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Ragnar (Roy) BJELLQUIST

Male 1903 - 1993  (90 years)


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  • Name Ragnar (Roy) BJELLQUIST 
    Birth 18 Mar 1903  Jönköpings län, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Sep 1993  Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He is Bror Ragnar Severin, born 18 Mar 1903 in Säby, Jönköping, to Hjalmar Severin Bjällqvist and Lydia Dorotea Andersdotter.

      He arrived in the U.S. as Ragnar Bjellquist on August 26, 1931, at New York aboard the S.S. Kungsholm which had sailed from Gothenburg. His occupation was stoker and he was single. Arriving with him was his brother Hugo Hjalmar Bjellquist. (There is a Hugo Blellquist in the 1930 U.S. census, living in New York.)

      He arrived again in the U.S. as Ragnar Bjellquist on August 22, 1933, at New York aboard the S.S. Drottingham which had sailed from Gothenburg on August 12th. He was 30, married, and was a naturalized citizen of the U.S. living at 16 Robinson Street in West Engelwood, New Jersey.

      In the 1940 census, he and “Holge” and Ray lived in Teaneck Twp, Bergen County, New Jersey. He was a fireman in a school. He and Hulda were still not citizens of the U.S.

      In the 1950 census, he and his family lived in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was a janitor for the board of education.

      He retired as a custodian in the Teaneck school system in May of 1964.

      His obit was in the 18 Sep 1993 edition of the Morristown, New Jersey, Daily Record. He came to the U.S. in the 1920s, living in Teaneck and Florida before moving to Hopatcong in early 1993. He was a maintenance supervisor for the Teaneck Board of Education for 27 years. He was survived by a brother Ingvar in Sweden.
    Person ID I14391  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2024 

    Family Hulda Elise WALLBÄCK,   b. 11 Sep 1908, Ransäter, Värmlands län, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1983, Jensen Beach, Martin County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F10679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2018