last updated 9 Mar 2021
Several of our Swedish relatives immigrated to the United States including John Hager's brother Ola Hansson (to New York in 1882), Marie Höglander's sister Fredrika Swenson and Fredrika's three sons (to Alabama in 1892), and Hildegard Höglander and husband Nels Henry Highwood (to Indiana in 1863). Hildegard's sister Ida Höglander (to Indiana in 1873). Three children of Robert Gabriel Westberg and Julia Elise Olsson immigrated to California. Gudrun (immigrated 1914), who married her uncle Erik Westberg (immigrated 1901); Alf Westberg (immigrated 1923); and Jack Westberg (immigrated 1926). And a few came for a while and then returned to Sweden.
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Listed below are the Ola Hansson, Swenson, Highwood, Ida Höglander, Erik & Gudrun Westberg, Alf Westberg and Jack Westberg descendants. Click on the report menu above for printable charts and genealogy reports (both in pdf format) with more information on the families. It is in the reports that you will find even more information like stories.
1-Ola Hansson b. 16 Apr 1849, Kropp, Skivarp Parish, Malmöhus County, Skåne
Province, Sweden, d. 28 Dec 1915, Bronx, New York, New York
+ Christine Peterson b. Feb 1856, Sweden, m. 12 Jun 1886, Manhattan, New York,
New York, d. 3 Apr 1919, Queens, New York, New York
...2-Hildor E Hansson b. 9 Jan 1888, New York, d. 26 Aug 1976, Los Angeles
County, California
+ Leonard Goodrich Daniels b. 8 Apr 1876, Elmhurst, Long Island, Queens,
New York, m. Between 1914 and 1915, d. 4 Sep 1925, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,
Ohio, par. Charles Goodrich Daniels and Sarah Terhune
......3-May Terhune Daniels b. 24 Jan 1916, Manhattan, New York, New York, d.
10 Nov 1982, Lane County, Oregon
+ Joseph John "Joe" Groom b. 25 Jan 1914, Bristow, Oklahoma, m. 31 Mar
1936, Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York, d. 16 Aug 1975, Coral Gables, Dade
County, Florida, par. Fernando Hooker Groom and Mary Dale
.........4-Joan Daniels Groom
+ William E Ellis b. Abt 1925, m. 1 Dec 1967, Los Angeles, California
+ Carl John Seidlitz b. 18 Jan 1926, Waynesville, Ohio, m. 5 Feb
1981, Carson City, Nevada, d. 8 Mar 2015, Napavine, Washington, par. Daniel
Edward Seidlitz and Clara Dena Flack
......3-Leonard Goodrich Daniels b. 27 Jun 1923, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,
Ohio, d. 14 Apr 1983, Los Angeles County, California
+ Marion Jacqueline Drake b. 19 Apr 1922, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, m. 16
Feb 1946, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, d. 28 Jul 1984, Los Angeles County,
California, par. James Joseph Drake and Myrtle E Job
.........4-Robert Daniels
.........4-Patricia Ann Daniels b. 21 Oct 1952, Kern County, California, d. 3
Mar 1956, El Monte, Los Angeles County, California
...2-Harry Alexander Hansson b. 16 Jan 1891, New York, New York, d. 25 Dec
1934, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
+ Helen Veronica Tighe b. 1886-1896, Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, m. 29
Jul 1922, Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, d. 1 Jan 1976,
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massassuchetts, par. Anthony Tighe and Mary Lavelle
......3-Marjorie Helen Hansson b. 31 Jan 1923, Boston, Massachusets, d. 16 Apr
2012, (Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable County,
Massachusetts)
+ Philip Martin Cashman b. 19 Dec 1918, Quincy, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts, m. 12 Feb 1947, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, d. 2
Jan 1999, (Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable County,
Massachusetts), par. William J Cashman and Anna Z Barry
...2-Arthur David Hansson b. 16 Oct 1895, Manhattan, New York, New York, d. 8
Oct 1970, Deming, New Mexico
+ Eula Chandler McGee b. 14 Dec 1897, Red Bank, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, m. 21 Sep 1923, Manhattan, New York, New York, d. 21 Jan 1981, Loch
