# Our History in Sweden

## Bengtsson family

My grandmother, Margit Vanja (Bengtsson) Steele, was the first of nine (9) children born to Carl and Agnes Bengtsson. Margit was born October 28, 1906 in Stormon, a small town outside of Forshaga, Sweden.

The house in Stormon can be found at on Google maps here (59 32' 10.76" N, 13 30' 2.31" E ) - Much of the house has changes over the years but the kitchen is much the same as it was over 100 years ago, including the wood-fired stove and oven.: Google Map location

Carl and Agnes immigrated at the end of the Swedish migration to the US. Carl, Agnes, and baby Margit boarded the White Star Lines S.S. Adriatica in Liverpool, England and landed in New York, in 1908

Here is an abbreviated family tree, showing Margit's family roots back in Sweden. Click here to download - Bengtsson tree

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Here is a family tree generated by Ancestry.com => Blackford and Bengtsson

Here are Carl Bengtsson and Agnes (Olsson) Bengtsson on their wedding day:

And here is the wedding announcement

Margit's mother, Agnes Olsson Bengtsson, in Sweden

Margit's mother, Agnes Olsson Bengtsson

Here are Carl Bengtsson's sisters Axelina and Kristina

Here is grandma Margit (Bengtsson) Steele at my wedding

Excel copy of Bengtsson family tree: Excel file

And here is a portion of the family tree written in Swedish (.pdf): click to download .pdf file

This is the only video I could find of my grandmother. Here she is loving on my sister, Sheri (aka Booi)

An here is a memorial video made for Margit's funeral service:

Grandma Margit Vanja (Bengtsson) Steele at her birth-home in Stormon, Sweden: