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I am looking for information about Tyra Wennerström, married name Norgren. She was born on 24 nov 1890 in Sweden. Her grandmothers uncle was quite famous, Victor Kullberg, who fabricated chronometers and had a factory in London. Tyra moved to London probably in the 1920s and married a Swedish businessman in Wood Products, named Norgren. During the war she had a position in the annex of Churchill's 10 Downing St, working as a housekeeper. She died in 1964, probably in december, in Birmingham, Warwickshire. Her Swedish husband probably died before the war, and it is uncertain if she had any children.
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There appears to be 2 children a son in 1916 & daughter in 1921.
She married Sven Norgren in 1915. She was his 2nd. wife. His 1st. wife Helen died the previous year.
Sven Norgren died in 1922.
Her probate gives an address of 17 Winchester St. Westminster however she was living at 34 St. Peter's Rd. Harborne at the time.
Administration went to her stepson Gerald Norgren.
She left just over £1200.
Her son Gerald continued to live at 17 Winchester St. until his death in 1982. He left over £38000.
London Electoral Rolls shows Gerald & his brother Pelle living together. I suspect their mother is there too but as she's not British she won't appear as a voter.
Pelle a seaman died in California 1981.
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Tyra was in England prior to the 1920's
Marriage June qtr 1915
Norgren Sven A
Wennerstrom Tyra B V
Islington reg district 1b 524
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Also from freebmd https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Death Sep qtr 1922
Norgren Sven A age 39
Islington 1b 205
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Hi
I have a Tyra Wennersten born 16 Dec 1892. Could this be her? I haven't found a Wennerström......... yet!
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m7d/
Added:
Just thought....... you may know everything from Sweden. Let me know if you do please.
Ian
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Tyra was in England prior to the 1920's
Marriage June qtr 1915
Norgren Sven A
Wennerstrom Tyra B V
Islington reg district 1b 524
To save duplication see above.
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Thanks jim1
Just to clear up the birth record:
Tyra Brita Viktoria:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m7e/
Ian
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Thankyou so much for all your eminent answers!
Yes, I know quite a lot about her time in Sweden, she was born in my small home village. She took her exam at the high school in Gävle 1909.
When Victor Kullberg died a nephew, Peter or Pehr Wennerström, took over the Company, and Tyra visited him several times before she moved to London.
There was some problem with her employment as she was a foreigner, but Churchill wanted her for the job. Sometimes she served Swedish food at the annex. And once she got a gift from Churchill when he came home from a meeting with Roosevelt - a bag of fresh lemons.
I mailed the office at 10 Downing St trying to obtained any photo, but they had none. You might think that there should be some photo from the annex at least.
I add a photo of Tyra, probably taken at the time of her exam at 19 years of age.
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Thanks for that TomJonas.
Interesting story and a great photo and I wish you luck in further researches.
mvh
Ian
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I don't like to spoil the party however the photo you've attached is early 1890's when she would have been a baby.
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How do you know that it is early 1890s?
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The style of dress with the raised shoulder was called a kick-up. It was a short lived creation & superseded by the more familiar Gigot. So a date range of 1889-93 & I suspect the latter of those dates.
Her hair is also of the period.
You won't see any woman dressed like this or have her hair like this in the 1900's.
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jim1,
Absolutely correct! I have consulted an expert in female fashion, and she agrees with you completely.
So now we have a mystery. Who is this woman on the photo. We know that Tyra ordered copies from the photographer in Gävle. Furthermore, there is another photo. With a mysterious handsome man,
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Could it be her mother.
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It is possible. We know quite a lot about her parents, but have absolutely no photo of them. Her father died in difteria 1899.
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We know that Tyra ordered copies from the photographer in Gävle.
Hi TomJonas
A longshot here but there are many photos from Gävle here at "Porträttfynd" from different photographers. Some with names some without:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m7h/
I hope the link works.
Ian
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Ian,
Thanks for your tip.
But no luck, none of the man and woman in our photos were there.