staffan
18-12-04, 18:00
Is it possible to trace the home parish of Alexander Strom from Finland by means of US censuses?
Steven R. Strom wrote today:
Yes, please post my query again._ I'm looking for any leads._ The latest news I have is that he may have arrived in New York with a brother._ This brother may have settled in Georgia._ _ Thanks, _ Steven R. Strom
Postings at the Finland Genealogy Forum:
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Looking for information on Alexander Strom
Posted by: Steven Strom (ID *****9241)
Date: February 21, 2004 at 11:06:10
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I am looking for information on my great grandfather, Alexander Strom. He was born in Finland 10/25/1865 according to the inscription on his tombstone. He came to
the United States at some point. Oral family history states he was in the midwest somewhere and came to western North Carolina (Madison County) or East Tennessee
(Cocke County)with a friend and stayed here.
Alexander married Hester Netherton on 4/20/1889. They had four children:
Otto H. Strom b. 2/17/1893
Flora Strom b. 7/31/1895
Hubert A. Strom b. 3/2/1897
William Strom b. 12/22/1898
Alexander died on 2/25/1899 and is buried in Marshall, North Carolina at Dry Pond Cemetery.
I cannot find any information about Alexander since I don't know where he was prior to the 1890 census.
Maybe he had a brother or father named Otto since his first son was named Otto. Can anyone provide additional information to help me through this brick wall?
Thanks,
Steve Strom
Raleigh, NC
USA
Followups:
Re: Looking for information on Alexander Strom Staffan Storteir 2/23/04
Re: Looking for information on Alexander Strom
Posted by: Staffan Storteir (ID *****7377)
Date: February 23, 2004 at 10:15:51
In Reply to: Looking for information on Alexander Strom by Steven Strom
of 7395
He is hard to find:
(1) He possibly emigrated before 1892 so he can't be searched from the Emigrant Register or the Ellis Island archive.
(2) The name Alexander Ström possibly indicates that he was a Swede-Finn, but the surname is rather common. There were many persons named Ström who
emigrated from the coastal parishes in Ostrobothnia, but partly it only reflects the great amount of emigrants from these parishes.
(3) He might have shortened his name from Ström....
Anyhow it might be useful to send a query to the message boards where there are participants with access to databases of names in Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia.
Discuss genealogy in Ostrobothnia http://www.qnet.fi/westside/discus/
The Finlander Forum http://finlander.eget.net/index.php
The only other advice I can give is to use Ström (o with dots) when searching him in Finnish databases.
Regards,
Staffan
http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/emi_intro.htm
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Steven R. Strom wrote today:
Yes, please post my query again._ I'm looking for any leads._ The latest news I have is that he may have arrived in New York with a brother._ This brother may have settled in Georgia._ _ Thanks, _ Steven R. Strom
Postings at the Finland Genealogy Forum:
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Looking for information on Alexander Strom
Posted by: Steven Strom (ID *****9241)
Date: February 21, 2004 at 11:06:10
of 7395
I am looking for information on my great grandfather, Alexander Strom. He was born in Finland 10/25/1865 according to the inscription on his tombstone. He came to
the United States at some point. Oral family history states he was in the midwest somewhere and came to western North Carolina (Madison County) or East Tennessee
(Cocke County)with a friend and stayed here.
Alexander married Hester Netherton on 4/20/1889. They had four children:
Otto H. Strom b. 2/17/1893
Flora Strom b. 7/31/1895
Hubert A. Strom b. 3/2/1897
William Strom b. 12/22/1898
Alexander died on 2/25/1899 and is buried in Marshall, North Carolina at Dry Pond Cemetery.
I cannot find any information about Alexander since I don't know where he was prior to the 1890 census.
Maybe he had a brother or father named Otto since his first son was named Otto. Can anyone provide additional information to help me through this brick wall?
Thanks,
Steve Strom
Raleigh, NC
USA
Followups:
Re: Looking for information on Alexander Strom Staffan Storteir 2/23/04
Re: Looking for information on Alexander Strom
Posted by: Staffan Storteir (ID *****7377)
Date: February 23, 2004 at 10:15:51
In Reply to: Looking for information on Alexander Strom by Steven Strom
of 7395
He is hard to find:
(1) He possibly emigrated before 1892 so he can't be searched from the Emigrant Register or the Ellis Island archive.
(2) The name Alexander Ström possibly indicates that he was a Swede-Finn, but the surname is rather common. There were many persons named Ström who
emigrated from the coastal parishes in Ostrobothnia, but partly it only reflects the great amount of emigrants from these parishes.
(3) He might have shortened his name from Ström....
Anyhow it might be useful to send a query to the message boards where there are participants with access to databases of names in Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia.
Discuss genealogy in Ostrobothnia http://www.qnet.fi/westside/discus/
The Finlander Forum http://finlander.eget.net/index.php
The only other advice I can give is to use Ström (o with dots) when searching him in Finnish databases.
Regards,
Staffan
http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/emi_intro.htm
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