Arbour, Monmouth County, New Jersey, par. Elias McGee and Annie Chandler
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1-Karl Johan Svensson b. 10 Apr 1855, Sweden, d. 25 Jan 1889, Torp, Fliseryd
Parish, Kalmar County, Småland Province, Sweden
+ Fredrika Höglander b. 25 Sep 1853, Flugenäs, Frödinge Parish, Kalmar County,
Småland Province, Sweden, m. 5 Nov 1883, Torp, Fliseryd Parish, Kalmar
County, Småland Province, Sweden, d. 8 Sep 1926, Glendale, Los Angeles
County, California, par. Johannes Höglander and Christina "Stina" Carlsdotter
...2-Carl Axel Helge Svensson b. 2 Nov 1884, Fliseryd, Kalmar, Sweden, d. 18
Jun 1894, Jefferson County, Alabama
...2-Robert Wallentin Svensson b. 6 Mar 1886, Fliseryd, Kalmar, Sweden, d. 13
Feb 1904, Jefferson County, Alabama
...2-Joseph Jordan Swenson b. 15 May 1887, Fliseryd, Kalmar, Sweden, d. 14 Sep
1958, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
+ Genae Bell b. 11 Dec 1892, Belltown, Cleburne County, Alabama, m. 14 Aug
1913, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, d. 24 Dec 1957, Birmingham,
Jefferson County, Alabama, par. Dr. Walter H. Bell and Cora Isabel Robertson
......3-Joseph Jordan Swenson Jr b. 24 May 1914, Verbena, Chilton County,
Alabama, d. 16 Nov 1986, San Diego County, California
+ Olive Moses b. 31 Jan 1916, Nazareth, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, m. 5 Sep 1936, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, d. 14 Apr
1998, Denver, Colorado, par. Charles Howard Moses Jr and Olive Ramsay
.........4-Bette L Swenson
+ Dwayne E Sargent
.........4-Joseph Jordan Swenson III
+ Mary Eileen Robinson , par. Unknown Robinson and Unknown Rudrauff
............5-Erik Swenson
............5-Patrick Jerome Swenson b. 7 Sep 1982, Medina, Ohio, d. 31 May
2004, (Golden Cemetery, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado)
.........4-Mary Ann Swenson
+ Robert Edwin Forman , par. Unknown Forman and Unknown Mallery
......3-Robert Jerome Swenson b. 13 Oct 1919, Berkeley, Alameda County,
California, d. 21 Dec 1991, (Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
+ Betty Pearce b. 2 Aug 1928, Winfield, Marion County, Alabama, m. 16
Jan 1960, Jefferson County, Alabama, d. 1 Dec 1998, Alabama, par. James Gibson
Pearce and Edna Bate
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1-Hildegard Höglander b. 27 Nov 1843, Långemåla Parish, Kalmar County,
Småland Province, Sweden, d. 10 Jun 1918, Chesterton, Westchester Township,
Porter County, Indiana
+ Nels Henry Highwood b. 26 Mar 1838, Högsby Parish, Kalmar County, Småland
Province, Sweden, m. 8 Feb 1862, Högsby Parish, Kalmar County, Småland
Province, Sweden, d. 8 Oct 1909, Chesterton, Westchester Township, Porter
County, Indiana, par. Nils Henningsson and Sara Lisa NiIsdotter
...2-Robert Highwood b. 4 May 1862, Högsby Parish, Kalmar County, Småland
Province, Sweden, d. 16 Dec 1943, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana
+ Ida Mae Shaner b. 25 May 1873, Burdick, Porter County, Indiana, m. 20 Apr
1897, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, d. 27 Nov 1960, Westville, La Porte
County, Indiana, par. George Shaner and Maria Augustine
......3-Offley Leonard Highwood b. 23 Sep 1898, Chesterton, Westchester
Township, Porter County, Indiana, d. 4 Sep 1964, Valparaiso, Porter County,
Indiana
+ Verna Mary Pirrung b. 21 Mar 1904, Lily Lake, Kane County, Illinois,
m. 4 Apr 1929, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, d. 8 Oct 1954, Illinois,
par. Conrad J Pirrung and Carrie Hurd
.........4-Marilyn Joan Highwood
+ Harold Max McCorkel Jr b. 7 Dec 1938, LaPorte, LaPorte County,
Indiana, m. 27 Dec 1960, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana, d. 4 Jul 2017,
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, par. Harold Max McCorkel and Mary Dora Green
............5-Harold McCorkel
............5-Julie McCorkel
