Where is Lulavan?

[Eva Johnson Zimmer]

My father's cousin married a man from Lulavan. I have not been able to locate it on any maps of Sweden. Can anyone help?
 
Thanks, Eva Johnson Zimmer

[Erik Holmlund]

Hej Eva,
 
I'm not 100% certain, but I think Lulavan is now called 'Avan' on most maps. It's located on the shore of Luleälven (Lule River) about 10km west of the town Luleå, in the county of Norrbotten, in northern Sweden.
 
Regards
Erik, Skellefteå

[Åke Forsmark]

I agree with Erik. There is at least one more place called Avan (or Afvan) so the name Lulavan propably is a construction to avoid confusion.
 
May I ask the name of your father cousin? Two of my granmothers brothers (Gustaf Lidstrom) from Avan went to the USA.
 
Åke Forsmark

[Eva Johnson Zimmer]

Hello and thanks Erik and Ake -
 
Ake, my father's cousin, Svea married John Hugo Nelson from Lulavan. He was born 11 April 1897 and died 21 December 1982 in Deerfield, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). I do not know where or when they were married. In correspondence, Svea said she came over in 1916.
 
I regret not asking detailed questions of them and especially my father. I'm sure many people do.
 
Thanks for your help and interest.
 
Eva

[Eva Johnson Zimmer]

Hello and thanks Erik and Ake -
 
Ake - my father's cousin Svea married John Hugo Nelson from Lulavan. He was born 11 April 1897 and died 21 December 1982 in Deerfield, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). I do not know where or when they were married. In correspondence, Svea said she came over in 1916.
 
I regret not asking detailed questions of them and especially my father. I'm sure many people have that regret.
 
Thanks for your help and interest.
 
Eva

[Eva Johnson Zimmer]

Well, I don't know what happened - thought I deleted the first message! So sorry.  
I am having trouble getting my Swedish language to work consistently.
So sorry,
Eva

[Åke Forsmark]

I tried to find John Hugo Nelson on www.ellisisland.org and I didnt find any perfect match. I found a Hugo Nelson arrived at 1919 aged 24. He came with a ship Crawl Keys as a crew member, from Cuba. But your Nelson may have arrived some other way.
 
I think you should ask in Landskap->norrbotten->socknar->nederlulea for John Hugo Nelson born 1897 in Avan. He shouldnt be hard to find. In 1890 years peoplecount* there are 11 Nilsson in Afvan. (www.foark.umu.se) so he should be in 1900 years counting. But that database isnt free...
 
 
Åke Forsmark
 
*Folkräkning - hjälp mej nån ...

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Hi Eva,
 
The 1900 Census on the fee-based Arkion site has this Johan Hugo living in Afvan. (Avan) Could he be yours? Johan is a name often changed to John after emigrating.
 
http://www.arkion.se
 
Homeparish: Neder Luleå
Residence: Afvan
County: Norrbotten
SVARvolume: CB0013  Card nr: 15
Page: 131  Row: 22
 
F means born.
 
Persons in the household
Fam nr: 1
Nils Olof Nilsson f. 1858 in Öfver Luleå Norrb. l.
(Över Luleå, Norrbotten län = county), Hemmansegare (farm owner)
wife Anna Katarina Boström f. 1858 in Neder Luleå
d. Anna Maria f. 1890 in Öfver Luleå Norrb. l.
s. Nils August f. 1892 in Öfver Luleå Norrb. l.
s. John Ragnar f. 1895 in Neder Luleå
s. Johan Hugo f. 1897 in  Neder Luleå
d. Elma Johanna f. 1899 in Neder Luleå
d. Axel Vilhelm f. 1900 in Neder Luleå
 
 
Judy

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Hi Eva,
 
It is best that you find a year of immigration in the U.S. Federal Censuses for 1910-1920-1930 to see when Johan Hugo emigrated, but I found this in the Emihamn database of CD Emigranten and maybe?:
 
First name: JOHAN H
Last name: NILSSON
Age: 19     Gender: M
Parish: NEDERLULEÅ (where he lived when he emigrated)    County: BD (Norrbotten)
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1916 11 08 (date he registered with the police to leave Sweden)
Destination: CHICAGO ILL
Fellows: NEJ (Nej = no. He traveled alone on his ticket.)
Source: 103:614:465
 
Who was his wife? (I know she was Svea but do you have her last name?) What else do you know about her? I see a few Sveas but none came from Norrbotten.
 
