COMPLETE Blom Family Genealogy
One can easily see how Blom became Bolm … Johan became John, the birth date of Jan 1873 matches, arriving in 1900 matches and though it states worked 7/12 months, that is a physical impossibility since the census was taken in June! Additionally, “Minnesota required the taking of a decennial census in years ending with 5, beginning in 1865 and ceasing in 1905. All are every name censuses, listing all people in the household… Data on the 1905 state census: name; age; sex; color; birthplace (state or country); street address; length of residence in state and enumeration district (years and months); occupation; months regularly employed in previous year; if previously enumerated in census if father and mother of foreign birth (state or country); soldier in Civil or Spanish War”41 Unfortunately, a search of the 1905 census did not reveal Johan or his brother Matt … nobody from family Blom!42 Based on the information from Ylistaro indicating that Johan returned to the US in 1909, though not found in the 1910 Eveleth Census(!!!) a search was undertaken in the 1920 Census43. An entry was found in Fayal Township (a suburb of Eveleth) that is very consistent with what we know. Miller Trunk Road Bloom John Head 46
1909 AL
Finland/Finnish Laborer Lumber Camp
The name, age, year of emigration and nationality are all consistent with the known info Pictured on the previous page is a portion of an 1897 Galbraith's railway mail service maps, Minnesota44 showing Eveleth. One other bit of info has “come to light” and that is that there is a record of a John Bloom dying in Eveleth in 192645. The details found on the burial permit don’t match perfectly and they are not a bad match either. The age is a little young, though being born in Finland would fit. The burial permit is reproduced and more research into determining if this is “our” John Blom is continuing! 41
http://www.parkbooks.com/Html/res_scen.html, accessed 19 January 2002 received 1 Feb 2002, search results from Ironworld Discovery Center, Chisholm MN – searched reel 155, Eveleth and no listing found 43 accessed Feb 2002, Ancestry.com web-site, 1920 Census, Minnesota, St. Louis County, Fayal Township (Eveleth), ED #156, Sheet #12B, Miller Trunk Road 44 accessed 19 January 2002, REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA , DIGITAL ID: g4141p rr002420 urn:hdl:loc.gmd/g4141p.rr002420 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4141p.rr002420 45 Letter received Feb 11, 2002, Eveleth City Hall, enclosing the Burial Permit reproduced above and stating that “There is John Blom buried in Block 7, Lot 43, Grave 2 in the Eveleth Cemetery” 42
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