Hugo Waldemar BERGSTROM

1896 - 1943  (47 years)

• Name	Hugo Waldemar BERGSTROM
  Birth	27 Jan 1896	Frösö, Jämtlands län, Sweden
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Sep 1943	Broward County, Florida
  	His death is included in the St. Louis County death index; not listed in the MHS death index.
  Burial	Park Hill, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	He left Sweden for the U.S. in late 1922. In the 1928 Duluth city directory, he was a wheelsman. He lived at 702 Garfield Avenue. In the 1930 census, he and Gladys live in Chicago with his brother, John E. Hugo is a salesman of stocks and bonds. Hugo had come to the U.S. in 1923. In the 1936 Duluth city directory, he is Hugo W Bergstrom, a salesman for D A Swanstrom Co, living with his wife Gladys at 118 Park Avenue, the same address as Gladys’s parents. In the 1940 directory, he is a salesman and he and Gladys live at 2126 West 6th. in the 1940 census, he and Gladys live at 2126 West 6th Street in a house they own worth $1750. Gladys is a high school graduate, Hugo has has two years of high school. Hugo is a real estate salesman for an insurance and real estate company. He registered for the draft in April of 1942. He lived at 55 N. 21st Avenue in Duluth. The person who would always know his address was John E. Bergstrom of Duluth. Hugo was employed by D. A. Sandstrom. In the 1942 and 1943 Duluth city directories, he is Hugo W Bergstrom, a salesman for the D A Swanstrom Co. He and his wife, Gladys E, reside at 2131 West 2nd (the same address as Roland’s). A Hugo Waldamar Bergstrom died in Broward County, Florida, in 1943 (no month or day of the month) according to the Florida Death Index. An article in the 30 Sep 1943 edition of the Fort Lauderdale News says that Hugo W. Bergstrom, 47, died on 29 Sept while aboard a train en route to Miami. He died just north of Boca Raton of a cerebral hemorhage. He was born in Froson, Sweden, and came to the U.S. in 1928. He lived in Duluth and “until recently” was connected with the D. A. Swanstrom Insurance Agency of that city. The article makes no mention of his wife.
  Person ID	I3150	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Magnus BERGSTROM,   b. 1857
  Mother	Märta JONSSON,   b. 1856
  Family ID	F21962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gladys Eleanor ANDERSON,   b. 8 Jan 1910, Proctor Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 19 Apr 1946, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1929
  Family ID	F225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2010