Judy

[Erik Holmlund]

Hi again Eva,
 
Here you find Avan Lulavan on two maps.
 

 

 
/Erik, Skellefteå

[Eva Johnson Zimmer]

Greetings and thanks for the information and maps Äke, Judy and Erik,
 
Judy, Here's what I know about Svea from letters she and her husband John wrote to me from Chicago in the last several years of their life.
 
Svea said she lived near my father (down the road) and as cousins, they played together as children. I believe she died around 1982 or 1983 in Deerfield, Illinois (suburb of Chicago). Do not have dates of her birth, marriage or death. She and John had a son John and a daughter Doris, last name unknown.
 
My father Oskar Jonnsson (Oscar Johnson in U.S.) was found in 1900 census as follows:
 
Homeparish:  Öfre Ullerud (old spelling of Övre; don't know what Ullerud means)
 
Homestead:  Olsäter (don't know what this means)
 
Kontrakt:  Kils (Jurisdictional District)
 
County:  Värmland
 
Johan Edvard Jonnsson b. 1866 in Övre Ullerud, Tailer (don't know what Tailer means)
 
Wife: Alma Elisabeth Andersdotter b. 1868 in Östra Ämtervik
 
Children:  
Oskar b. 1896 in Övre Ullerud
Ingeborg Elisabeth b. 1900 in Övre Ullerud
 
I believe that Svea's father was my grandfather's (Johan Edvard Jonnsson) brother. If so, she was a Jonnsson and lived in or very near Övre Ullerud as a child.
 
That is all the information I have on either John or Svea.
 
My sincere thanks,
Eva Johnson Zimmer

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Hi Eva,
 
Tailor is an English language word and is an occupation which you can find in any English language dictionary. (It is a translation of the appropriate Swedish word, skräddare, which means tailor in English.)  
 
This meaning from Webster's Dictionary is the one which fits.
 
tailor: 1. a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, esp. suits, coats, and other outer garments.
 
This is the information you received, so others who read this don't need to look it up at Arkion.
 
1900
 
Homeparish: Öfre Ullerud (Övre Ullerud is the name of the parish. You don't need to know what it means but maybe the Swedes will tell you.
Residence: Olsäter (This is their village or farm. It isn't necessary to know what it means.)
County: Värmland
SVARvolume: 1269  Card nr: 1
Page: 31  Row: 32
 
F means born.
 
 
Persons in the household
Fam nr: 1
Johan Edvard Jonnsson f. 1866 in Öfre Ullerud, Skräddare (= tailor)
wife Alma Elisabeth Andersdotter f. 1868 in Östra Emtervik, Värml.
s. Oskar f. 1896 in Öfre Ullerud
d. Ingeborg Elisabeth f. 1900 in Öfre Ullerud
 
Maybe this is the father, Johan Edvard, in the 1890 census at Arkion. I didn't see any other possibilities for Johan Edvard born in that parish in that year.  
 
Homeparish: Öfre Ulleruds
Residence: Hellekilstorp.
County: Värmland
SVARvolume: 000318  Card nr: 17
Page: 28  Row: 33
 
Persons in the household
Fam nr: 1
Jonas Nilsson f. 1835 in Öfre Ullerud, Egare (owner)
wife Lovisa Petersdotter f. 1837 in Öfre Ullerud
s. Johan Edvard f. 1866 in Öfre Ullerud
s. Andreas f. 1868 in Öfre Ullerud
d. Amanda Lavinia f. 1870 in Öfre Ullerud
s. Karl Peter f. 1873 in Öfre Ullerud
s. Viktor f. 1876 in Öfre Ullerud
d. Emma Elisabeth f. 1879 in Öfre Ullerud
 
You can find more about your Svea in the U.S. Her death certificate needs to be obtained and then you will learn her birthdate, any middle names, and maybe much more such as where she was born and who her parents were. Look in censuses to find more clues. The Swenson Center often tells the parish where someone was born, and so on. There is a great deal of information which can be found in U.S. records and you don't have to rely solely on memories of relatives and records found at home.  
 
