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Thomas Empson was born before 25 July 1800 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

He was christened at St. Phillips, Birmingham. He apparently didn't marry, but lived with his mother. By the 1861 Census, his mother had died and he was head of household, no children, another family living with him. He was a senior button maker by trade.

John Fielding Empson was born on 11 November 1827 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He died before December 1901 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

He was living at Old Meeting House Meeting St. - Presbyterian - Birmingham after he was born.

The 1901 Census has him a buttonmaker living in an institution for the insane.

Rachel died in June 1676 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

She and her infant were killed by Indians in one of the first attacks of King Philip's War.

Arthur Pennington was born on 3 July 1825 at St. Philips in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He and Sarah Shaw were married on 12 August 1847 at Saint Phillips in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He died about 1854 at age ~29 in At sea.

He was christened December 29, 1826, St. Philips, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

He and Sarah Shaw were married in St. Philip's Church, Birmingham, on 12 Aug 1847. Arthur Pennington was a toolmaker living on Fleet Street, son of Thomas Pennington, gardener. Sarah was the daughter of William Shaw, optician, living on Livery Street. Witnesses to the marriage included Sarah Aston, Frances Willmore, and Mary Hetherington.

According to his son, Lawrence, he was a tool maker and chain maker by trade. After making ready to go to America twice they finally started in March 1854 with their son Lawrence. Son Arthur was born on the voyage over, but Arthur Sr. died during the same voyage. Arthur Pennington was baptized on 29 December 1826 at Saint Philip's in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

Arthur William Pennington was born in March 1854 in At sea - Atlantic Ocean or USA. He and Julia Howland were married in June 1877 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.¹ He died on 12 May 1910 at age 56 in Staffordshire, England.

He was christened at Saint Marks, Birmingham, February 26, 1855. He is listed as being born on the Atlantic Ocean. In the 1861 Census, he is living with his mother, Sarah Cook, and his brother, Lawrence, on Pope Street in Birmingham. There, he is listed as having been born in Birmingham. In the 1871 Census, he was 17 and living with the Empsons. He's listed as having been born in the USA, although a British subject. In the 1881 Census, he was married, a jeweler, and living at 17 Highgate Lane, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England. That record lists his birth as having been born on the sea. He was a silversmith living at 100 Vyse Street, Birmingham, in the 1891 Census. The family had a servant: Louisa Wolton. Arthur L. had apparently died, and two new sons were born, Ernest and Arthur D. Arthur Willmore is listed as having been born at sea. In the 1901 Census, they are listed as Penniston instead of Pennington and living at 115 Whitehall, Handsworth, Staffordshire. Arthur is a manufacturing silversmith. Emily Beasley is their live-in servant.

He apparently came to Providence, RI, for a time as an adult, but returned to England to marry Julia Howland.

Another Arthur Lawrence Pennington was born 1st quarter, 1902, in Wandsworth (1d, p. 580) near London. Yet another was born 12 December 190l and died April 1993 in Yeovil, Somerset (20b, entry 99).

Thomas Cook was born about 1803 in Birmingham, England. He and Sarah Shaw were married on 18 May 1856 at Saint Marks in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

Per V. Kilstrom was born about 1837 in Sweden.

The 1930 Census says he came over from Sweden in 1887 and was a U.S. citizen. He was not employed in 1930.

Hilda Marie Anderson was born about 1879 in Sundsvall, Västernorrland, Sweden. Charles John Oberg and she were married on 26 December 1902 in Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho.¹

In the 1930 Census, the family was living on 219 Shattuck Road, Mt. Zion, Multinomah County, Oregon. Hilda came to the U.S. in 1901. She had no occupation listed in 1930 and appeared to be unemployed. Vivian, Vernon, Helmer, and Margaret were living at home. Vivian was a sales lady in a department store, and Vernon worked in a basket factory.

Jane Bryant was born on 2 December 1796 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹

Joseph Vernon Oberg was born on 29 May 1910 in Idaho. He died on 22 October 2005 at age 95 in Portland, Multinomah County, Oregon.

He was a laborer in the 1930 Census.

Margaret H. Oberg was born about 1915 in Oregon.

Harold Milton Slade was born on 6 December 1916 in Seattle, King County, Washington.¹ He died after 1930.

Leo M. Wilkins was born on 1 April 1900 in Oregon. He and Martha Geraud were married about 1921. He died on 25 February 1966 at age 65 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Information on Leo and his parents comes from his granddaughter, Jill Woodward, via e-mail 25 October 2006.

