. 1863 - 1873, Loftahammer Parish ¹²
Residence 3: Bet. October 19, 1874 - 1885, Öster Ed Parish, Kalmar CO¹²
Residence 4: November 04, 1896, Moved to the village of Härad ¹³

Notes for Emelia Augusta Tollqvist:
After the death of her husband Augusta probably left the estate her husband managed but later came back to work there. I am reading between the lines from Linnea. roo

More About Emelia Augusta Tollqvist:
Baptism: January 16, 1842, Aunt Maria and a town merchant were witnesses ¹⁴
Family: father a shoemaker ¹⁵

More About Johann Hammar and Emelia Tollqvist:
Marriage: December 27, 1863, Småland, Sweden ¹⁶

Children of Johann Hammar and Emelia Tollqvist are:

	7	i.		Carl Wilhelm³ Hammar¹⁷, born May 03, 1864 in Atvid Parish Smäland Sweden¹⁸; died September 02, 1869 in Lotftahammer Parish¹⁹.
	8	ii.		Emma Amelia Hammar²⁰, born November 17, 1865 in Loftahammar Parish Smäland CO, Sweden; died Bet. 1927 - 1947. She married Unknown Pihl Bef. 1918 in Sweden; died Unknown.

Notes for Emma Amelia Hammar:
A neighbor at the neighboring Mem customs station was Johan August Pihl who may hae be her husbans father.

More About Emma Amelia Hammar:
Fact 2: A neighbor was Johan August Pihl who may have been father to her husband²¹
Occupation 1: Bet. November 03, 1890 - 1892, maid for Canal lock inspector Frans Otto Funck at Mem Camal Station
Occupation 2: 1892, Maid for Josef Leonard Scherini, counsel and wholsale dealer
Residence 1: October 20, 1880, Skällvik, Östergötland län²¹
Residence 2: November 03, 1890, moved from Söderköping to Täby
Residence 3: Bet. 1892 - 1918, Moved to Norrköping, Butgatan 20 Norrköping²¹

More About Unknown Pihl and Emma Hammar:
Marriage: Bef. 1918, Sweden

iii.

Wilhelmina Hammar²², born May 19, 1868 in Loftahammer Parish, Sweden²³; died Bet. 1927 - 1947.

More About Wilhelmina Hammar:
Baptism: May 26, 1871
Family: 1927, unmarried and in Sweden²⁴
Occupation: November 04, 1882, the residence of a perpetual curate Ramsdal No. 1 as a maid²⁵
Residence 1: October 03, 1897, Östra Eneby Parish Östergötland
Residence 2: Bet. November 19, 1883 - 1897, Part of the time in Stjärneberg
Residence 3: 1918, Norrköpping Smedjegatan 27

iv.

Anna Dorothia Hammar, born March 21, 1871 in Loftahammer Parish, Sweden²⁶; died Bet. 1927 - 1947. She married unknown Anderson in Sweden; died Unknown.

More About Anna Dorothia Hammar:
Occupation: Bet. 1893 - 1895, Maid in the household of Karl Johan Kindberg, a factory owner²⁷
Residence 1: October 11, 1895, Moved to Östra Eneby²⁷
Residence 2: May 20, 1891, Moved to city of Westervik in Kalmar län
Residence 3: October 17, 1893, Moved to Norrköping the Brich Quarter(Björken)

More About unknown Anderson and Anna Hammar:
Marriage: Sweden

+	11	v.	Captain Georg Leonhard Hammar, born January 26, 1873 in Loftahammar Parish, Östergöttland, Sweden; died July 22, 1927 in San Francisco, California.
+	12	vi.	Emelie Maria Hammar, born March 24, 1875 in Öster Ed Parish, Kalmar län, Sweden; died March 06, 1917 in Chicago, IL.
	13	vii.	Wilhelm Anton Hammar, born March 26, 1878 in Öster Ed Parish, Kalmar CO; died Bef. 1927.

More About Wilhelm Anton Hammar:
Left home: October 18, 1897, Nörkoping

viii.

Alfreda Hammar²⁸, born February 19, 1880 in Öster Ed Parish, Kalmar CO²⁹; died Bef. 1927³⁰.

Notes for Alfreda Hammar:
I cannot find her in the US after 1895. Especially in Illinois but she is not in the 1900 Census nationwide.

More About Alfreda Hammar:
Event 1: September 07, 1895, License to travel to the US
Immigration: September 28, 1895, Arrived Ellis Island aboard Venetia³¹
Left home: September 07, 1895, for Chicago³²

ix.

