Biography:  WAHLSTROM, Carl Victor, Stockholm, Pepin Co., WI

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CARL VICTOR WAHLSTROM was born in the Lerbäck parish of Örebro län 
(county), Sweden on November 23, 1866 and he was one of seven children 
born to Jan Anders Andersson (who later changed his name to Wallström) 
of Lerbäck parish, Örebro län and Mathilda Carlsdotter of Godegård 
parish, Östergötland län. When he was just about 11, his mother died 
(November 4, 1877) and then 4 years later, his father remarried 
(September 30, 1881). After his father's second marriage, Carl went to 
live in the birthplace of his mother. Carl immigrated to America on June 
24, 1887 from the port of Göteborg, with the destination of Lake City, 
Minnesota (his ticket number was 32:365:2491). His last name in Sweden 
was Wallström that became Wahlstrom after coming to America. After 
arriving in Stockholm, Wisconsin, he worked in the lumber camps with his 
father (who came over in 1884) in the winter and working on his farm 
during the summer. On July 6, 1895, he married Amelia Lovisa Linder, 
born in Wisconsin on March 23, 1871 and daughter of Per Erik (Linder 
(his Americanized name)) Persson and Anna Lovisa Andersdotter. To this 
marriage, five children were born, Edwin Waldimar; Esther Vicktoria; 
Ellis Willford; Ellen Violet, wife of Harold Sanborn; and Everet 
Evangline, wife of Martin Kubes. In 1898, he worked on the railroad as 
an engineer until his retirement in September 1930. Carl and his wife 
were members of the Stockholm Covenant Church where he was a member of 
the male quartet and choir. He served on the village election board and 
was the president of Stockholm for 5 years (1937-1941). He died on 
October 12, 1994 in Lake City, Minnesota. At the time of his death, he 
had been a patient for 2 weeks in the Lake City hospital. He was buried 
in the Oakwood Cemetery of Stockholm, Wisconsin. 

Written and submitted by: Charles Miller  (Chuck_Miller@hotmail.com)
Gr-grandson of Carl Victor Wahlstrom

Copyright © 1999, Charles Miller