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This page is a result of my own search for my great grandfather Per Johan Dahlquist, born the 21th.May 1875 in Malung, Dalarna, Sweden. During my search I have met peoples all over the World searching for their Scandinavian roots. So that's why I got so fascinated by this item. Please sign my "Guestbook" to the right.More to read about my g.grandfather further down. Click the Photo of Per Johan and you will be taken to a new site dedicated  to him. Through the page I have added som photos showing the life of an average imigrant, some succeded, others didn't.
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Help me find my great grandfather - wanted dead or "alive".  
The Steamer SS Montebello leaving Kristiania  for Hull in 1903. A year later Per Johan left with the same boat. Can you imagine all those tears and splitting families? At the bottom of this page you can find a map showing where the transmigrated in England and to which port they went in the US. Claim your relative from the passengerlist for SS Montebello the 11th. March 1904, you want find the entire list anywhere else!!! I would like to know what happened to my great grandfathers fellow passengers. Claim a relative and get your name at my page. The passengerlist is here.
Passengers (from Kristiania) and facts about the steamer SS Montebello
                    Claim a passenger from the SS Montebello on the 11th.March 1904:
01/2-1909
Per Johan Nilson, 28, married, worker, dest. N. Dakota, claimed by Me , destiny: missed
15/4-2001
Anne Karine Grøtberg, 20,unmarried,dest. Minnesota, claimed by Nancy Young , destiny: married
15/4-2001
Karen Myhrvold, ended up in Fillmor Co, MN, together with nr.2, Grøtberg, and became
                                         her witness when she got married. Destiny: unknown
16/4-2001
Jonas Wilhelmsson Kullander,27,unnmaried,carpenter,destination Boston,claimed by Ulla Hansson
                           
          4 persons identified - who's next ????????

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Montebello 1890 - 1910:  When SS Montebello was built it had accomondation for 69 first class, 20 second class passengers and some 600 emigrants: the first class was later increased to 79 passengers and a number of single-berth cabins introduced. O.N- 95834, 1735g, 1116n, 276,0 x 35,0 x 15,6 feet. 6.3.1890 launched by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton-on-Tees (yard No.371) for Thos.Wilson, Sons & Co. 6.1890: completed. 28.6.1910: Sold to La Roda Hermanos, Valencia and renamed Barcelo. 1930: broken up at Mahon.
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The Portrait shows my great grandfather as a soldier in Sweden (Värmland ca.1895).  Dalkvist was the surname he received as a soldier. Last heard from in a letter dated the 1th. February 1909 in Behula,Ferry County in Washington. At that time he had no job, no money or nothing to eat. Could he be the same person as Per John Dahlquist who died at the 26th.July 1962 in Ferry County? (Source: Tacomas Area Obituary Washington). Heard from in 3 letters:
1. Undated letter, adress Box 36 Bovill, Idaho, (se map below).
2. Letter dated 26.11.1907 Adress Afrahone, Box 7, Stirling City, California (worked 15 miles out in the Forrest building railroads),
3.Letter dated 1th.February 1909 in Behula, Ferry County, Washington
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Uuugghhh, this land is my land , anybody
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About my great grandfather Per Johan Dahlquist, born 21th.May 1875,Malung (Sweden)
My great grandfather emigrated from Norway to North Dakota on the 11th.March 1904, and was never seen again. His birth name were Per Johan Nilsson, born on the 21th.May 1875 in Malung, Dalarna, Sweden. The 28th. Dec. 1902 he married my great grandmother, Clara Petrine Eriksen, in Kristiania Norway. He was later known as Johan Dahlquist / Per Johan Dahlquist. Through him I'm a descendant of the Svedelius family. His fathers name were Gucku Nils Persson from Malung. I have my roots in Norway: Norderhov,Oslo,Østfold,Ringerike. Sweden: Malung in Dalarna, Arvika in Värmland, and Bohuslän (join the new Bohuslän List!!!). I can also trace my roots, through the Clan Guthrie , back to Montrose in Scotland. Others of my ancestors, Paqualin, came from Finland.
THE JOURNEY PART 1: After entering the US or a Canadian port - where did your ancestors go?

The Promise
of America

A Map showing
where the Norwegian-Americans are living today
623 different American Railroad Maps from the period 1828 - 1900
My "family wall".
Where do you "store" your ancestors?
THE JOURNEY PART 2: Hours of transmigration, from the eastcoast to the westcoast
Just passing through: Many emigrants arrived the Port of Hull, and went by train to other Ports - for instance Liverpool and then further to America with a transatlantic ship. Find emigration and passenger lists from England, visit
The Public Record Office (The national Archive of England), chase for the B27 lists and order your own copy.
or
If you want to know more about all that happened in the hours before their transatlantic journey visit
"The Great Central Railway and Migration from Europe to Nort America - page"
This two links might appear to be very important to you because many just knows what ship they departed with from Norway/Sweden, but not what happened after they reached England. Se the map bellow which shows the Railway through England, from their arrival, at the eastcoast, in Hull/Grimsby, towards their new port of departure at the westcoast of England. I have experienced that a lot of Genealogists get stucked at the port of arrival and don't know what happened further on, when and which boat they sailed with on their transatlatic journey. I hope these two links would be of great help to you!
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THE JOURNEY PART 3: Read about the immigrant journey


The Immigrant Journey

The Journey from Finland to America
Idaho: Arriving with Stage Coach (unkmown postcard)
Celebrate the:
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6th. June in Sw

4th. July in the US
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Great Northern Railway
THE JOURNEY PART 4: Passengertraffic through the North European ports - where did your ancestors go?
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The Association of Liberation Children
renders assistance to the descentdants of soldiers(also US soldiers) from the Second World War in the search for their father and/or relatives. All the children are between 54 and 55
Map removed, new links to come
WEBMASTER Sweden 09-01-2002.
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