Friday, August 16, 2024

SWEDISH HISTORY

SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS

  • SALEM, OLE
  • WIDEMAN, PETER
  • JOHNSON, JAMES
LOCAL SWEDISH DEATHS TO 1910

(NSW BDM 5178/1868)
08.05.1868
James JOHNSON, a digger aged 38 years died from "DISEASE OF THE HEART, SUDD". Informant was W King (Mudgee coroner)
Winesses: W Woodward and E Gray.
Place of death: Two Mile Flat
Place of burial: Guntawang
Born in Sweden
Length in Colony: 25 years


12.08.1889
PETER WIDEMAN, a miner aged 68, died from "GENERAL DEBILITY" of 6 months' duration. (NSW BDM 11586/1889)
Winesses: T McCarthy and James Lewis
Place of death: Gulgong
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in SWEDEN
Length in Colony: 30 years
UNMARRIED


21.12.1889
OLE SALEM, a miner aged 57, died from "SUICIDE BY HANGING". ST Bishop, Coroner. (NSW BDM 11601/1889)
Witnesses: T McCarthy and J Crawford
Place of death: Gulgong
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in Sweden
Length in Colony: unknown
UNMARRIED


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