Fred Gustaf SODERBLOM

1930 - 1930  (0 years)

• Name	Fred Gustaf SODERBLOM
  Birth	10 May 1930	Sanford, Florida
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 May 1930	Sanford, Florida
  Burial	Lutheran Cemetery, Upsala Road, Sanford, Florida
  Person ID	I11	Genealogy of Ronald D. Hackett
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Karl Gustaf SODERBLOM,   b. 22 Jan 1876, Helsinki, Finland d. 15 Jan 1961 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Jessie Irene PRIESTER,   b. 12 Sep 1894, Fairfax, South Carolina d. 29 Apr 1969 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1915
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stillborn. The following information was provided by (Sadie Irene Soderblom) Hackett: Fred is buried at the Lutheran Cemetery on the Upsala Road, Sanford. This site is now a historical location with a marker at street side which states that this is the sight of the earliest and largest Swedish Community in Florida. The Scandinavian Society Lutheran Church on that sight was not only the church but the school and meeting house until 1904. in May, 1871, 33 Swedish immigrants (26 men and 7 women) sponsored by Henry S. Sanford came to the area for the purpose of developing his citrus groves. His initial cost per person was $75.00 ($65. for transportation and $10. for the recruiting agent). He gave each free rations and living quarters for one year; later gave them a parcel of land. In 1871 twenty additional Swedes arrived joining the original immigrants in the Swedish community. Many descendants still live in the area. (Note: I remember as a child, going to this church on Sunday afternoon (after first going to the Lake Monroe Baptist church with Aunt Edna [Mamie Edna (Soderblom) Martin] and Grandma [Laura Parmelia (Black) Priester] in the morning). There was a traveling minister who came, and when no one was there Dad [Karl Gustaf Soderblom] would conduct the service (all in Swedish). Many years later this property was purchased by the St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Orlando, of which we were members.)