Carl A. Nilsson and Ida V. Andersson

[jamcat95]

Selma's brother left for USA in 1902 only to return in 1911:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mwh/

Ian

[paul5534]

Thank you, Ian!!  Yes, I have everything on Alfred, his siblings, parents, grandparents, etc.  His sister Ida was my great grandmother who you helped me with earlier in the year.

But Selma's birth in Sweden was a mystery to me.  She met a sad end.....she was brutally murdered in Brooklyn in 1927.  She accidentally walked in on a man killing another woman, and when he saw her, he had to eliminate her as a witness. He eventually received the death penalty.

Alfred and Selma had 4 children.  I have located one living grandchild and a few living great grandchildren.  I have reached out to them but have not heard back.

Thanks again for your help!!!!  I really appreciate it.

Paul

[jamcat95]

Cheers Paul and you're welcome.

Ian

[paul5534]

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61584/48258_555101-00432/63466614?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/104895872/person/340050563570/facts/citation/982065023541/edit/record

I don't know if this link will work or not.  Selma is 3rd on the list.  It says she went back to Sweden on July 29, 1897, before she married in 1898.  I took a quick look but did not see evidence of this trip back to Sweden.  She must have come back quickly though as she married in NY less than a year later.

Thanks again for all your help.

Paul

[jamcat95]

I can't see the record unfortunately. I'll take a look in the Church Books later on after work tonight.

Ian

[jamcat95]

I have a Selma Augusta Larsson aged 25 in 1897 going back to USA:
It could be her.

[jamcat95]

I did find her brother Jan's (with surname Nordin) passenger list going to Selma in 1905 - nr4:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8161-FLZ?i=649&cc=1368704

Here is Selma on the 1905 Census at Vanderbilt Avenue:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCK4?i=7&cc=1463113




Ian

[jamcat95]

I think this is her on the 1897 New York passenger list:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ND-GSSD

Ian

[paul5534]

Ian...amazing work!!  Thank you so much!!  Everything matches up perfectly.  I had found a record of her brother leaving Sweden in Nov 1902 on ancestry.com, but I could not find the passenger list when the ship arrived in NY, and I did not know who he was visiting.

Again, I can't tell you how much all of this helps my research. 

Paul