Carl Wilhelm Alsen b. 05 Apr 1863 Västra Vingåker, Floda, Södermanland, Sweden d. 1956 Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA: Appalachian Aristocracy

1863 - 1956 (92 years)

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Name	Carl Wilhelm Alsen
Born	05 Apr 1863	Västra Vingåker, Floda, Södermanland, Sweden
	Swedish Church Records Archive; Johanneshov, Sweden; Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1880-1920; GID Number: 100004.11.14700; Roll/Fiche Number: SC-516; Volume: 106; Year Range: 1863 Child's Given Name: Carl Wilhelm [Carl Wilhelm Ersson] [Carl Wilhelm Pehrsson] [Carl Wilhelm Persson] Gender: Man (Male) Birth Date: 5 apr 1863 Birth Place: Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden Father: Pehr Ersson Mother: Anna Ersdotter Mother Birth Date: abt 1834 Mother Age: 29 GID Number: 100004.11.14700 Roll/Fiche Number: SC-516 Volume: 106 [Note: This most likely is his birth record as the dates and names of his parents match.] National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization , 8/1845- 12/1911; NAI Number: 3000057; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21 Name: Carl W Alsen Petition Age: 30 Record Type: Petition Birth Date: 5 Apr 1863 Birth Place: Floda, Sweden Arrival Date: 27 Aug 1887 Arrival Place: Boston Petition Date: 6 Nov 1893
Gender	Male
Died	1956	Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA
	Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916-1970]. Volumes 66-145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Name: Carl William Alsen Death Date: 1956 Death Place: Arlington, Massachusetts Index Volume Number: 118 Reference Number: F63.M363 v.118 Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Name: Carl W Alsen SSN: 019125848 Birth Date: 5 Apr 1863 Birth Place: Sweden Claim Date: 18 Mar 1942 Type of Claim: Life Claim Notes: 26 Aug 1977: Name listed as CARL W ALSEN
Notes	Swedish birth records list him as Carl Wilhelm Ersson, Carl Wilhelm Pehrsson, and Carl Wilhelm Persson. In 1901 a law required people to adopt permanent surnames to be passed onto successive generations. Before that time, most Swedish surnames are patronymic. Patronymic surnames changed with each generation. His father's name was Pehr Ersson, but under the Swedish naming system, Carl's last name would have been Pehrsson [Pehr's son] or Persson [Pers' son]. while a sister would be known as Pehrsdotter (daughter of Pehrs). When people used patronymics, a woman did not change her name at marriage. The leads to the confusion that Carl was known as Pehrsson, Persson or Petterson not Alsen when he left Sweden. He was the son of Pehr Ersson. For his naturalization record in 1893 he dropped the Swedish naming system and used used his father's last name, but evidently changed it from Ersson to Alsen. IMMIGRATION According to his wife's passport application, Carl came to the US on the USS Catalonia, operated by the Cunard Line. Launched on May 14, 1881, the ship operated between Liverpool and Boston until 1889. It could carry 200 first-class passengers and 1,500 third-class passengers. Most likely Carl came as a third class passenger. His own naturalization application indicated he arrived in Boston on 27 Aug 1887. Swedish Emigration Records, 1783-1951 Name: Carl W Petterson Birth Year: 1863 Gender: Man Place of Origin: Floda Södermanland Län, Sverige Destination: Boston Massachusetts Record Date: 12 Aug 1887 Port of Departure: Göteborg Database Name: EmiHamn Archive Call Number: 32:573:13460 Principal Person: Petterson Carl W From Sweden During the peak of the emigration, ships left from Göteborg every week, usually on Friday afternoon. Once underway, the trip to Hull took about 40 to 50 hours. The ships usually approached the eastern coast of England during the day or early evening of the following Sunday. The primary port city was Kingston-upon-Hull, commonly referred to as Hull. It was the home of the Wilson Line, which owned these three ships. The final hours of the journey took the immigrants up the River Humber where they would dock at the wharf. Gothenburg, Sweden, Passenger Lists, 1869-1951 Name: Carl W Petterson Departure Date: 12 Aug 1887 Departure Place:Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus, Sverige Ship Name: Romeo Birth Date: 1863 Birth Place: Floda Age: 24 Destination: Hull, England The trains left for Liverpool on Monday morning around 11:00 AM, arriving in Liverpool between 2:00 and 3:00 PM. The route took them through Leeds and Manchester, giving them a glimpse of those two thriving cities. The trains were filled solely with immigrants. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891; Record Group Title: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; Record Group Number: 36; Series Number: M277; NARA Roll Number: 104 Name: Carl W Petterson Gender: Male Age: 24 Birth Date: abt 1863 Departure Place: Queenstown Ireland and Liverpool England, Ireland and Liverpool England Arrival Date: 27 Aug 1887 Arrival Place: Boston, Massachusetts Ship: Catalonia CITY DIRECTORIES Publication Title: Arlington, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1896 Name: Carl W Alsen Residence Year: 1896 Street address: 18 Teel Residence Place: Arlington, Massachusetts Occupation: Cabinetmaker Publication Title: Arlington, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1896 Publication Title: Arlington, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1906 Name: Carl W Alsen Residence Year: 1906 Street address: 94 Franklin Residence Place: Arlington, Massachusetts Occupation: Cabinet Maker Publication Title: Arlington, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1923 Name: Carl W Alsen Gender: Male Residence Year: 1923 Street address: 30 P1 Residence Place: Arlington, Massachusetts Occupation: Cabinet Maker Spouse: Anna W Alsen CENSUS RECORDS 1900 Census Name: Carl W Alunr [Carl W Alsen] Age: 37 Birth Date: Apr 1863 Birthplace: Sweden Home in 1900: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Street: Franklin Street Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1888 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Anna Alunr [Alsen] Marriage Year: 1890 Years Married: 10 Father's Birthplace: Sweden Mother's Birthplace: Sweden Years in US: 12 Naturalization: Yes Occupation: Cabinet Maker Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: O Home Free or Mortgaged: M Farm or House: H Household Members: Name Age Carl W Alunr 37 [Alsen] Anna Alunr 39 [Alsen] Anna Alunr 9 [Alsen] Carl Alunr 7 [Alsen] Nels Alunr 5 [Alsen] Eva Alunr 4 [Alsen] Carine Aleer 3 [Alsen] Ruth Aleer 7 months [Alsen] 1910 Census Name: Carl W Atsen [Alsen] Age in 1910: 47 Birth Year: abt 1863 Birthplace: Sweden Home in 1910: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Street: Franklin Street Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1887 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Anna W Atsen [Alsen] Father's Birthplace: Sweden Mother's Birthplace: Sweden Native Tongue: English Occupation: Cabinet Maker Industry: Furniture Factory Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner Home Owned or Rented: Rent Farm or House: House Naturalization Status: Naturalized Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Years Married: 20 Out of Work: No Number of weeks out of work: 0 Household Members: Name Age Carl W Atsen 47 [Alsen] Anna W Atsen 49 [Alsen] Anna Atsen 19 [Alsen] Carl Atsen 17 [Alsen] Nils Atsen 15 [Alsen] Eva W Atsen 14 [Alsen] Carine Atsen 12 [Alsen] William P Atsen 9 [Alsen] Esther Atsen 7 [Alsen] Walter Atsen 5 [Alsen] 1920 Census Name: Carl W Olsen [Alsen] Age: 57 Birth Year: abt 1863 Birthplace: Sweden Home in 1920: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Street: Swan Place House Number: 30 Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1887 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Anna W Olsen Father's Birthplace: Sweden Mother's Birthplace: Sweden Native Tongue: Swedish Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Cabinet Maker Industry: Factory Employment Field: Wage or Salary Home Owned or Rented: Own Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged Naturalization Status: Naturalized Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Name Age Carl W Olsen 57 [Alsen] Anna W Olsen 59 [Alsen] Anna Olsen 29 [Alsen] Carl W Olsen 27 [Alsen] Nils Olsen 25 [Alsen] Eva W Olsen 23 [Alsen] Karin E Olsen 22 [Alsen] Philip W Olsen 19 [Alsen] Esther Olsen 16 [Alsen] Walter Olsen 14 [Alsen] 1930 Census Name: Carl W Alsen Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Sweden Race: White Home in 1930: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Marital Status: Married Immigration Year: 1884 Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Anna W Alsen Father's Birthplace: Sweden Mother's Birthplace: Sweden Household Members: Carl W Alsen 68 Anna W Alsen 69 Philip W Alsen 29 Esther Alsen 26 Walter Alsen 24 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Carl W Olsen Senior [Alsen] Age: 77 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Sweden Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Street: Swan Place House Number: 31 Farm: No Inferred Residence in 1935: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Residence in 1935: Same House Citizenship: Naturalized Occupation: Cabinet Maker House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $2000 Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year Duration of Unemployment: 2 Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks Worked in 1939: 26 Income: $780 Income Other Sources: No Household Members: Carl W Olsen 77 Philip W Olsen 39 Anna Reay 49 Roberta A Reay 11
Person ID	I27245	Master File
Last Modified	13 May 2017

