Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

9/1/2005

I have Eric W. Gustafson was born Oct. 12, 1903 and died Oct. 1980. That he married Ester on Aug. 18, 1934. and they had 4 children:
Allen Lee married Ferne
James married Joan
Joel Arthur--who died in infancy
Shirley Blodgett--adopted

Me. Vigor

Eric married Esther Catherine Vigor on 18 Aug 1934. Esther (daughter of Arthur Edwin Vigor and Gerda Cecelia Nelson) was born on 15 May 1915 in Henry County, Illinois; died on 24 Feb 1966 in Moline Lutheran Hospital; was buried in Orion Lutheran Cemetery, Orion, Fulton County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Burial is in Andover Lutheran Cemetery, Andover, Henry County, Illinois. Drive through the gate marked "Methodist-Lutheran" to the back of the cemetery - the southwest end. The family area is on the south side of the road where the road curves from west to north and in about three rows. Buried here are Swan Vigor and his wife Carolina Nelson, Swan's son Arthur Vigor and his wife Gerda Nelson, Swan's son John A. Vigor, Arthur's daughter Gertrude Vigor and her husband Harold Olson.

Arthur married Gerda Cecelia Nelson on 17 Oct 1911 in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. Gerda (daughter of Bernhard Nelson and Christine Carlson) was born on 26 Apr 1887 in Vanersborg, Alvsborgs Ian, Sweden; died on 28 Jul 1945 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried on 30 Jul 1945 in Andover Lutheran Cemetery, Henry County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrived in New York 7 Nov 1903 aboard the Campania out of Liverpool from hometown Vassanda-Naglum, Elfsborgs Ian, Sweden.

Buried:
Burial is in Andover Lutheran Cemetery, Andover, Henry County, Illinois. Drive through the gate marked "Methodist-Lutheran" to the back of the cemetery - the southwest end. The family area is on the south side of the road where the road curves from west to north and in about three rows. Buried here are Swan Vigor and his wife Carolina Nelson, Swan's son Arthur Vigor and his wife Gerda Nelson, Swan's son John A. Vigor, Arthur's daughter Gertrude Vigor and her husband Harold Olson.

Notes:

[Vigor Family Tree.FTW]

Marriage could have been in 1909 instead of 1911 - conflicting reports
published in Arthur & Gerda's obituaries. Her obituary also says that
she was born in Sweden on May 2, 1891, but her tombstone says a different
date.

Notes:

A message from rustan.gandvik@telia.com posted at genealogy.com's Sweden General forum in November 2001:
"This is most certainly Sven August Wigar from Horn parish in the south part of Östergötland province, close to the Småland border. According to the passport register on the Emigranten CD, Sven August and his wife (no name) got passports to North America in 1858 (no more precise date mentioned in this source). Also a widow Anna Nilsdotter and a farmhand Victor Nilsson from Horn received passports the same year."

Name:
Name in Sweden: Sven August Wigur

Buried:
Burial is in Andover Lutheran Cemetery, Andover, Henry County, Illinois. Drive through the gate marked "Methodist-Lutheran" to the back of the cemetery - the southwest end. The family area is on the south side of the road where the road curves from west to north and in about three rows. Buried here are Swan Vigor and his wife Carolina Nelson, Swan's son Arthur Vigor and his wife Gerda Nelson, Swan's son John A. Vigor, Arthur's daughter Gertrude Vigor and her husband Harold Olson.

Swan married Carolina Sophia Nelson on 3 Apr 1858 in Horn, Östergötlands län, Sweden. Carolina (daughter of Nils P. Persson and Anna Nilsdotter) was born on 18 Nov 1834 in Horn, Östergötlands län, Sweden; died on 28 Jan 1911 in Andover, Henry County, Illinois; was buried in Jan 1911 in Andover Lutheran Cemetery, Henry County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1900 Census, Carolina was the mother of 7, 5 of whom
lived.

Birth:
Her headstone says that her birthdate was 28 Oct 1834. All Swedish research shows her birthdate was 18 Nov 1834.

Buried:
Burial is in Andover Lutheran Cemetery, Andover, Henry County, Illinois. Drive through the gate marked "Methodist-Lutheran" to the back of the cemetery - the southwest end. The family area is on the south side of the road where the road curves from west to north and in about three rows. Buried here are Swan Vigor and his wife Carolina Nelson, Swan's son Arthur Vigor and his wife Gerda Nelson, Swan's son John A. Vigor, Arthur's daughter Gertrude Vigor and her husband Harold Olson.

Bernhard married Christine Carlson. Christine (daughter of Karl Unknown) was born on 17 May 1854 in Sunnersberg parish, Skaraborgs Ian, Sweden; died in BTW 1890-1900 in Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]