.........4-Warren Leigh "Skip" Highwood b. 18 Dec 1942, Valparaiso, Porter
County, Indiana, d. 22 Jan 2009, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
+ Karen Ann Clem , par. Durwood Orville "Bud" Clem and Dorothy M
Kamaski
............5-Stephanie Highwood
+ Michael Choucalas , par. George Choucalas and Betty Jo Caraway
...............6-Morgan Choucalas
+ David Bradley
...............6-Michael Choucalas
............5-Heather Highwood
+ Richard J Sykora b. Abt 1955, d. 23 May 2013
............5-Todd Leigh Highwood b. 13 Sep 1963, Michigan City, La Porte
County, Indiana, d. 19 Jan 2015, Indiana
+ Carol J Michaels , par. Bernard D Michaels and Donna Bende
+ Nancy Marie Evans , par. Francis "Frank" Bernard Evans Jr and
Florence G Neubauer
......3-Oriss Dorven Highwood b. 13 Jun 1901, Chesterton, Westchester Township,
Porter County, Indiana, d. 20 Mar 1902, Chesterton, Westchester Township,
Porter County, Indiana
...2-Niles Henry Highwood b. 17 Sep 1864, LaPorte County, Indiana, d. 10 Jul
1944, East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana
+ Elizabeth C Brown b. 12 Mar 1868, Indiana, m. 23 Jun 1889, Porter County,
Indiana, d. 16 Dec 1938, Chesterton, Westchester Township, Porter County,
Indiana, par. George Brown and Charity A Carter
......3-Almyra Highwood b. Apr 1893, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana, d.
After Apr 1966
+ Oscar N V C Jordan b. Abt 1882, m. 3 Apr 1919, Lake County, Indiana
......3-Niles Highwood Jr b. Abt 23 Dec 1900, d. 19 Oct 1901, Chesterton,
Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana
......3-Donald Horace Highwood b. 4 Mar 1903, Chesterton, Porter County,
Indiana, d. 2 May 1983, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
+ Anna Marie Suchovsky b. 10 Jan 1904, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois,
d. 22 May 1985, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, par. Nik Suchowski and Mary
(Maria) Matonsek/Matusck
+ Hattie Louise Carter b. 19 Feb 1875, Jackson Township, Porter County,
Indiana, m. 27 Apr 1940, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, d. 24 Sep 1974,
Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, par. John Philo Carter and Elizabeth Spear
...2-Charles Highwood b. 9 Nov 1866, LaPorte County, Indiana, d. Between 1870
and 1880
...2-Charles Axel Highwood b. 3 Feb 1879, Burdick, Porter County, Indiana, d.
21 Jan 1955, Beverly Shores, Porter County, Indiana
+ Pearl Nester b. 13 May 1894, Porter County, Indiana, m. 17 Dec 1919,
Porter County, Indiana, d. 2 Apr 1929, Chesterton, Westchester Township, Porter
County, Indiana, par. John Nester and Lovilla Kinney
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1-Ida Elizabeth Höglander b. 1 Jan 1847, Högsby Parish, Kalmar County, Småland Province, Sweden, d. 11 Jan 1923, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana + John Claus Bankson b. 17 May 1850, Uggleryd, Hjälmseryd parish, Jönköpings county, Sweden, m. 26 Jun 1875, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, d. 7 May 1919, West Chester Township, Porter County, Indiana, par. Bengt Nilsson and Lena Catharina Andersdotter + Joseph Brown b. 5 Nov 1857, Jackson Township, Porter County, Indiana, m. Sep 1920, Porter County, Indiana, d. 13 Jan 1937, Porter, Porter County, Indinana, par. George Brown and Charity A CarterReturn to the top
1-Gudrun Eva Elisabet Westberg b. 24 Oct 1894, Söderåkra. Kalmar County,
Småland Province, Sweden, d. 16 Apr 1977, Butte County, California
+Erik Otto Severin Westberg b. 23 Oct 1875, Ålem Parish, Kalmar County,
Småland Province, Sweden, m. 4 Jul 1914, Stockton, San Joaquin County,
California, d. 17 Jan 1942, Yuba County, California, par. Johan Peter (JP)
Westberg and Gustafva Sophia Emilia Höglander
...2-Inga J Westberg b. 20 Sep 1915, Butte County, California, d. 1 Mar 1921,
Butte County, California
...2-Anna Sylvia Westberg b. 19 Dec 1917, Ramada, Butte County, California, d.
