Coal pile, "kolmila" near Edsbyn with group of men, approx 1910. This image was in my great grandfather's photo collection. (This is cropped version of the original to show more detail.) Our family believes the young man on far right is David Åberg, son of Per Johan...
Facebook is good for some things! Quite by accident, I saw a post, in the Alfta, Sweden, Facebook group, by a man that had a letter. The letter was from my great grandfather John Olof Oberg to his cousin Erik Blomquist Sept 19, 1904, just...
Photo is Olof, Clara, children Katherine and David, and Clara's mother Karin, with their auto, approx. 1920. In 2020 I made, with my son Carleton's help, a photo book featuring many of the gorgeous old photos that were in the collection of my great grandparents John...
The following essay is history of Urafors axe factory, written by Birgitta Strand. The Swedish pdf document was transcribed from pdf “image” format to digital by Rasmus Pettersson Vik. I used Google translate to convert to English. PLEASE – feel free to help me correct...
Photo is John Olof Oberg at forge, possibly in Boone, Iowa, shortly after immigration in 1904. Olof Olsson Åberg, my great great great grandfather, was co-founder of Urafors axe factory in Ullungsfors (later moved to Edsbyn), Sweden with his brother Per Stålberg. These axes are well known...
This biography was hand-written by Helen Oberg, daughter of John Olof Oberg, at age 16 in 1940, apparently for a school project. Typed by Diana Starr, great granddaughter of John Olof Oberg....