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1. Oscar(Oskar) F. HEDMAN¹ was born on 9 Jan 1845 in Norrkoping, , Sweden. In 1880 he was a Porter in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.² He died on 24 Jul 1909. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #4978. He was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. They came from Sweden in 1869 on Allen Lines. He studied to be a doctor and did office work and when he came to America he started to work for Marshall Field until he took sick.
He had 3 sisters in Sweden, Clara, Lottie and Christine and 2 nephews, Axel and Otto. Axel worked for the King and the other came to America as a watch maker.
They burned out during the chicago fire in 1871. They were separated from each
other for a week.

Letter from The House of Emigrants of Vaxjo, Sweden says on 4 Aug 1871 left Gothenburg for Quebec a Fredrik Hedman 26 yr from Stockholm and his wife Ebba 25 yr from Stockholm according to the manifests.

Oscar(Oskar) F. HEDMAN and Ebba W RAMSTRUM were married in 1867 in , , Sweden. Ebba W RAMSTRUM¹ was born on 23 Aug 1846 in Stockholm, , Sweden. She died in 1915. She is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #4979. She was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She was named after the Queen Ebba and had one sister, Hannah, who worked in the Stockholm Hardle Bank in Ronstrom?
The 1900 lists them at 858 N Mozart shows birth Aug 1845, age 54. Oscar(Oskar) F. HEDMAN and Ebba W RAMSTRUM had the following children:

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Oskar Fredrik HEDMAN¹ was born on 23 Jun 1873 in , , Illinois.² He died on 8 Jul 1941. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #4998. He was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
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Ebba Theresa HEDMAN.
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Agnes HEDMAN.
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Hulda HEDMAN¹ was born on 30 Aug 1878 in , , Illinois.² She died on 10 Jan 1887. She is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #5000. She was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
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Clara HEDMAN.
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Olga Ollie HEDMAN.
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Axel Harry HEDMAN¹ was born on 1 Dec 1885. He died on 8 Feb 1955. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #5003.
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Emma HEDMAN.
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Frederick HEDMAN¹ was born on 9 Aug 1891. He served in the military between 1916 and 1918 in World War I - France, The Argonne. He died on 25 Apr 1948. He is in Glenn Tuley's Database as GTDatabase #5005.