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I am intersted to know if my uncles possibly started as gold-diggers in Alaska.
Axel Albin Leander was born June 26, 1872 in Lämås, Karlskoga in the province Värmland. He
emigrated to US June 3, 1892 under the familyname Augustsson after his father August
Leander Josephsson. I suppose he used the familyname Leander directly after the arrival in
US. The first information I have about him in US is from the Census of the United States
Population from 1910, when he lived as lodger with Gustaf and Hulda Carlsson at 4415
Souvyer Avenue in Chicago. After that I have been able to follow him over his marriage and
to his death, but I am interested to know what he did and where he lived from his arrival
in US 1892 till 1910. He had no children. He got his citizenship in US 1900.
August Alexander Leander was born May 2, 1876 in Lämås, Karlskoga. He emigrated to US
September 9, 1896 also under the familyname Josephosson. I know from he 12th Census of the
US, Population Schedule from 1900 that he most possibly lived as lodger with Fredrik and
Amalia Olson at Wendell Street 17 in Chicago. After that I only know that he was declared
dead 1950 in connection with a distribution of an estate here in Sweden. I am however
interested to know what he did and where he lived between 1896 and 1900.
On the homepage
www.familychronicle.com/klondike.htm is referred to a list of Alaska-Yukon
Goldrush Participants, and on this name-list I have found under "L" Axel
Leander, tailor, Nome and A. Leander, miner, in Teller City, and now I wonder if they are
my uncles. On the homepage was also said in July this year:
"Additional - and more specific - information on individuals who were part of the
Gold Rush in Yukon is available on the internet. The site called "Ghosts of the Gold
Rush" features stories, bits of trivia, and a database that allows you to search a
specific surname. It lists all matches and provides detailed information about the person
includimg his or her hometown, point of origin, date of arrival, and medical condition.
Also at the site is "Alaska Gold Rush Trails - Stories of the Past" with
information on the Klondike as it relates to Alaska."
I have however in vain tried several ways to find this information, and now I have at last
been informed by Mr Ed Zaplatel at the Family Chronicle that the name-list under
WWW.familychronicle.com/klondike.htm was compiled by Mrs M.L. Ferguson of Los Angeles, who
first visited Dawson City in 1899. She had with her letters to persons living in the Yukon
but had a difficult time delivering them since there were no street names or addresses.
Mrs Ferguson was inspired to publish the Directory and Gazetter of the Yukon Territory and
applied to Yukon Council for the right to number houses and erect street signs and
corners. While compiling the directory, Mrs Ferguson fell however ill and was forced to
return to California. She handed the project over to Barnes & Baber, who published it
as "The Only Yukon Directory for 1901." As Mrs Ferguson´s work never was
fulfilled the Family Chronicle has now - of course a bit too late - taken away this text
about "additional Information" from t!
he homepage.
Mr Noel Montgomery Elliot at the Genealogical Research Library in Ontario has now sent me
the pages on "L" from the original Directory and Gazetter of the Yukon Territory
from 1901, and there is noted:
Leander, A, miner and Leander, Axel, tailor, 118 First Ave.
My question is now if the doceuments she handed over to Barber & Barber contained the
personal information about the persons on the list and not only their names.
I sincerely hope that anyone can help me to solv this my problem about the activities of
my two oncles during their first years in Amerika.
Rolf Leander