Dear Esther!
My great great grandma was Klara Albertina Vretlind. She was born 26:th of September 1866 in Råby parish, Södermanland, Sweden.
She married Karl Fredrik Karlsson, born 3:rd of January 1871.
In 31:st of December, 1902 their daughter, my great grandma, Anna Elisabeth was born.
I have heard of that Anna Elisabeth should have a brother in USA, David. My grandma Astrid always called him Uncle David, and I guess he is your father, am I right? (I know Astrid was in USA about 10-15 years ago, and met some relatives, maybe you met her?)
However, Anna Elisabeth married Martin Leander Axelsson, born 4:th of August 1899 in Tunaberg, Södermanland. They married 1921, and then they lived together for over 70 years. Anna Elisabeth died 3:rd of March 1996. Martin Leander died 18:th of January 1995. I rememeber both of them very well.
On of their children is Astrid, born 25:th of February 1925. As said, she is my grandma. She has four children. She has four children togehther with her husband Ingemar Bergkvist; Lars, Kjell, Sune and Anette. I?m a son of Kjell, and I?m born 1971.
Peter has wrote about my search for Anna Elisabeth, and he refer to a familytree there. Please, don?t accept it as a true, since I have started to think I have been following the wrong Klara Albertina. Just a few weeks ago I found out the Klara Albertina in that family tree was mentioned as Not Married in 1910 when she lived together with his father. So the ancestors of Klara Albertina Vretlind is still a mystery for me.
In fact, I even don?t know anything of the ancestors of Klara Albertinas husband, Karl Fredrik either.
Please, don?t hesitate to mail me, maybe we can found out a lot of things about our family trees. I don?t know anything about my relatives in USA, and if you are the person I belive, I think we can give each other a lot of information.
Regards
Bernt Bergkvist
swetrot@home.se