August Ranstrom

Our Great-Grandfather

August Ranstrom, April 19, 1869 - May 30, 1954

August was born in Sweden to Per Olsson (7/26/1835 - 1/11/1917)) and Maria Olsdotter (1832 - 5/16/1873). Per is the son of Olaf Persson (1804 - 1843) and Maria Ersdotter (1803 - 1886). They lived in Ransby Satter, Lysvik Parish.

August emigrated to America on June 7, 1889 and married Anna Sophia Svenson (1870 - 1910) in June 1893 shortly after Anna emigrated. His father Per came to America to visit his sons on April 1, 1892 and changed his name to Ranstrom using the Rans from the name of his home place. His sons changed their names, too. Per returned to Sweden on May 4, 1895.

Per Olsson and Maria Olsdotter married on December 26, 1858 and had seven children including August. Olaf (1860) emigrated to America in 1886 and married Josephine Frey. Per Johannes and twin Maria were born in 1862. Per Johannes died in 1882 and Maria emigrated to America and married John Boquist. Lars (1865) emigrated to America in 1888 and married Hulda Olander. After August came Carl Emil (1871) who emigrated to America in 1891 and married Lena Hendrickson. Erik was born on May 15, 1873 and died on May 20, 1873, four days after his mother died.

Per married his second wife who had the same name as his first wife, Maria Olsdotter (6/11/1839 - 4/24/1921). They had four children: Mathilda (1874), Karoline (1877), Emma (1879), and Johanna Leontina (1883).

August and Anna Ranstrom had eight sons and one daughter. After Anna's death, August married Augusta DeGrossilare. Here are August and Anna's children:

Arthur (1894 - 1957) married Olga Pauline Anderson (1893 - 1994) and had Gloria Ann (1922) and Wallace Stanley (1925).

Carl Victor - went by Victor (1896 - 1975), married Ida Martha Sandstrom (1900 - 1985) and had James Kermit Victor (1922), Juliette Anna (1923), Vernon Eugene (1926), June Elida (1933), and Donovan Edward (1942).

Oscar Leonard (1898 - 1981) married Ida Mathilda Johnson (1885 - 1961). They had no children.

Axel Herman (1899 - 1989) married Emma Heddan (1900 - 1934) and had Maynard Howard (1926), Ivadelle Delores Ann (1929), Dennis Arden (1930), and Marjorie Elaine (1932).

Robert William (1901 - 1990) married Edlyn Violet Pearson (1909 - 1936) and had Gene Robert (1930) and William Delano (1933). Robert then married Cora Eleanor Johnson (1917 - 2009) and had Jerome Walter (1940), Morris Charles (1942 - 1982), and Justin Warren (1943 - 1984).

Theodore Gottfrid (1902 - ?) married Hazel Agnes Mildred Johnson (1904 - ?) and had Donald (1933), Hazel Elizabeth (Betty)(1935), and Wayne Aaron (1937).

Henning Severin Roosevelt (1904 - 1994) married Ruth Christine Larson (1912) and had Grant Charles (1934), Lowell August (1935), Ruth Ann (1942), and Gay Maridelle (1944).

Otto Emmanuel (1906 - 1994) married Lillian Olga Eide (1915 - ?) and had Marvin Redell (1937), Diane Marjorie (1939), Joan Lorene (1941), Cheryl Lorraine (1943), and Marilyn Joyce (1950).

Agda Evelyn (1908 - ?) married Manville Vernard Pearson (1906 - ?) and had Mitchell Dean (1941) and Marcia Claire (1947).