Victor Arvid Styrén Strom

1897 - 1965  (68 years)

• Name	Victor Arvid Styrén Strom
  Birth	22 Feb 1897	Vasa, Finland
  Gender	Male
  Death	May 1965
  Person ID	I181	Default
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Wilhelm Abrahamsson Styrén,   b. 8 Nov 1871, Malax, Finland
  Mother	Wendla Mariasdotter Gästgifvar,   b. 18 Dec 1875, Malax, Finland d. 25 Sep 1902, Malax, Finland (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F1904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Emilia Nyman,   b. 1899
  Marriage	1923
  Children	1. Lawrence A. Strom,   b. 5 Dec 1923   d. Mar 1987 (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F1137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Feb 1897 - Vasa, Finland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Furnessia manifest (Amanda and Victor Strom at bottom) Information about Amanda Strom in the manifest: 26 year old married woman, nationality Sweden, occupation housewife. Last permanent residence: 42 Green Street, South Shields, England. Birthplace: Mallaks, Finland. Husband name: Isaac Strom. Planning to join her sister Emma Strom in East Templeton, Massachusetts.
  		Furnessia (the ship on which Amanda and Victor Strom arrived at Ellis Island in 1910) Built by Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow-in-Furness, England, 1880. 5495 gross tons; 445 (bp) feet long; 44 feet wide. Compound engine, single screw. Service speed 14 knots. 1359 passengers (242 first class, 136 second class, 981 third class). Built for Anchor Line, British flag, in 1880 and named Furnessia. Glasgow-New York service. Scrapped in England in 1911.
  		Amanda Strom and family, about 1914 From left: Victor, Amanda, Ellen (infant), and Isaac Strom (Amanda's first husband)
  		Amanda Strom Mattson and family, around 1940 From left: Amanda Strom Mattson, Signe Maki Strom, Larry Strom (Victor's son), Victor Strom, Melvin Mattson, John Edward Mattson, and Edith Strom (Victor's wife)
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

  Histories

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• Notes

  Adopted by his aunt Amanda and his uncle Isak Strom after his mother died. They raised him as their own son. Victor went to America with them as a young child. 24 Aug 1910, Manifest of alien passengers, SS Furnessia Victor Strom, 13 years old, nephew of Amanda Strom. Able to read and write; nationality Sweden; last permanent residence Shields, England; destination Templeton, Massachusetts. 5 Jun 1918, World War I draft registration card Victor Arvid Strom, 21 years old, Gardner, Massachusetts. Born on 22 Feb 1897 in Vasa, Finland. Works for Simplex Time Recorder of Gardner, Massachusetts. Nearest relative Amanda Strom of Gardner, Masachusetts. 1920 US census, Gardner, Massachusetts Household headed by Isaac Strom, renter, 55 years old, immigrated in 1911, not a citizen, able to read and write, born in Finland, mother tongue Swedish, both parents born in Finland, both parents mother tongue Swedish, able to speak English, occupation Laborer at oil stove factory. Wife Amanda, 36 years old, immigrated in 1910, not a citizen, able to read and write, born in Finland, mother tongue Swedish, both parents born in Finland, both parents mother tongue Swedish, able to speak English, occupation None. Son Victor A., 22 years old, immigrated in 1910, not a citizen, born in Finland, mother tongue Swedish, both parents born in Finland, both parents mother tongue Swedish, able to speak English, occupation Laborer at time recorder factory. Daughter Ellen E., 5 years old, born in Massachusetts, both parents born in Finland, both parents mother tongue Swedish. Son Oren I., 4 years old, born in Massachusetts, both parents born in Finland, both parents mother tongue Swedish. Victor A. Strom and Edith E. Strom appear in the Gardner, Massachusetts city directory from 1924 to 1965 1930 US census, Gardner, Massachusetts Household headed by Victor A. Strom, 32 years old, renter, monthly rent $19, household has a radio set, married, 26 years old at first marriage, able to read and write, born in Finland, both parents born in Finland, native language Finnish, immigrated in 1910, naturalized, works at a baby carriage shop. Wife Edith E. Strom, 31 years old, 24 years old at first marriage, able to read and write, born in Massachusetts, both parents born in Finland, occupation "house". Son Lawrence A. Strom, 6 years old, born in Massachusetts, father born in Finland, mother born in Massachusetts. 1940 US census, Gardner, Massachusetts Household headed by Victor A. Strom, 43 years old, renter, monthly rent $17, 6th grade education, born in Finland, occupation pressman at a stove factory, annual income $1500. Wife Edith E. Strom, 41 years old, 8th grade education, born in Massachusetts. Son Lawrence A. Strom, 16 years old, in high school, born in Massachusetts.