1. FRANZ LAURENCE ALBERT2 HALGREN (WILLIAMNILS1)1,1 was born 05 Nov 1874 in South Boston, Massachusetts Suffolk County2,3, and died 17 Feb 1963 in Brockton, Massachusetts, Plymouth County. He married ELSA ALFRIDA ARVIDSON, daughter of ANDRUS ARVIDSON and FREDRICKA OLSSON. She was born 20 Sep 1885 in Sweden4, and died Jun 1972 in Brockton, Massachusetts, Plymouth County4.
Notes for FRANZ LAURENCE ALBERT HALGREN:
From: raharakhty@aol.com
Subject: RE: Howard Lodge,KP?
Date: 07/21/2000
I believe the KP stands for Knights of Pythias, which is a secret fraternal organization
founded in Washington,D.C. in 1864.
Notes for ELSA ALFRIDA ARVIDSON:
Elsa left Logan Airport, Boston, MA. with her daughter, Frances on May 29, 1966 to return to Sweden for a family visit. According to their travel manifest, they flew via Pan-Am on a DC-8 jet plane which left Boston at 2200 hrs. This was a scheduled direct flight to Stockholm, Sweden with a possible stop in Ireland for re-fueling. They were scheduled to arrive at Arlanda airport, Stockholm, Sweden at 1000 hrs. on May 30, 1966 (Sweden time). They left Arlanda airport, Stockholm on June 29, 1966 at appoximately 1600 hrs. (Sweden time) and were due at Logan airport, Boston, MA. on June 29, 1966 at 2200 hrs. EST.
A photo album documenting their visit shows photos in Stockholm, a hotel in Gyllene Uttern, and a stop at Skjalls jo Church in Floda, Sweden. Frances makes a note in the photo album that her mother was confirmed in this church in 1899. (This has not been confirmed). There were several photographs taken in the Floda area. One photograph shows Elsa next to the grave of August Abrahamsson (unknown what the significance is.) Frances then notes an arrival in Alingsas, followed by several pictures of people believed to be family relations. The names of Sture, Svea, Brita, Reija, Torsten, Rolf, Anna, Lena, Bertil, Anna-Stina, Pelle, Greta and Anders are noted next to several pictures.
Elsa and Frances went onto Norway where they visited Oslo. The rest of the photographs in the album are without notations.
