Family Group Sheet


Name Carl Oscar Eklund
Birth 20 Feb 1842, Porvoo/Borgå
Death 4 Apr 1896, Helsinki/Helsingfors
Occupation Insinööri/Ingeniör
Father Carl Gustaf Eklund
Mother Gustava Kristina Lindholm
Misc. Notes
He owned Sandvikens skeppsdocka later Wärtsilä. This shipsyard still exist and is today owned by a Norwegian Group. They are building luxurious cruising ships for the Caribian. The length beeing more than 300 meters!
Spouse Ida Sofia Wesander
Birth 26 Mar 1850
Death 30 Aug 1915
Father Johan Samuel Wesander (1822-1875)
Mother Sofia Westerling (1828-1874)
Children
1 M Gunnar Eklund
Birth 26 May 1873, Helsinki/Helsingfors
Death 8 Dec 1910, Gurjeff South Russia
Occupation Insinööri/Ingeniör
Misc. Notes
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.
Spouse Anni Edith Federley
Last Modified 2 May 2002 Created 17 Apr 2018 using Reunion for Macintosh

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