He was a pipefitter in a shipyard in 1920, a house painter in 1930. In 1930 he was living with his wife and children in Los Angeles.

Charles John Oberg was born on 11 May 1873 in Skön, Västernorrland, Sweden.¹ He and Hilda Marie Anderson were married on 26 December 1902 in Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho.² He died on 25 March 1922 at age 48 in Portland, Multinomah County, Oregon.

There was a Carl Johan Öberg born in 1873 in Skön, just outside of Sundsvall, who was living, along with his sister Hilda Olivia b. 1871, Sundsvall, in Skön. Carl and Olivia were orphaned in 1880 when their mother died (their father had died in 1875). They appeared to be living alone for a while, although near Johan Öberg and Erik Ödlund, both of whom may have been relatives. Later, they are listed as foster children living with the Ödlund family (Erik Fritjof Ödlund, b. 1845) in Selånger, just outside Sundsvall, in the 1890 Swedish census. The Ödlund household included: Erik Fritjof Ödlund b. May 30, 1845 in Tiverå, Esther Eriksdotter, b. October 13, 1854 in Själevad (Carl Johan's mother was born in Själevad), Martha, b. September 6, 1871, in Sundsvall, Lydia Claudina, b. January 20, 1881, in Selånger, Ida Eria, b. December 16, 1883, in Selånger, Anna, b. October 16, 1886, d. October 26, 1887, Erik Fritjof, b. November 18, 1888, and Helena, b. February 10, 1892, Karl and Olivia Öberg, and Erik Ödlund, b. January 1, 1808 in Alnö. Source: GID: 2077.29.21200 -- Selånger Household Examinations, 1885-1895.

The sawmill where Olof Öberg worked was the scene of the first major labor strike in Sweden in the 1870's. Pay and working conditions were bad. It would be worth checking whether Olof died as the result of an industrial accident or labor unrest.

A Carl J. Oberg 19 years old arrived 15 June 1892 steerage on the Corean by way of Glasgow, Scotland, from Sweden bound for Marniette, Wisconsin (per manifest #0166). He could read and write.

According to the 1900 US Census, Charley Oberg, born May 1873, was rooming in dwelling #62, Mullan, Idaho, with Charles and Hilda Bloom. He came to America in 1892 at the age of 18, according to the 1900 Census. He was a naturalized citizen. Also living with the Blooms was a Carl F. Anderson, born in Sweden in October 1865, who came to the US in 1881 (relative of Charley's eventual wife, Hilda Anderson?).

A Carl Öberg, American citizen, arrived on 6 November 1901 on the Oceanic by way of Liverpool from Sundsvall, Sweden (per manifest #0004) in the company of Hilda Anderson, 20, female, from Sundsvall and Hilding Anderson, 22, male (her brother?). They were bound for Wallace, ID. It appears Carl/Charley saved some money, took a trip back to Sundsvall, Sweden, and returned with his bride-to-be.

On 28 December 1902, Charley Oberg, 28, married Hilda Marie Anderson, 22, in Wallace, Idaho, the county seat. Witnesses included the Blooms.

Charles Oberg worked at the Gold Hunter mine, now an offshoot of the Lucky Friday mine in Mullan, Idaho.

In the 1910 Census the family was living in house # 23, Morning Preserves (?), Mullan, Idaho. Charles John was a miner in a lead mine. He and Hilda had been married 7 years, had 3 children, of which 2 were still living. He had emigrated in 1891; she in 1901. He was a naturalized citizen.

Joseph Vernon Oberg was born about the time the 1910 Census was taken. The Big Fires of 1910 occurred August 23-24 in the Mullan area. Mullan was evacuated, and some of the houses burned. Could that have been the reason why the family moved to Washington?

A Charles Oberg died 26 March 1922 in Portland (record can be ordered - #910).

Alma Bernhardina Anderson was born on 3 December 1885 in Varberg, Halland, Sweden.

She was living in Portland, Middlesex County, CT, in the 1920 Census. Alma Bernhardina Anderson had person sources.¹

Ellen C. Anderson was born in July 1890 in Cromwell, Connecticut.

Johann Albin Anderson was born in December 1895 in Cromwell, Connecticut.

Per Alfred Olson was born in July 1893.

Alice Charlotta Olson was born in July 1897.

Bertha Elizabeth Olson was born in August 1899.