I am looking for any information on the Ceder/Cedar family from Sweden. Charles Ceder/Cedar immigrated to American (Illinois) in 1879. His wife's name was Sofie. He had at least two children, Carl W. and Alma C. He had at least one brother named Gidion who immigrated in 1899. Charles was born Oct. 1859. Gidion was born Nov. 1874. Carl was born May 1886. Alma was born Aug. 1888. This information was found in the 1900 Census for Chicago, IL. The Ceder/Cedar's moved to Washington state after 1914 and are found there in 1920 with grandsons Steven W. Amberg and Ralph G. Amberg living with him and Sofie. These may be Alma's children. Charles was in the Lumber Business. I would like to share information with anyone about this family. Thanks. Lonne

Hi, My name is Cristine Ceder and I'm trying to find my genealogical tree in Sweden, not in USA.
Do you have some information about it ?
Please make contact.

Thank you !

Just by chance I was looking for any information concerning my grandfather's family and discovered CEDAR! Walter E Amberg maried Alma CEDAR and had two sons, Steven and Ralph. My father Ralph had three sons of which I am the middle son, Chris. I would enjoy hearing from you either by phone or e-mail. As for a link to Sweden, that is a link I would like to also find and the USA CEDAR link. I live in Ellicott City, Maryland

I live in Sweden. Some of my relatives named Ceder emigrated to USA in 1869 - 1880.
They came from the parish of Seglora in SW Sweden.
Karl Johan born 1822 emigrated 1869
wife Anna Brita Hansdotter b 1822 emigrated 1871
children
Santeria Martina (called Maria S) b 1849 emigrated 1880
Sara Kristina b 1852 emigrated ??
Gustaf Adolf b 1853 emigrated 1871
Oskar b 1856 emigrated 1875
Ida Charlotta b 1859 emigrated 1880
Dorotea b 1861 emigrated 1880
Eugenius Martin b 1856 emigrated 1871

Also, a cousin of the children emigrated
Klas Edvin Ceder born in 1866.

The names and dates don't coincide with any of those mentioned in your messages.

I wonder what became of the family.
/Lena

Hi, Chris--

I am compiling a database of persons born in Seglora, Sweden and surrounding parishes. I have found a Carl Johan Ceder born January 7, 1822. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1869 with the intended destination of Chicago.

Swedish emigration records also show a Maria Ceder who was 28 years old in 1904 when she left Seglora parish for Worcester, MA.

Carl Swanson, across the Patapsco in Catonsville, MD

Hej, Lena!

Do you know where Karl Johan Ceder's father was born? The parish census (husförhörslängd) for Seglora says that Johan David Ceder was born 26 July 1793, but no one named Johan David was born in that parish in 1793.

Glad to hear from you, Carl

Johan David Cederberg (his name was shortened to Ceder when he became a soldier) was born in the nearby town of Borås. His mother came from Jönköping and his father from Växjö, also towns in the southern part of Sweden.
Johan David was married in 1817 to Magdalena Johansdotter Tapper. She was a widow. Her first husband was Bengt Pettersson and they had two children; Anna Brita 1806-1822 and Jan Petter 1813-1822. A soldier had to be married and in this case the wife was the daghter of the former soldier who still lived in the cottage.
Johan David and Magdalena had the following children:
Johannes 1819, Anna Sara 1820, Karl Johan 1822, Petter 1823 (my ancestor), Anna Brita 1825, Johanna Sofia 1827, Johan Otto 1829.
As you may already know, Magdalena´s father was the soldier Johannes Tapper who died in 1819. Her mother was Sara Johansdotter, born May 16 1756, died 1842.
Johannes and Sara had the following children:
Johannes, Annamaja, Kerstin, Nils, and Magdalena.

You can find a table of marriages in Seglora at http://slaktdata.org

Good luck!
Lena Frid

Chris,
Hi. I am sorry that it has been almost two years since you replied to my message. I had put my Cedar research aside because I ran into a brick wall with it. I am not at home today but was just browsing the message boards and came across your reply. You are someone that I was looking for a couple of years ago. The best I can determine is that Alma Cedar is related to the Cedar's which I have been researching. Charles (or Carl) Cedar was an uncle to my Great Grandfather. Family verbal history says that he immigrated to US and then went back to Sweden and brought my g-grandfather here to Chicago. My g-grandfather was about 8 years old and was named Edward Lonnegren from Jakoping (sp?) and Malmo area. It is said that they came into the US via Canada. My grandfather, Ed Lonnegren Jr. used to travel to Washington State to visit with a Cedar cousin. This cousin is said to be in the banking business and was fairly well off. I have been unable to locate this cousin. My grandfather is dead now and I assume the cousin is as well.

I have tried to figure out how Carl/Charles Cedar was related to my g-grandfather. To be his uncle, he would have been married to a sister to either the mother or father of g-grandfather. The father, Victor Lonnegren, had a sister named Sophia Alma Lonnegren and I believe this may be the connection.

If you are still interested in this family, please email me at jandlheath@coastalnet.com.

Thanks, Lonne(gren)

Carl Swanson,

My name is Sven Hennig and I reside in Göteborg, Sweden. I've spent many years researching the areas of Seglora and surrounding parishes. One of my projects have been to organize a village directory and all the people who lived at the diffrent farms. By using old census records my research date back to the early 1600s. In addition I have a lot of ancestors in Seglora, Fritsla, Hyssna, Kinna, Skephult, Satila, Orby and my personal database now include approx. 4,000 individuals from these parishes.

It would be interesting to know more about your own research and perhaps we could exchange information in the future. If I can be of any assistance, please let me know.

Hi Lena:

My maiden name was Frid. I wonder if we're related. I know that some of my family came from Sweden and England.

Linda Frid Kuzmin