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'Chilberg (Killberg)'. The amazing story of a Swedish-American family that came all the way from Knäred, Halland, Sweden, to America in 1846 with the boat Superb, starting their uncertain journey to the new future in Gothenburg to arrive in Philadelphia. They did never meet the view of Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island. Their oldest known family member was Karl Killberg, a parish clerk living 1695 in Hishult, Halland, Sweden. This family were early American pioneers moving west, from Sweden, to Bergholm in Wapello, Iowa, with a short period in Oregon to finally settle in the beautiful Skagit Valley at Pleasant Ridge, La Conner, Skagit, Washington.
The most prominent members of this family are John Edward Chilberg, the president of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909-1910, Andrew Chilberg, the president of the Scandinavian American Bank of Seattle and in 1879 he became the vice-consul of Sweden and Norway, John Edward Chilberg II, the grandson of John Edward Chilberg, a very active American production designer and art director, and also from the branches still living in Sweden was Johan Peter Killberg, who started the Killberg Book Stores in Ängelholm and Helsingborg.
Other families living in America with their Swedish origin from the Chilberg family are Kindblade and Young. Members of the family and their relatives, that came to America in the 1890´s, are using the surname Killberg. Family members have settled in or are today living in Sweden, Denmark, and spread all over America in states like Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, New York, Oregon, Washington, and also in British Columbia, Canada.
Family History
'Swedish Origin Years'
The oldest known family member was Karl Killberg, a parish clerk that lived 1695 in Hishult, Halland, Sweden.
References
- Charlotte Lindgren´s Article about the Prairie Flower 1906
- Familysearch
- Ancestry
- Sweden Genealogy Log Cabin at Peter´s Web World
External links
Categories:- American people of Swedish descent
- Swedish families
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