These are all the Sveas emigrating in 1916 who are on the Emigrant CD. You need to provide more information.
 
  BERGMAN       SVEA           5                  OA    1916   NEW YORK
  BERGQVIST     SVEA          15    SKELLEFTEÅ    AC    1916   DETROIT MI
  HÖGLUND       SVEA          24    EJ ANGIVET          1916   BOSTON
  HÖGLUND       SVEA          24    EJ ANGIVET    OA    1916   BOSTON
  KEYLANDER     SVEA          23    KARLSHAMN     K     1916   NEW YORK
  KEYLANDER     SVEA          22    KARLSHAMN     K     1916   NEW YORK
  KINDBERG      SVEA          25    EJ ANGIVEN    OA    1916   NEW YORK
  LINDQUIST     SVEA           2    LEMMHULT      F     1916   MILLERS LAKE
  SVENSON       SVEA          15    VARBERG       N     1916   NEW YORK
  SVENSSON      SVEA           9    EJ ANGIVEN          1916   MONTEVIDO
  ANDERSSON     SVEA A        25                  OA    1916   CHICAGO IL
  KJELLSTRÖM    SVEA A        16    REFTELE       F     1916   NEW YORK
  SELAHON       SVEA A        28    SUNDSVALL *   Y     1916   NEW YORK
  ANDERSSON     SVEA AMA VIL  23                  A     1916   NEW YORK
  ANDERSSON     SVEA AMALIA   23    STOCKHOLM ST  A     1916   NEW YORK
  ROSELL        SVEA E        15    JÖNKÖPING     F     1916   KANSAS CITY
  PETTERSSON    SVEA H        22    EJ ANGIVEN    A     1916   NEW YORK
  JOHANSSON     SVEA I        29    HOLSLJUNGA    P     1916   NEW YORK
  HAGMAN        SVEA INGEGÄR  25    STOCKHOLMS L  B     1916   NEW YORK
  OLSSON        SVEA KAROLIN  19    HJÄRTUM       O     1916   WASHINGTON
  SELLING       SVEA KATARIN  19    HÄRNÖSAND     Y     1916   CHICAGO
  SELLING       SVEA KATARIN  19    HÄRNÖSAND     Y     1916   CHICAGO
  ANDERSSON     SVEA L        20    MALMÖ         M     1916   NEW YORK
  ERIKSSON      SVEA LEONTIN  21    STOCKHOLMS L  B     1916   SIOUX CITY I
  ANDERSSON     SVEA LOVISA   22    ESKILSTUNA    D     1916   NEW YORK
  MOSTRÖM       SVEA M        21    HÖGBO         X     1916   CLIFTON N J
  NORDBERG      SVEA M         3    SJÖRUP        M     1916   WADENA MN
  ANDERSSON     SVEA MARIA E  11    STOCKHOLMS L  B     1916   NEW YORK
  OLSSON        SVEA N        20    MORTORP       H     1916   NEW YORK
  NILSSON       SVEA SOFIA    18    NOSABY        L     1916   NEW YORK
  NYGREN        SVEA V        30    SUNDSVALL     Y     1916   MINNEAPOLIS
  HÄLLSTRÖM     SVEA VIKTORI   3    AVESTA        W     1916   REGINA
  AHL           SVEA WALBORG  22    ÄRTEMARK      P     1916   ROCKFORD IL
 
Here are some sites with ideas you can use to gather more clues.
 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/
 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/
 
http://rootsweb.com/~genepool/sources.htm
 
When you have enough information, try the Swenson Center but their records aren't online. I have solved many difficult problems there.
 
http://www.augustana.edu/administration/SWENSON/
 
Judy

[Hans Högman]

The term Kontrakt mentioned above is not a Jurisdictional District. In this case Kontrakt is a church Deanery. The term for a Jurisdictional District is Härad.
Hans Högman