24 Dec 1917, Oroville, Butte County, California
...2-Eric Westberg Rood b. 23 Apr 1921, Chico, Butte County, California, d. 20
Feb 1998, California
+Beatrice Gwendolyn "Gwen" Oates b. 14 Nov 1920, Grass Valley, Nevada
County, California, m. 8 Nov 1942, Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, d.
7 Jan 2016, California, par. Phillip Henry Oates and Beatrice Mary "Minnie"
Jennings
......3-Cheryl Lynn Rood
+John Merrill Seaman , par. Merrill Hicks Seaman and Betty Jane Likins
.........4-Kenneth J Seaman
+Wayne E Hiatt
......3-Linda Ann Rood
+Michael Breck Lumbard
.........4-Devon Andrew Lumbard
.........4-Bryce Derek Lumbard
......3-Karen Suzanne Rood
+Errol Simon Aboe , par. Kenneth Richard Aboe and Anna Maria Cabras
...2-Ing M Westberg b. 10 Jan 1923, Butte County, California, d. 14 Jan 1923,
Butte County, California
...2-Britta Sigrid Rood b. 21 Oct 1924, Chico, Butte County, California, d. 25
Dec 2015, California
+George Callamaras b. 22 Feb 1913, New York, m. Feb 1944, probably Chico,
California, d. 29 Apr 1981, Sacramento County, California, par. Unknown and
Unknown Billias
......3-Peter Vernon Callamaras
+Lisa Jo Hillard
......3-Sigrid V Callamaras
+Joseph M White
...2-Sterling Eugene Rood b. 19 Jul 1927, Stirling City, Butte County,
California, d. 23 Jan 1982, Butte County, California
+Carrie Ann Wilkins b. 12 Apr 1929, Oregon, m. 1 Feb 1953, Butte County,
California, d. 4 Aug 2010, California, par. Lester Wilkins and Edna Frances
Wilson
......3-Shelley Ann Rood b. 25 Jan 1954, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, d.
21 Jan 2015, Great Falls, Montana
+Michael R Lighter
.........4-Aaron Lighter
+Unknown
......3-Carrie Rood
+Unknown Denney
......3-Stephanie L Rood
+Unknown Balcazar
+Vernon Vorhees Rood b. 3 Nov 1879, Iowa, m. Oct 1931, Reno, Nevada, d. 16 Nov
1939, Nevada County, California, par. Dr Vernon Dudley Rood and Sarah
Catherine Vorhees
...2-Rosemary Rood
+Dr Crittenden Edward "Crit" Brookes b. 8 May 1931, Alameda County,
California, m. 5 Sep 1954, Chico, Butte County, California, d. 27 Feb 2016,
Marin County, California, par. Arthur Blayne Brookes and Ruth Crittenden
+Frans Gustaf Orberg b. 23 Aug 1889, Överselö, Södermanland, Sweden, m.
Between 1946 and 1949, d. 18 Feb 1960, Butte County, California, par. Per
Gustaf Årberg and Matilda Slagbran
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1-Alf Ivan Israel Westberg b. 21 Jun 1901, Nässjö, Jönköping County, Småland
Province, Sweden, d. 10 May 1970, Humboldt County, California
+Ethel L Uhl b. 28 Oct 1904, Colorado, m. Abt 1925, d. 26 Sep 1981, Sonoma
County, California, par. Joseph K Uhl and Martha Mathilda "Mattie" Opsal
...2-Eula Marie Westberg b. 4 May 1925, Eureka, Humboldt County, California, d.
