John Olaf Åberg at forge, year unknown, believed to be in U.S.(Boone, Iowa?)

Oberg family on car, approx 1920. John, Dave, Katherine, Clara and Karin.

Oberg family watermelon picnic

John Olof Oberg, Clara and Beba, approx 1909

Clara and John Olaf with baby

John and Clara Oberg by fence, being romantic

Helena Åberg and 5 children, Edsbyn professional photo - Elver, Elna (or Dorothea?), mother Ella, Robert, Swea, Josef Teodor

Svea (Swea) Oberg Stenberg, Robert, John Olof, Elna Oberg Anderson, Hulda Oberg Nero, July 1964

8/14/1958

John Olof Oberg, shortly after immigration to U.S. (approx 1904-05)

Dorothea "Thea" Åberg, Edsbyn

David Åberg, 1977

Olof Olsson Åberg, co-founder of Urafors Axe factory, Edsbyn, Sweden

Ella Helena Hanson Åberg and baby Elver, Edsbyn

David Åberg wife Anna and daughter Margit

David Åberg and LÅng-Olle Bergeroth with skiing trophies

Clara, Katherine, Dave Oberg

John, Clara, Karin, Beba, Arvid, Dave

Jonas Vilhelm "William" (Per Johan Åberg's brother) and Margrete Åberg

Clara Oberg and young Katherine ?

Unknown young man, Ockelbo, Sweden

Three young men, Sweden, Ockelbo

Possibly Karin Hansson Jonsson, Clara Oberg's grandmother, professional photo, Sweden

Young Katherine and Dave Oberg

John Olof Oberg and brother? professional photo

One of my favorite photos of John Olof Oberg. Found in Great Grandma Oberg's billfold. The original photo is about 2 inches tall. You can see the Iowa state capitol building in the background.

John Olof Åberg (on right) and possibly father Per Johan Åberg on left. Approx 1904.

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Helen Oberg Richards, Swea Aberg, John Olof, Hulda Nero, Dave Oberg, Elna Anderson , Katherine Van Fleet 1964

young Dave Oberg on donkey

John Oberg garage business card

stamp

Young woman, possible sister (Elna?) of John Oberg?

Group of six Åberg or Lingblom siblings ? photo in Ockelbo, Sweden

Unknown young man, Chicago, IL, U.S.

Unknown, 2 men, 1 woman, in front of house in Sweden

Three young men in snow

Unknown family in front of house

Unknown, 3 women, 1 man in front of house, in Ockelbo?

Family, unknown

Unknown 3 women, 2 men

Unknown girls, Katherine Oberg

Unknown, 3 men, one woman holding spruce bough

Dorothy Nero (?) and Swea Anderson Oberg (wife of Robert Oberg)

Katherine Oberg and four other children, 1924

three unknown women and two children in wood, formal dress

Unknown man, woman and young boy

John Oberg, Katherine and Dave in Vine house front yard, 1924

Three unknown men in front of big house

unknown man, woman

Four unknown men shoveling wood chips, swedish writing on back

older man, woman and two children

unknown man, woman and child in woods, formal dress

unknown woman reading

unknown baby on pillows

Three young women with hats, unknown

Karin Hansson Jonsson or Karin Jonsson Lingblom?

Unknown woman, Ockelbo, Sweden

Unknown young man, Stratjara, Sweden

Unknown young man, Falun, Sweden

Older woman, very old photo, Karin Lingblom?

Unknown baby, Stratjara Sweden

Boy and girl, unknown, professional photo, Ockelbo, Sweden

Young man, unknown, professional photo, Stratjara, Sweden

Unknown young man, professional photo, Falun, Sweden

Unknown young man, professional photo, Ockelbo Sweden

Young man, unknown, professional photo, Stockholm, Sweden

Woman and toddler, professional photo, Ockelbo, Sweden

Young man, Aberg or Lingblom? professional photo Sweden, Ockelbo

Four young unknown people, Sweden

Young unknown woman, Nora, Sweden, 1908

Young unknown man in Sweden, Ockelbo professional photo

Unknown young man, professional photo, Bollnas, Sweden (near Edsbyn)

Unknown young man, professional photo, Ockelbo, Sweden

Possibly Karin Hansson Jonsson, Clara Oberg's grandmother, professional photo, Sweden

