Anton Edvard (Hyllegren) Helgren (1870 - 1944)

Born 3 Feb 1870 in Hörryda, Fridlefstad, Blekinge, Sweden

Ancestors

Died Dec 1944 at age 74 in United States

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Biography

Edward (Hyllegren) Helgren migrated from Sweden to United States.

Edward (Hyllegren) Helgren was awarded the Philippine Campaign Medal (Army).

1870 3 Feb was born and Christened 6 Feb 1870 was named Anton Edvard, son of Boatsman Carl Johan Olsson Hart and wife Anna Maria Carlsdotter^[1] in Höryda. [Father] 30 years old. Witnesses: Arrendor Sven Johan Olsson and his wife Ingrid Lena Håkansdotter in Höryda. Baptized by H Nedin.^[2]

(1870 3 Feb föddes och d 6 döptes Anton Edvard, son till Båtsmannen Carl Johan Olsson Hart och hustru Anna Maria Carlsdotter i Höryda. Modern 30 år gammal. Vittnen: Arrendatorn Sven Johan Olsson och hans hustru Ingrid Lena Håkansdotter i Höryda. Döpt af H Nedin.)

Resident in 1890: Karlskrona county ^[3]

From the Ingrid (Helgren) Herling 1945 family tree:

Anton Edward b. 1870, immigrated to the US in 1891, died Dec 1944, aged 74 years.

He was a veteran of the Philippine–American War and was stationed in the Philippine Islands; he appears at the US barracks in Manila in the 1900 US Census^[4]

Grandmother (Anna Marie Carlson Helgren), Victor, Inez and Hilda came to America together in 1892. They were met at the Minneapolis railroad station by Aunt Ellen, and Uncle Ed and Grandpa joined them later. After staying in Minneapolis from April till October they moved up to their permanent home in Clarissa, Minnesota. They rented the old Lundmark farm for almost three years before buying their own permanent farm land.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Text on back of family photo (Helgren family) taken in 1892, Minneapolis, Minnesota. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Helgren-31.
2. ↑ Boatsman Register: Anton Edvard Hyllegren. Blekinge Genealogy Association. Accessed 18 Mar 2018. The Blekinge Genealogy Association site lists as its sources for this entry: Fridlevstad CI: 6. http://www.blekingesf.se/batsmansregistret/showsource.php?sourceID=S4381&tree=1, Sweden's Population 1890. http://www.blekingesf.se/batsmansregistret/showsource.php?sourceID=S62&tree=1, and Fridlevstad EI: 3. http://www.blekingesf.se/batsmansregistret/showsource.php?sourceID=S34825&tree=1.
3. ↑ Blekinge Boatsman Register. "http://www.blekingesf.se/batsmansregistret/getperson.php?personID=I13964&tree=1." Anton Edvard Hyllengren.
4. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Malolos, Philippine Islands, Military and Naval Forces; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0163; FHL microfilm: 1241839. Accessed 24 July 2008 SJ Baty at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7602&h=54596125.
5. ↑ Family tree written by Ingrid “Inez” (Helgren) Herling [Helgren-31] in Santa Monica, California, 1945. Ingrid’s sister Elena saved a copy and it was handed down to her great-grand daughter T. Cooper of California and the original was passed down to Ingrid's descendants.
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