August Ekstrom

August

f. 1859 i Väse (Värmlands län, Värmland)

s. Ogift man, barn i familjen

Hoflanda Väse (Värmlands län, Värmland)

Registrerad födelseort: Väse Värmlands län

• Post 1880-17-10-1730 August Magnusson1 M, #127, b. 19 July 1859, d. 12 April 1948

Father Magnus Magnusson b. 3 May 1821, d. 3 Jul 1901 Mother Cajsa Stina Gustafsdotter b. 21 Jul 1825, d. 4 Jun 1916 Relationship Uncle of Maude Agnes Extrom.

    August Magnusson was born on 19 July 1859 at Hoflanda, Väse Parish, Värmland County, Sweden. He was christened on the 24th..2 He and Caroline Larson appeared on the church records of Lervik, Väse Parish, Värmland County, Sweden, between 1881 and 1882. August made application to move oversease to Amerika 15 Mar 1881. His family accompanied his parents in 1882.3 He married Caroline Larson on 6 March 1881 at Väse Parish, Värmland County, Sweden. August immigrated to at New York, on 23 April 1881on the ship City of Paris.4,5 He petitioned the court to become a citizen on 29 October 1888 at Lacon, Marshall County, Illinois.6 August was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Hopewell Township, Marshall County, Illinois. Ekstrom, August, head, m, b. July 1859, 41 married 19 y, b. Sweden, immigrated 1881, in US 19 y, naturalized, farmer, renting. Carolina, wife, f, b. Jan 1858, 42, married 19y, 7 children, 5 living, born Sweden, immigrated 1881, in US 19 y. Oliver, son, m, b. July 1884, 15, b. Illinois, farm laborer. George, son, m, b. Feb 1888, 12, b. Illinois, farm laborer, attended school 7 mo. Anne, dau, f, b. Sep 1889, 10, b. Illinois, attended school 8 mo. Maud, dau, f, b. Feb 1891, 9, b. Illinois, attended school 8 mo. Gustafson, Charles, servant, m, b. Oct 1859, 40, wid, b. Sweden, immigrated 1870, in US 30 y, naturalized, farm laborer. Blavier, Gustave, servant, m, b. July 1864, 35, S, b. Sweden, immigrated 1873, in US 27 y. naturalized, farm laborer..7 August was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Hopewell Twp., Marshall Co., Il. Extrom, August, head, m, 38, married once, b. Sweden, farmer, rented. Note: the next five lines do not include the name of the individual and much of the data does not match. It appears that part of the page was filled in but never verified or completed. the last two entries also have problems. ---, wife, f, 37, married once, b. US. ---, son, m, 17, S, b. US. ---, dau, f, 15, b. US. ---, son, m, 13, b. US. ---, dau, f, 9, b. US August Jr., nephew, m, 35, S, b. Sweden, immigrated 1886, naturalized, English native language, laborer, farm. Carrie, grandmother, f, 84, 2 children, 1 living, b. Sweden, immigrated 1861, English native language..8 August was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Varna, Marshall County, Illinois.9 He was census 1930; lds. August died on 12 April 1948 at Varna, Marshall Co., IL, at age 88. Newspaper Obituary  August Ekstrom  Funeral services for August Ekstrom, 88, were conducted Thursday, April 15, at 1:30 p.m., at the house and at 2 o'clock at the First Lutheran Church, the Rev. Paul V. Nelson, pastor of the church, officiating. A quintette composed of Rev. and Mrs. Nelson, daughters, Lorraine, and Ruth, and John Boose, sang "Under His Wing." "Beyond the Sunset" was sung by Pastor and Mrs. Nelson. Miss Florence Gustafson accompanied both numbers. Mrs. Nelson sang a Swedish song at the home.  There were many beautiful floral offerings, as well as monetary gifts to the Bethphage Mission at Axtell, Neb. The pall bearers were Mauritz Stromgren, Jalmer Hultgren, Clarence Nott, Ed Benson, Ralph Gustafson and Herbert Extrom. Burial was made in the family lot at Salem Cemetery.  Mr. Ekstrom was born in the village of Vasa, Varmland County, Sweden, July 19, 1859. He was born on one of the many islands in that county, on a small farm, and as he grew up he assisted his father in that line of work, which he continued to follow after arriving in America in 1882.  In 1881 he was married to Caroline Larson, who with their first son arrived in America a year later. The child died shortly after their arrival. Their second son, Albert, age 11, died in 1896. Mr. Ekstrom worked on farms near LaRose for a time, moving to Magnolia, where he attended school for a year, laying the foundation for his knowledge in English. In a few years he started farming on his own account in the vicinity of LaRose, later moving near Magnolia and finally to a farm about six miles west of Varna, where he lived until he retired in 1914. Since retirement he has resided on Walnut Street, across from the Varna Grade School. After his wife died, December 29, 1929, his daughter, Anna, has kept house and cared for him.  While in better health, before retirement, he served several years as director of the Lacon State Bank at Lacon. He was also a director of the Tax School, Hopewell Township and after moving to Varna was a member of the Town Board a number of years. He was a faithful member of the First Lutheran Church, serving as deacon many years and at one time taught a Sunday School class.  HIs health had not been the best for some years and last February he was taken to the Methodist Hospital in Peoria, where he was a surgical patient for three weeks. The last six weeks he was tenderly cared for in his home by his three daughters, until his passing Monday, April 12, 1948, at 12:45 noon.  Surviving him are three daughters, Anna, Mrs. Maude Hultgren and Mrs. Signe Nelson, all of Varna and George of Madison, Wis; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.  He was the last of a family of four brothers and one sister.  Relatives and friends from a distance attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. George Extrom, Madison, Wis; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ekstrom and Miss Minnie Falk, Peoria; Mrs. Nancy Harpestad, Metamora; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hultgren, Kewanee; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stencel and daughter, Marjorie, Rutland; Mrs. Ray McFadden, Streator; Mr. and Mrs. Athur Peterson, Mrs. Ellen Olson, Mrs. Minnie Mulvihill, Wenona; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Broddus, Ansel Hexter and Joe Allen of Lacon; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Modro and Forrest Hoffstetter, Toluca.. His body was interred on 15 April 1948 at Swedish Cemetery, Varna, Marshall County, Illinois.10  In the Marshall County Court in Probate proceedings filed 26 Apr 1948, was the Order Declaring Heirship of the Estate of August Ekstrom. The order reads: Now on this day this cause coming on for hearing on the application of Oliver B. Extrom for an order finding and declaring the heirship of the above named deceased, and the Court having heard the evidence offered in support thereof and being now fully advised in the premises, doth find:

