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Title: John Victor Falk
Post by: linussweden on Tuesday 26 September 17 14:56 BST (UK)
I am searching for information about, John Victor Falk, born 1889 in Gräsmark, Sweden.

I know that he lived in Aberdeen, Washington in 1942.
Title: Re: John Victor Falk
Post by: shellyesq on Tuesday 26 September 17 16:05 BST (UK)
In case you don't have these:

WWI draft registration card - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29J3-8QK

1930 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCS5-KQC
Title: Re: John Victor Falk
Post by: shellyesq on Tuesday 26 September 17 16:10 BST (UK)
1910 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJZ-K9Q

Death record for his son Charles - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3G6-MHP
Title: Re: John Victor Falk
Post by: RJ137 on Tuesday 26 September 17 16:13 BST (UK)
1910 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJZ-K9Q

WWI draft Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29J3-8QK

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Lots of personal info on marriage certificate. Open as PDF file.

Marriage 1919:    https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/26F977BF8DF860714A681D82BE42CB91

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1920 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFR-RQH

1930 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCS5-KQC

1940 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K99K-2YV

WWII draft Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-FNJ7

SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5Z4-MMJ

Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148175911

Wife: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148175903

His obits mentions he has a brother in Sweden.
Title: Re: John Victor Falk
Post by: shellyesq on Tuesday 26 September 17 16:16 BST (UK)
Veterans' records indicate that he enlisted in the Army on 18 Sep. 1917 and was released on 1 May 1919.

There is a Veterans' Affairs card here - https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/78464655-d455-4866-999f-b2696ac5182e
Title: Re: John Victor Falk
Post by: RJ137 on Tuesday 26 September 17 16:39 BST (UK)

The daughter Janet married Allen P Jansen in 1947

Marriage: https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/AD0F6410B5588747E387C6DE37113D87

Janet died in 1988.

SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWM-KFDG

Public record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ4B-4NGT


Allen P Jansen died in 2003.

WADI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLW9-J824

SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLBL-5ZP
Title: Re: John Victor Falk
Post by: RJ137 on Tuesday 26 September 17 16:50 BST (UK)
Aberdeen Herald
Aberdeen, Washington
Thursday, October 07, 1915 - Page 5
Title: Re: John Victor Falk
Post by: linussweden on Tuesday 26 September 17 16:53 BST (UK)
Thank you for your help! He had a daughter in Sweden, Karin Viktoria Falk, born 1907-05-06.
She was my great-grandmother. She didn´t knew anything about her father.