Woman in Stockholm, professional photo

Young unknown man in Sweden

young Katherine and Dave Oberg, 1918

young Katherine Oberg and other kids on donkey

Beba? (Clara Lingblom's sister) professional photo Des Moines

Bricken (Bertha) Oberg Schruben and Nicholas Schruben (center), Willard and Edna Coulter Schruben on ends, and daughters Susan (Horn) and Karen, Phoenix, Jan 1955 (Bricken was half sister to Per Johan Åberg)

John Oberg and family in car

Clara or Katherine by house in snow

Clara Oberg and young Katherine

John and Clara Oberg, Karin, and baby Katherine (1910) and others

Frances Nero (?), Swea Oberg (Robert's wife), Katherine Oberg and Dorothy Nero (?), 1925

Clara, Karin, Katherine and others in Des Moines

Christmas, Obergs, Van Fleets

Four unknown people professional photo (possibly Gerda Carlsson Wagaman and Charlie Wagaman on left?)

Katherine and Dave Oberg, young 1918

Baby Katherine being bathed by nurse-friend ?

Katherine Van Fleet, 1914

Katherine Oberg Van Fleet holding puppy, 1930

Swedish church, inside, postcard sent to Clara Oberg, 1907

Arvid Anderson (Beba's husband) on motorbike, 7.22.1918

Family, Sweden on farm

Obergs or Lingbloms? unknown if US or Sweden?

Emili, professional photo in Des Moines

John Olof Oberg in car, 1925

young Katherine and Dave Oberg

Clara, Karin, Katherine and others (Albert City ?)

John, Clara Oberg, Karin, and family, picnic July 4, 1919

Norden singers ?

John, Clara, Katherine, Dave Oberg and other couple

Woman in had and coat, Karin Lingblom ?

Oberg or Lingblom? young child

Oberg or Lingblom toddler (boy?)

Dave Oberg, Boys Mission Band, April 14, 1928, middle row fifth from left with bow tie

John Olaf Oberg with Roberg Oberg? and young man (Dave Oberg?)

child in stroller, Fox Theater, July 21, 1946

Two young unknown children

Katherine and Helen Oberg

Young musicians, possibly Helen or Dave Oberg

young Katherine Oberg Van Fleet

unknown child, Dave Oberg?

Clara Oberg ? with three others 1916

Four people including Al and Bob at Starve Rock ?

postcard to Olof Aberg in Edsbyn

Kjell Stenberg, Svea Åberg Stenberg, Ingemar Åberg, Birgit Åberg Simonsen, Reverend and Ingrid Åberg Östman

Postcard of Edsbyn (Roteberg) train station, to John Olof Oberg, May 26, 1905

Kjell Åberg, Maria, David, Oscar, Christmas 1979

Swea Åberg on far left (youngest daughter of Per Johan), unknown girl next to her, and daughters of Carl Olof Åberg

Dorothea Åberg with large flower (photos of her parents Per Johan and Ella on the wall)

Annchatrine Stenberg Runesson, confirmation 1967

Dorothea "Thea" Åberg

John Olof Oberg at iron furnace (in Boone, IA, USA?)

Burying chapel (church) in Orsa Sweden

Grandpa John Oberg's grandmother, is it Helena's mother or Per's mother? Photo taken in MALMÖ, see next image for the back

Backside of John Olof's grandmother image

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Back of photo says:

"This is written in July 13, 1958, This is the first place and home I had and worked in this country, Hambleton House, 1338 West 7th St, Des Moines, 1903, Mom Oberg"

1964: Helen Oberg Richards, Svea Oberg Stenberg, John Olaf Oberg, Hulda Oberg Nero
David Oberg, Elna Oberg Anderson, Katherine Oberg VanFleet

Globe Machinery Co, approx 1908

Arvid Anderson, Des Moines Gas Company, year unknown

Dixie Lee Payne, oldest daughter of Eva, daughter of Elna Oberg and Knute Anderson.

Dock at Spirit Lake

Dock at Spirit Lake Cabin, May 30, 1961

Car at Spirit Lake cabin, Kay's? 1961?

