Individual Notes

Note for: Maria Anderson Styf, 12 Mar 1884 - 12 Dec 1950 Index

Individual Note:
Maria was born in Stuguvattentjalen, Junsele, Vasternorrland, Sweden. Godparents listed were: Inh. Nils Ersson at Stuguvattentjalen, Karl Nilsson at Wallen, Arvid Aug Nilsson at Stuguvattentjalen, and Piga Lovisa Erika Nilsson at Westeras (in 1890, living at Wallingberget, married to Adam Oskar Akerstrom, a shoemaker, and with one child.

Maria Styf, 20 years old, from Junsele, emigrated from Gothenburg 13 May 1904 and her destination was Winnipeg Man. Ref source 75:503:7593 she travelled alone.
Had a number of brothers and at least one sister in Sweden. One of Maria's brothers apparently came to North America, but disappeared around 1918. Charles used to write to a nephew of Maria's, but the nephew went into a sanatorium in Sweden with tuberculosis, and they never heard from him again. During the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, Maria went around the district nursing people who had the flu, but never caught it herself. She liked to read the Scandinavian newspapers and often took out a subscription to them until her husband would say she was wasting money. Then she'd cancel them for a while, then wait for an interval and start them up again. Apparently Charles would also read the newpapers. She didn't speak much, if any, English.
There are no early pictures of the family. Hilda says that Charles turned religious at one point and destroyed all the photographs. She remembers them having a photo of Augusta, a sister of Maria's. My mother, Sophia (called 'Fia', with a long 'i' sound) by her sisters, said that he belonged to a church called the 'church with no name' or the 'church of the round table', and I seem to recall researching a church similar to this at one time in Saskatchewan.

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Note for: John Wehlen, 10 Mar 1914 - 10 Dec 1991 Index

Burial:
Place: Whitewood, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Note for: Martin Reinhold Wehlen, 6 Nov 1906 - 2 Feb 1972 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Whitewood, Saskatchewan, Canada

Individual Note:
      Registration Number: 8113
Last Name: WEHLEN
First Name: MARTIN REINHOLD
Sex: M
Birth Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 1907 / 3 / 17
Place of Birth: PROGRESS          Mother
MARIA STYF
Father
CHAS WEHLEN

Killed when his car was struck by a train at a level crossing in Saskatchewan.

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Note for: Helmer Wehlen, 6 Feb 1926 - Index

Burial:
Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Note for: Wilma Elida Wehlen, 25 Mar 1905 - Index

Burial:
     Place:   Vernon, B.C., Canada

Individual Note:
     According to 1906 census, born in Ontario.
but Saskatchewan Vital Stistics says born in Ohlen, Saskatchewan.
    Registration Number: 5328
Last Name: WEHLEN
First Name: WILMA ELIDA
Sex: F
Birth Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 1905 / 3 / 27
Place of Birth: OHLEN          Mother
MARIA ANDERSON
Father
CARL ERIK WEHLEN

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Note for: Isaac Ambrose Clowry, 24 Jul 1900 - 1988 Index

Individual Note:
Isaac was born in Annapolis Valley, Novia Scotia . He worked for awhile in Flint, Michigan, U.S.A., probably for General Motors, and then in Oyama, B.C. for the Vernon Fruit Union, a cooperative, and then in Vernon. He settled in the Lumby-Mabel Lake area in what was called the Squaw Valley.

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Note for: Victor Wehlen, 20 Mar 1923 - 3 Jun 1954 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada

Individual Note:
     Lived in Horsefly, B.C., Canada. Died in hospital, didn't come out of anaesthetic after an ulcer operation.