    1. That August Ekstrom departed this life on the 12 day of April, 1948, at Varna, Illinois, leaving a Last Will and Testament. That at the time of his death, he was legally domiciled in the Village of Varna, Marshall County, Illinois.

    2. That he was married once and only once; his wife predeceasing him. That of said marriage there were born the following named children: Oliver B. Extrom, George P. Extrom, Anna E. Extrom, Maude Hultgren and Signe Nelson, all of whom survive and are of lawful age and under no legal disability. That no other child or children were born of said marriage and that said decedent never adopted any child or children but left him surviving as his sole and only heirs at law his five children above named.

    That the family name was always spelled EKSTROM and was so signed and used by the decedent in his entire life. That for some unexplained reason, when the children started attending public school the spelling of their name was changed to EXTROM and as such has been followed and used by said children as their name all their respective lives, but that the children above named with their names spelled as such, are the legally born children and the sole and only heirs at law of the above named decedent. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that the five children above named, who are al of lawful age and under no legal disability, are hereby found and declared to be the sole and only heirs at law of August Ekstrom, deceased. /s/ D M Gregg / Judge.11 Family Caroline Larson b. 18 Jan 1858, d. 29 Dec 1929 Children	 Karl Extrom b. 18 May 1881, d. 1883 Oliver B. Extrom+ b. 16 Jul 1883, d. Mar 1974 Albert Emanuel Extrom b. 7 Jul 1885, d. 13 Jun 1896 George Phillip Extrom+ b. 26 Feb 1887, d. Apr 1973 Anna Eleanor Extrom b. 21 Sep 1889, d. 20 Jun 1988 Maude Amelia Extrom+ b. 11 Feb 1892, d. 1974 Signe Marie Ekstrom+ b. 9 Feb 1896, d. 1979 Taken from LeRoy McConkey family site. 

Karl (August’s son contracted the measles on the boat coming over and died shortly thereafter. He was buried in Robert’s Township Cemetery.