6 Sep 1991, Sacramento County, California
+George Joseph Farnham b. 23 Jan 1919, Oakland, Alameda County, California,
m. Abt 1948, d. 30 Oct 2001, California, par. George Henry Farnham and Sylvina
Abruel
......3-Alf Joseph Farnham b. 10 Jan 1949, Butte County, California, d. 21 Dec
2011, King County, Washington
+Janet Marie Arusell , par. Gerald A "Gerry" Arusell and Evelyn May
Sigurdson
.........4-Alex Farnham
.........4-Andrew Farnham
......3-Nancy Lee Farnham
+Unknown Williams
......3-Michael Robert Farnham b. 13 Apr 1958, Sacramento County, California,
d. 28 Apr 2016
......3-Susan E Farnham
+Michael G Laudi , par. Guenther K H Laudi and Ilse Goebels
.........4-Brandi Christa Laudi
.........4-Zachary Michael Laudi
.........4-Hannah Elizabethkam Laudi
......3-Joel P Farnham
......3-John Farnham
...2-Doris Marie Westberg b. 4 Jul 1929, Eureka, Humboldt County, California,
d. 27 Nov 2010, Reno, Nevada
+Dr Paul Roebuck Jensen , par. Jens C Jensen and Thelma M Roebuck
...2-Robert Joe "Bob" Westberg
+Marilyn Louise Trump , par. Dorr David Trump and Rose Marie Zvara
......3-Robert J Westberg
......3-Unknown Son Westberg
......3-Unknown Son Westberg
...2-Dr Jimmie Alf Westberg b. 19 Jan 1933, Chico, Butte County, California, d.
30 Nov 1999
+Janet M Ugrob , par. Jack Ugrob and Melanie Dura
......3-Michele S Westberg
+Herve R Gugler
......3-Lauren E Westberg
+Alan B Guttenberg
.........4-Darren Jack Guttenberg
.........4-Ross Alan Guttenberg
.........4-Marshall Alf Guttenberg
......3-Steven J Westberg
......3-Karen L Westberg
......3-Derek J Westberg
+Catherine Helen "Cathy" Feldtman , par. John Caspar Feldtman and Shirley
Gomez
......3-James Miles Westberg
......3-Julie Marguerite Westberg
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1-Jack Gosta Westberg b. 24 Nov 1907, Kalmar Parish, Kalmar County, Småland
Province, Sweden, d. 23 Apr 2005, Linn County, Oregon
+Doris Adalina Houghtaling b. 24 Feb 1914, Goldfield, Esmeralda County,
Nevada, m. Oct 1934, Reno, Nevada, d. 29 Apr 2017, Albany, Linn County,
Oregon, par. Earl Jay Houghtaling and Muriel Joy Snyder
...2-Earl Robert Westberg b. 20 Jun 1939, Chico, Butte County, California, d. 4
Jul 1996, Benton County, Oregon
+Sue Catherine Naff , par. George William Naff Jr and Melva Galdys Flora
......3-Steven Jack Westberg
......3-Layne David Westberg
+Kimberly Hinrichs
......3-Eric Earl Westberg
......3-Krista Sue Westberg
...2-John Dale Westberg
+Paulette June Walter , par. Douglas H Walter and Frances Pauline Ostlund
...2-Larry Edmund Westberg
+Karen Rose McCauley , par. Jack Matthew McCauley and Unknown Nelson
......3-Jennifer Anne Westberg
+Robert John "Rob" Bornheimer
.........4-Macy Bornheimer
.........4-Kellen Bornheimer
......3-Lindsey Kathleen Westberg
+Sean Kelly Austin
.........4-Natalee Austin
.........4-Olive Austin
+Katherine "Kathy" Moore , par. Charles William "Bill" Moore and Rita Mae
Mazankowski
......3-Mitchell Westberg
......3-Maggie Westberg
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