Axel Emil Lindquist

AXEL EMIL LINDQUIST (aka ALEXANDER EMIL LINDQUIST)

Farmer in Kamloops: Afterwards Captain of a Lake Steamer [1]

Axel Emil Lindquist is the illegitimate son of Emma Petronella Hulterström. He was born in December 1858, at Norrköping in the town parish of Saint Olai in the province of Östergötland, Sweden. The name of his father is not certainly known but Carl Lindquist is noticed among the baptismal sponsors and it is supposed that he is the father. Information Supplied by Magnus Hansson

Death

Axel Emil Lindquist died of a heart attack on 1 December 1898. He was buried at Vernon in the Okanagan Regional District of fBritish Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Death Registrations

Marriage

Axel Emil Lindquist (aka Alexander Emil Lindquist) married Alice Heffley on 13 February 1886, probably at Kamloops in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District of British Columbia in Canada. British Columbia Marriage Registrations He and his wife are noriced at Kamloops when the census was enumerated on 15 May 1891 Library and Archives Canada: 1891 Census of Canada

Children

1. Charles Lindquist
2. Frederick Lindquist
3. Grace Caroline Dorey
4. Mary Alice Linquist

[1] Axel Emil Lindquist was probably employed on a steamer which plied on Lake Okanagan, also called Okanagan Lake, which is the largest lake in the Okanogan River drainage. This lake is tributary to the Columbia River basin, and is the core of the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada. During its early days of settlement and development, lack of roads in the region made the lake a natural corridor for passenger travel and freight. The Canadian Pacific Railway Lake and River Service was the main carrier on the lakes, providing freight and passenger connections between Penticton, on the Kettle Valley Railway (the Southern Mainline) and Okanagan Landing (Vernon) for connections to the CPR Mainline at Sicamous via the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway. Smaller vessels such as the SS Naramata provided passenger service to smaller settlements around the lake, as well as excursions for tourists Wikipedia: Okanagan Lake

Information Supplied by Magnus Hansson

According to the church´s birth register, his name was Axel Emil Lindquist. He was born in the town Norrköping, in the town parish of Saint Olai, in December 1858. He was registered as an illegitimate child. The mother was the 22 years old Emma Petronella Hulterström, born in the same town on 13 April 1836. There are four witnesses to the baptism of Alex, two women and two men. One oft the men is named Carl Lindquist. That is probably the father. I think this happened when a child was "illegitimate". If the father was registered as "unknown" they still often knew who he was. And if he did not want to marry the woman he had to pay some kind of allowance. And in this case it was common, I think, that the father appeared among the Baptism witnesses. Information Supplied by Magnus Hansson