Elver Oberg's gas station, Des Moines, Fleur Dr and Army Post Rd, 1933

John Olof Oberg, Christmas Tree

Helen and Margaret Oberg, Oct 1943 "Just a couple of Babes"

Margaret, Larry and Helen Oberg, Aug 1943

Helen Oberg and Larry , Aug 1943

unknown baby

Clara Oberg and Larry, Aug 1943

Clara Oberg and Larry, Aug 1943

Clara and John Olof Oberg

Anna, Karl and Karlie (?) 1957

Allen Veak and John Olof Oberg

Dave Oberg and Margaret Munsenmeier, 7/25/1938 at Iowa State Fairgrounds

Margaret, Larry and Helen Oberg, Aug 1943

Helen Oberg

John and Clara Oberg with Christmas tree 1961?

Oberg family, John, Clara, Hulda, Elna, Katherine and others (Knute or Harvey Anderson behind Elna?)

John Oberg's cabin in Spirit Lake before it was painted

John and Clara Oberg, 1924

John and Clara Oberg house on Vine St, Des Moines

Oberg and Van Fleets

Katherine and Dave Oberg

Beba Anderson, (possibly) Arvid's sister Hilda, and Clara Oberg

John and Clara Oberg, Karin, Beba and Katherine, approx 1914

John and Clara Oberg, Karen Van Fleet, Larry and John Oberg, Steve and Mark Richards ?

Clara Oberg, and family members, Hulda? Maybe Carl, Hjalmar Nero?

John Olof Oberg fishing at Spirit Lake, 1957 or 1958

Katherine, David and Helen Oberg, 1929

John Olof Oberg, Charlie Forsberg (Harold Van Fleet's stepfather), Helen Oberg Richards, on boat, Spirit Lake, July 1970

John Olof Oberg, Charlie Forsberg (Harold Van Fleet's stepfather), Katherine Oberg Van Fleet in boat on Spirit Lake, July 1970

Clara and John Oberg and large family, possibly July 4th picnic

Negative image of parade, downtown DSM, "Welcome to Des Moines GAR" (Grand Army of the Republic?)

Helen Oberg Richards and Arvid Anderson

Mollie Oberg, Kay and Bob Van Fleet, Larry and Johnnie Oberg, additional kids

John and Clara Oberg, Larry, Steve, Davey, John, Kay, Bob, Chuck

Kay and Bob Van Fleet, "Christmas Eve 1938, 2 minute exposure"

Elna, John Olof and Hulda Oberg

John and Clara family (with two unknown)

Clara Oberg on Vine St

Helen Oberg and Bob Van Fleet ?

Arvid, Beba, Clara and John Oberg and boy

Bob Van Fleet in scout uniform

John and Clara Oberg house on Vine St

John Olof Oberg in color, July 1964

Karin Jonsson Lingblom (?)

John and Clara, Karin, Beba, Arvid ?, Katherine and Dave, unknown woman

John Oberg, Katherine, Dave

Clara and John Oberg in front of Spirit Lake cabin, 3/15/1958

John Olof Oberg and Diana Veak, picnic

Chuck and Kay Van Fleet

Katherine Van Fleet sitting on log at Lake

Katherine Oberg having tea with doll, 1914

John Olof, Katherine, and Dave Oberg, 1924

Clara Oberg and Bob Van Fleet ?, 1936

Katherine Oberg (Van Fleet), confirmation, 1925

John Olof Oberg and Kay Van Fleet in nurse training

Dave and John Olof Oberg reading newspaper

Dave and Helen Oberg

Grandpa Oberg with grandkids

Obergs and Beba with car

Harold Van Fleet, Dave and John Oberg, Twin Lakes, Sherburn, MN 1929

A two hour catch (25 fish) at Twin Lakes, Sherburn, MN, 1929

young man at cliff

Oberg family with car, 1924

Katherine and Dave Oberg, goat and cart

boy on truck running board

Clara, John, Dave, Katherine, 7/4/1923

young child

child in wagon

unknown child

Katherine and Dave Oberg

John and Clara Oberg and Dave?

katherine van fleet

unknown woman, Dave and Katherine Oberg

Obergs, Beba, Karin, Arvid ? and unknown woman

Dave Oberg graduation gown, June 1934

Katherine Oberg and another woman 1929

Dave and Katherine Oberg 1929

Clara, Beba, Katherine, Elna and group of women, Mother's Day Tea, May 1941

Robert Oberg and daughter Dorothy, Jun 7, 1934

Falke Anderson in navy uniform

Harvey Anderson (Elna's son)

Falke Anderson (Elna's son) and girlfriend Dorothy

Falke Anderson (Elna's son) in navy uniform

Linnea Nero Johnson and Robert with beagle puppy, Spring 1944

Oberg family outdoor formal picnic

Katherine Oberg Van Fleet ?

