Family Group Sheet


Name Gunnar Eklund
Birth 26 May 1873, Helsinki/Helsingfors
Death 8 Dec 1910, Gurjeff South Russia
Occupation Insinööri/Ingeniör
Father Carl Oscar Eklund (1842-1896)
Mother Ida Sofia Wesander (1850-1915)
Spouse Anni Edith Federley
Birth 10 Dec 1875, Kristiinankaupunki/Kristinestad
Death 13 Apr 1947, Kristiinankaupunki/Kristinestad
Father Karl Viktor Federley (1836-1885)
Mother Adelina Josefina Edman (1839-1895)
Children
1 F Gunvor Maria Eklund
Birth 15 Mar 1902, Finland
Death 7 Feb 1957, Modesto California USA
Spouse Soren Slosted
Marriage 4 Aug 1928, Vancouver Canada
2 M Carl Håkan Eklund
Birth 24 Mar 1908
Death 9 Apr 1942
Spouse Hjördis Wilhelma Sjöblom
Marriage 10 Oct 1937
Notes for Gunnar Eklund
Gunnar went to Warren, Pensylvania for collage and became an Engineer. He then married Anni and wanted the family to move to America but Anni did not want to leave Finland. Information about decendants of Gunnar and Anni Eklund is submitted by Ms Birgitta Lundmark whose grandmother, (mother's mother) Martha Eklund was a sister to Gunnar Eklund. Martha´s sister Astrid Eklund conducted an ancestry research 1947 from which the information is taken. Ms Lundmark has also been a great help in translating nearily all the text written into German and to correct the author's English. Information has also been given in 2002 by Gunnar's granddaughter Doris.
Notes for Anni Edith Federley
Anni was travelling around in Norway before she was married. She had a passport issued for USA 27 Jun 1900.
Last Modified 31 Jan 2004 Created 22 Dec 2009 using Reunion for Macintosh

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