Locate Tilegard Emigration Passenger Lists
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I need solid proof of exactly when and how Johanna Charlotte Persdotter Tilegard (later Andersen) left Sweden for the United States. She was born 28 Sep 1856 in Kågeröd, Malmöhus län (Skåne). Her first husband was Lawrence Tilegard; their children were born 1882–1891 in Sweden and Germany, and their son Paul was born August 1893 in Lind, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Those dates make the likely window of departure sometime after Edith’s birth on 28 Aug 1891 but before Paul’s birth two years later. US censuses between 1900 and 1940 muddy the waters with immigration dates ranging from 1882 to 1896. I want the definitive answer.
My priority is passenger lists: departure records from Sweden, Hamburg, Lübeck or other European ports, and corresponding arrival manifests in the US. I do not have a ship name or a specific port, so I’ll need you to explore every reasonable route. Please search under creative spelling variations for all family members—Johanna, Lawrence, Augusta Wilhelmina, Sophie Anna, Mary Janette, Edith Elizabeth, and any form of Tilegard/Tilegård/Tilegardh etc.—as well as Johanna’s parents Per Jonsson and Anna Rustang if they happen to appear with them.
Preferred sources include ArkivDigital, SVAR, Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, and the Ellis Island/ Castle Garden databases, but feel free to draw on additional repositories, Swedish moving-out records (utflyttningslängder), and port police protocols if they help confirm the voyage.
Deliverables
• Digital images or high-resolution scans of the relevant passenger list(s) or emigration papers.
• A transcript of each record with exact spellings, dates, ship name, ports, and any ticket numbers.
• Full citations so the findings can be re-checked in the original archive.
• A short narrative summary tying the evidence together and explaining any discrepancies.
Acceptance will be based on a clear match of names, ages, and family grouping within the 1891-1893 window (or compelling proof for a different date), plus enough detail for me to cite the source in a family history. If multiple candidate records surface, lay them out with your reasoning so I can decide which fits best.
I’m happy to answer follow-up questions as you dig. Let’s pin down this voyage once and for all.
My priority is passenger lists: departure records from Sweden, Hamburg, Lübeck or other European ports, and corresponding arrival manifests in the US. I do not have a ship name or a specific port, so I’ll need you to explore every reasonable route. Please search under creative spelling variations for all family members—Johanna, Lawrence, Augusta Wilhelmina, Sophie Anna, Mary Janette, Edith Elizabeth, and any form of Tilegard/Tilegård/Tilegardh etc.—as well as Johanna’s parents Per Jonsson and Anna Rustang if they happen to appear with them.
Preferred sources include ArkivDigital, SVAR, Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, and the Ellis Island/ Castle Garden databases, but feel free to draw on additional repositories, Swedish moving-out records (utflyttningslängder), and port police protocols if they help confirm the voyage.
Deliverables
• Digital images or high-resolution scans of the relevant passenger list(s) or emigration papers.
• A transcript of each record with exact spellings, dates, ship name, ports, and any ticket numbers.
• Full citations so the findings can be re-checked in the original archive.
• A short narrative summary tying the evidence together and explaining any discrepancies.
Acceptance will be based on a clear match of names, ages, and family grouping within the 1891-1893 window (or compelling proof for a different date), plus enough detail for me to cite the source in a family history. If multiple candidate records surface, lay them out with your reasoning so I can decide which fits best.
I’m happy to answer follow-up questions as you dig. Let’s pin down this voyage once and for all.