Clara, Helen, John Olof Oberg

Clara, John Olof, and kids, Beba, Arvid, Feb 1944

Katherine, Clara and Helen Oberg

Helen Oberg and Margaret Oberg

Obergs and Van Fleets at Margaret's parents' farm, Easter, April 1945

Clara Oberg, Joyce Cox, Kay Van Fleet, Bob Van Fleet, ?, Larry Oberg, Charles Cox, 1944

Baby Katherine Oberg being bathed by nurse Miss Sholund, July 1910, we believe this is Clara's "step" cousin, Isabelle Sholund (later Wagaman)

Dave Oberg in Robin Hood costume

Arvid, Beba, Clara, John Olof and young boy

Clara and Beba being silly, Minnesota, 1939

Obergs, Van Fleets, Richards, Christmas group

Helen Oberg, Oberg and Van Fleet kids at Margaret's parent's farm, Easter, April 1945

John Olof Oberg and Harold Van Fleet being goofy, May 14, 1944

John Olof Oberg with toy gun, Christmas

Clara Oberg and mother Karin Lingblom

Knute Anderson (husband of Elna Oberg Anderson)

Clara Oberg, Beba and church group play

Clara Lingblom Oberg and Beba (Sabina) Lingblom Anderson, June 15, 1950, North end of Spirit Lake

Katherine, Dave Oberg and Elna Oberg

John, Clara Oberg and grandkids by Christmas tree

Katherine and John Olof Oberg, 1916

John Olof Oberg with young child in bucket

Katherine Van Fleet, high school ? graduation

Two kids, one in wagon

Katherine Oberg and Dave Oberg in stroller 1916

Obergs and others

Katherine Oberg 1924

Katherine Oberg with doll in vegetable garden

Women wading and young girl, May 30 1916

Katherine Oberg with doll and parasol

Hulda Oberg Nero, Carl Nero, and granddaughter? print Aug 1957

John Olof Oberg and ?, possibly on wedding day

Linnea Nero, unknown girl, Dorothy Nero, Frances Nero (daughters of Hulda Oberg Nero)

Elna Oberg Anderson, Frances Nero, Dorothy Nero

Katherine Oberg, 1 yr, on donkey, 1911

Katherine Oberg (toddler) 1914

houses in sweden

Oberg family

Norden singers, Robert, John Olof and Dave Oberg

Arvid and Beba Lingblom Anderson at river

john olof oberg shoveling snow

Lingblom family in front of home, Lingbo, Karin Lingblom on far right

Frances Nero (Hulda's daughter)? and Katherine Oberg

Falke Anderson in uniform (Elna's son) and Dorothy Blomquist, Sept 1943

unknown woman, professional photo

Oberg family in car, 1920

John Olof Oberg, professional photo

Clara, Dave (in uniform), John Olof Oberg

Margaret Oberg and Helen Oberg Richards

Falke Anderson and Dorothy

Unknown young man in suit

Mother or aunt of John Olof Oberg? photo Edsbyn, Sweden

John Olof Oberg with big fish and waders

Boats at Spirit Lake, snow

Clara, and Elna? and John Olof Oberg in boat, Spirit Lake, 1959

Spirit Lake Cabin in snow, March 1965

Bob, Kay, Davey Van Fleet, Helen Richards, John Olof Oberg holding Richards baby? and Chuck? at Lake

Oberg cabin at Spirit Lake

John Olof Oberg with Diana Veak and Karen Van Fleet fishing on dock

Clara Oberg and Elna?

Clara Oberg and Elna?

Katherine Van Fleet with woman and two children

John Olof Oberg family picnic

John Olof Oberg in his shop with tools 1960

Clara Oberg with grandson? 1960

Hilda Anderson Hansen ? (Arvid's Sister) and Sabina (Beba) Lingblom Anderson ?

