Carl Emil Ostrom b. 24 Nov 1871 Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden d. 16 May 1957 Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA: Smith Family Tree

Carl Emil Ostrom

1871 - 1957 (85 years)

Name	Carl Emil Ostrom [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
Birth	24 Nov 1871	Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
Gender	Male
Census (Europe)	Between 1880 and 1887	Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden [10]
	Relationship: Son
Immigration	7 May 1914	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [5, 6, 7, 9, 11]
	Carl and Anna departed Hamburg, Germeny on 25 Apr 1914, with Axel, Edith, Emil, Oscar, Helge, and Ernest, enroute to Liverpool aboard SS Marylebone -- Departed Liverpool aboard SS Franconia
		Ship-SS Franconia RMS Franconia passing Castle Island in Boston Harbor -- The RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her maiden voyage in February 1911, was between Liverpool and Boston, USA. She was nicked name the Bathroom ship as…
Census	1920	Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [9]
	Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married
Census	1930	Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [11]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Census	1940	Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [12]
	Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head (Father of Ethel, grandfather of Irene)
Census	1950	Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [13]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married (Widowed)
Name	Åström [3]
Death	16 May 1957	Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [4]
Burial	Highland Cemetery, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [4]
		Highland Cemetery Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find a Grave: #91073
Person ID	I24741	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Anders Petter Ersson Åström, b. 26 Jun 1823, Lerbäck, Örebro, Sweden d. 21 Jun 1884, Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden (Age 60 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Anna Stina Jansdotter, b. 26 Nov 1841, Lerbäck, Örebro, Sweden d. 14 Mar 1890, Kronoberg, Sweden (Age 48 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	27 Jul 1864	Lerbäck, Örebro, Sweden [15]
Family ID	F10148	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Anna Sophia Petersson, b. 24 Dec 1876, Örebro, Sweden d. 25 Mar 1938, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 61 years)

Marriage 21 Oct 1894 Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden

Children

	1. Emil Alfred Alexander Ostrom, b. 28 Jan 1904, Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 20 Dec 1967, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Edith Theresia Ostrom, b. 5 Oct 1901, Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 23 Apr 1993, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Ernest Algot Ostrom, b. 25 Jun 1912, Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 18 Nov 1974, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Lydia Marie Ostrom, b. 4 Nov 1896, Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 11 Feb 1995, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 98 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Helge Edward Ostrom, b. 4 Oct 1909, Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 29 Aug 1973, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Oscar Ivan 'Evan' Ostrom, b. 9 May 1907, Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 9 Jan 2001, East Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Ethel Irene Ostrom, b. 13 Jan 1916, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 May 2004, Hyde Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Carl Werner Ostrom, b. 28 Dec 1894, Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 27 Dec 1935, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Axel Hjalmar Leonard Ostrom, b. 6 Mar 1899, Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 16 Aug 1982, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10325 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 24 Nov 1871 - Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden
	Census (Europe) - Relationship: Son - Between 1880 and 1887 - Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden
	Marriage - 21 Oct 1894 - Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden
	Immigration - Carl and Anna departed Hamburg, Germeny on 25 Apr 1914, with Axel, Edith, Emil, Oscar, Helge, and Ernest, enroute to Liverpool aboard SS Marylebone -- Departed Liverpool aboard SS Franconia - 7 May 1914 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married - 1920 - Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1930 - Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head (Father of Ethel, grandfather of Irene) - 1940 - Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married (Widowed) - 1950 - Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Death - 16 May 1957 - Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Burial - - Highland Cemetery, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

= Link to Google Earth

People » Slide Show		OSTROM-(family) Augusta Matilda 'Tilda' Ostrom Bratt (1864–1956) Emma Carolina Ostrom Anderson (1869–1959) Carl Emil Ostrom (1871–1957) Clara Wilhelmina Ostrom Peterson (1874–1954) Anna Maria Ostrom Johnson (1877–1963) Oskar Hjålmar Ostrom (1882–1934)
		OSTROM-(Siblings) Clara Wilhelmina Ostrom Peterson (1874–1954), Augusta Matilda 'Tilda' Ostrom Bratt (1864–1956), Carl Emil Ostrom (1871–1957), Emma Carolina Ostrom Anderson (1869–1959), and Anna Maria Ostrom Johnson (1877–1963) (Tilda's 80th birthday according to Gertrude Johnson Culver, Anna's daughter)
		OSTROM-Anna and Carl family From Claes and Anna Johnson's family photos, Carl and Anna Ostrom's family with Carl's brother Hjalmar Ostrom. Children's 1st names from oldest to youngest: Carl, Lydia, Axel, Edith, Emil, Oscar, Helge. (not in photo Erenst and Ethel) -- n_mail14 originally shared this on 18 Apr 2017
		OSTROM-Carl Carl Emil Ostrom (according to Gertrude Johnson Culver, his niece.)

Places

Ship-SS Franconia
RMS Franconia passing Castle Island in Boston Harbor -- The RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her maiden voyage in February 1911, was between Liverpool and Boston, USA. She was nicked name the Bathroom ship as…

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Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1859-1943
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Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963
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Book Indexes to Boston Passenger Lists, 1899-1940
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Book Indexes to Boston Passenger Lists, 1899-1940; Microfilm Serial: T790; Microfilm Roll: 58

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Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: K_1835

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1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_723; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 218
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Sweden, Selected Indexed Household Clerical Surveys, 1880-1893
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1930 United States Federal Census
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1940 United States Federal Census
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1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Norwood, Norfolk, Ma

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Sweden, Indexed Marriage Records, 1860-1943
Genline AB; Johanneshov, Sweden; Swedish Church Records Archive; GID Number: 100018.43.12200; Roll Number: SC-1009

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