Augusta Linnea Hammar³³, born February 18, 1883 in Öster Ed Parish, ,Sweden³⁴; died February 27, 1965 in Aurora, IL³⁵. She married (1) Adolph Svend Kierulff³⁶ 1905 in Chicago, IL³⁷; born April 21, 1873 in Samsa, Denmark³⁸; died May 13, 1933 in Chicago, IL^39,⁴⁰. She married (2) Harold Lindstrom Bet. 1937 - 1942 in Chicago, Il; born 1887 in Falköping, Sweden⁴¹; died Bet. 1958 - 1965 in Twin Lakes, WI.

Notes for Augusta Linnea Hammar:
Linnea was a charming Swede who spoke with a brogue, and cooked like a master chef. When you asked her how much salt or other spice she would say, "Enough!" She came to America twice first in 1899 and again in 1903. The ship's manifest of the SS Norge from the first trip gave her destination as :"Mrs. Otto Olson, 6833 S. Green St. Englewood, IL." The second time she traveled with Axel, her younger brother. They left Sweden from Norköping. They arrived in Boston Harbor aboard the SS Saxonia on Nov. 19, 1903. Again she and Axel were headed for Englewood, IL and Mrs. Olsson, 6920 Carpenter St. She and "Pat" raised Richard Sr. One of Richard Sr.'s favorite pictures of himself was on "Auntie's" porch dunking sugar cookies in milk. It is her letter that lead me to this work. It contained such reliable information that the Swedish Immigration Center at Augustana College was able to get me in the right Swedish parishes to start the backward search for our roots.. The family remembers that Harold and Linnea married after the death of each others spouses. The Harold Lindstrom whose wife died close to Adolph's death was married to Helen Elenora Larson. She died in 1932 and they had two children, Bert Harold and Marion. Karen Olson says that Linnea's step son's name was Bert. She remembers because it was such an unusual name in her experience. I am sure this is the right Harold Lindstrom. The only other HL in Illinois who was the right age had a wife who died in the late 1940s, and I have a picture of Linnea and Harold dated Sept of 1942 with their arms around each other. In the last years they had a place in the country at Twin Lakes, WI. Karen and I both think that a step daughter lived close to them. roo

More About Augusta Linnea Hammar:
Burial: March 02, 1965, Mount Hope Cem. Worth IL Lot722/ Section 16⁴²
Emigration: November 06, 1903, Göteborg to Hull aboard:Romeo/traveled with Axel Hammar⁴³
Immigration: November 03, 1903, Arrieved in Boston on the Saxonia bound for Mrs. Olsson 6920 Carpenter.⁴⁴
Left home: June 02, 1899, Came to USA to visit Maria from Tryserum aboard the SS Norge from Copenhagen⁴⁵
Residence: Bet. 1937 - 1960, Richmond, IL Twin Lakes WI on the boarder with IL
Residence 2: 1910, Randall TWP Kenosha WI⁴⁶
Residence 3: Bet. 1915 - 1930, 9207 Harper Cook CO IL^47,⁴⁸
Social Security Number: 339-05-9471-D

More About Adolph Svend Kierulff:
Burial: May 16, 1933, Mount Hope Cem. Worth IL Lot722/ Section 16⁴⁹
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of gall bladderand liver⁵⁰
Immigration: 1891⁵¹
Military Status: September 12, 1918, Registered for the draft Chicago, IL⁵²
Occupation: Bet. 1915 - 1933, Motorman Chicago Surface Lines^52,⁵³
Residence: Bet. September 12, 1915 - 1930, 9207 Harper Ave. Chicago, IL^54,⁵⁵

Marriage Notes for Augusta Hammar and Adolph Kierulff:
When Axel gave his next of kin in 1937 he used the name L. Kierullf. The early photo of Linnea and Harold was dated 1942 so they must have been married between 1937 and 1942.

More About Adolph Kierulff and Augusta Hammar:
Marriage: 1905, Chicago, IL⁵⁵

Notes for Harold Lindstrom:
In 1930 Harold must have worked for the Pullman Company and lived in "Pullman City", a section on the south side of Chicago along State Street and E. 100 Street. George Pullman had built a model factory and town for it's employees on 3600 acres near Lake Calument, IL. Every person on the two pages of the census worked as a railroad car builder, carpenter, laborers, riveters etc.

More About Harold Lindstrom:
Immigration: February 19, 1907, Arrived on the Inverna at Boston, MA To live with brother Axel Lindstrom, 1665 Stephenson Ave. Chicago⁵⁶
Medical Information: Brown hair, blue eyes. In later years he was very hard of hearing due to loud noises in his job.⁵⁷
Occupation: 1910, Carpenter
Occupation 2: 1930, Rail car builder( car trimmer)Lived in "Pullman City" Chicago⁵⁸

More About Harold Lindstrom and Augusta Hammar:
Marriage: Bet. 1937 - 1942, Chicago, Il

Axel Fridolf Hammar, born July 14, 1885 in Öster Ed Parish, Kalmar, Sweden; died January 28, 1956 in Los Angeles CO, CA.

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