Nurse Miss Sholund with baby Katherine Oberg, July 1910, we believe this is Clara's "step" cousin, Isabelle Sholund (later Wagaman)

Clara Oberg with chickens

Chuck and Dave Van Fleet, Feb 1944

unknown young boy

Falke Anderson in uniform (Elna's son) and Dorothy Blomquist

Frances Nero Fohner (Hulda Oberg's daughter)

Ellen S Oberg (Bigelow), daughter of William Oberg

Linnea Nero Johnson (Hulda Oberg's daughter)

Pastor A. Norbom, First Lutheran Church (confirmation pastor for Katherine)

Clara Lingblom Oberg and Sabina Lingblom Anderson with Lutheran church group in costume

Clara Lingblom Oberg, professional photo

John Olof Oberg, professional photo, Boone, Iowa approx 1904

unknown man in military uniform

Harvey Anderson (Elna's son)

Pastor

Clara Oberg and Hulda? and Mark or Steve Richards?

John Olof and Clara Oberg with grandkids, 75th Birthday, 1960

John Olof and Clara Oberg with grandkids, 75th Birthday, 1960

John Olof and Clara Oberg with grandkids, 75th Birthday, 1960

young Katherine Oberg, professional photo

Katherine Oberg Van Fleet being coy, 1930

Probably Elsie Mae and William (Lawrence) Van Fleet (or possibly Anna Britta Lingblom and first husband Frank Peterson, approx 1894)

Dave and Helen Oberg, 1928

unknown family photo

80th Birthday announcement for Carl Olof Åberg

Frances Nero, Swea Oberg (Robert's wife), Katherine and baby Helen Oberg, 1926

Oberg's new Spirit Lake, Okoboji cabin 1955

Frances Wagaman Cox (daughter of Charles Wagaman and Gerda Carlson Wagaman, mother of Charles and Joyce Cox) and unknown woman

Knute and Elna Oberg Anderson

Folke and Dorothy Blomquist, photo taken in Omaha, Nebraska

Unknown couple, maybe Hjalmer Nero & wife Veronica? (Austin Studios, CA), or Folke Anderson and second wife Joan?

Carl and Hulda Ã…berg Nero

Anna Helena and David Åberg, Sweden

Charles Edward Cox, 1958 (brother to Joyce Cox), friends of Clara Oberg

Unknown woman, photo in Waterloo, IA (Linnea?)

(Possibly) Yngve Edvall, son of Dorothea Åberg Edvall(?), photo St.Eriksgatan, Sweden

Hulda Oberg Nero and Carl Nero, Dorothy, Linnea, Hjalmer, and Frances

Coal pile: Our family believes the young man on far right is David Åberg, son of Per Johan Åberg and grandson of Olof Olsson Åberg. This may be around 1910. We'd like to identify other people in photo.

From Kjell Åberg - I have not seen this type before, but it looks like a "kolmila" , where you build an intricate pattern with lumber and then light it very carefully and guard it so it burns very slowly and not completely - to make charcoal. Very common in the old days, they used it for many purposes, e.g. in blacksmiths's shops. Could also be a type of oven for burning clay to bricks. But I think the former is the most probable.

From Calle Ringbo - I have shown the photo to Rolf Strand, (grandson of C.O. Åberg) who says he has seen the photo before, it is a coal pile and the photo is from a small town, "Rävaberg" outside Edsbyn.

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US Army photo

Postcard with Bollnäs, Sweden, not sure if from Lingblom or Åberg family

Harvey Anderson, Birgitte Simonsen Emillson and Birgit Åberg Simonsen, 1999 Sweden visit

Obergs, Van Fleets and Andersons in swimsuits

Harold Van Fleet and Dave Oberg with string of fish

Beba and Clara at lake edge

Obergs swimming

Kjell Åberg and great aunt Dorothea Åberg

Frederick and Ruby Wagaman wedding, Denver Colorado

Dorothy Oberg Higgins (Robert and Swea's daughter)

Molly Oberg, Dave Oberg, Beba Anderson in front of Oberg house, Jan 1944

Katherine and David Van Fleet, 1918

Katherine Van Fleet 1914

old car with flag

Unknown young man portrait, Sioux City, Iowa

Unknown family in rowboat (Arvid family?)

Beba and group of women in swedish style clothing

Beba and group posing on steps

Two unknown men outside

Family at picnic table by tent and flags (Arvid's family?)

Woman in horse drawn carriage

Young man with bench full of fish

horse drawn wagon with men by bridge, in U.S.

Arvid and Beba Anderson

Elna Oberg Anderson, at Grandpa Oberg's house

John Olof Oberg fishing, Spirit Lake

Car driving across river / dam, Obergs?

John Olof and Clara Oberg with baby Diana

Joyce Cox Cleland

Frances Wagaman Cox Phipps and ?