Father	Pehr (Petter) Ersson
Mother	Anna Ersdotter, b. Abt 1834, Sweden
Family ID	F15016	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Anna Wilhelmina Andersson, b. 02 Mar 1861, Adolf Fredrik parish, Stockholm, Sweden , d. Bef 1940, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA (Age 78 years)

Married 07 Dec 1889 Cambridge, MA

Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840-1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Name: Carl W Alsen
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birth Place: Sweden
Marriage Date: 7 Dec 1889
Marriage Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Age at Marriage: 26
Father: Per E
Mother: Anna
Spouse: Anna W Anderson
Spouse Birth Place: Sweden
Spouse Age at Marriage: 28
Spouse Father: Anders W
Spouse Mother: Anna E

Children

+	1. Anna Alsen, b. 30 Oct 1890, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA
	2. Carl William Alsen, Jr., b. 19 Jul 1892, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA , d. 18 Jul 1957 (Age 64 years)
	3. Nils Alsen, b. 23 Apr 1894, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA , d. Apr 1969, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA (Age 74 years)
	4. Eva Alsen, b. Apr 1895, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA
	5. Karin Alsen, b. 04 Jun 1897, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA
	6. Ruth Alsen, b. Oct 1899, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA , d. 04 May 1903, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA (Age ~ 3 years)
	7. Philip W. Alsen, b. 11 Nov 1900, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA
	8. Esther Alsen, b. 24 Oct 1903, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA
	9. Walter Alsen, b. 26 Aug 1905, Arlington, Middlesex Co. MA

Last Modified 12 May 2017

Family ID F11838 Group Sheet | Family Chart