Oscar F. SANDAHL
- Full name: Oscar Frank SANDAHL
- Eric Adcock's direct
ancestor
#14.
- Son of Anderson SANDAHL and Christiana DAHLBERG.
- Born 16 January 1882, Sweden.
- Married [1] Ola R. WARD (1891-1960).
- Married [2] Helen (unknown) (ca1902-?).
- Died 5 July 1934, Jacksonville, Morgan co. IL.
- Interred Gillespie city cemetery, IL, 7 July 1934 (unmarked).
Children
- Oscar E. SANDAHL (1913-1995)
- Thelma L. (SANDAHL) RYAN (1911-1984)
Census data
1910 federal census, Gillespie Ward 3, Macoupin co. IL:
Family 77, page 5:
- BUTLER, William C., male, age 28 years, married, head, born in IL, father born in IL, mother born in New Jersey.
- BUTLER, Stella, female, age 24 years, married, wife, born in Missouri, both parents born in MO.
- BUTLER, Herald [sic], male, age ? years 4 months, single, son, born in IL, both parents born in IL.
- SANDAHL, Oscar, male, age 27 years, married, born in Sweden, both parents born in Sweden.
- SANDAHL, Ola, female, age 24 years, married, born in IL, both parents born in IL.
1930 federal census, Benld, Cahokia twp., Macoupin co. IL:
3 April 1930, sheet 2A, 306 Seventh Street, house 32, family 32:
- SANDAHL, Oscar, male, age 46 years, head, first married at age 42, born in Sweden, both parents born in Sweden, immigration in 1900, coal miner.
- SANDAHL, Helen, female, age 28 years, wife, first married at age 26, born in Indiana, both parents born in Indiana.
Obituaries
Illinois State Journal, Friday, 6 July 1934, page 4 column 2.
Gillespie, July 5.-- Oscar Sandahl, 54, died at noon today at the veterans' hospital in Jacksonville, where he was taken a few days ago for treatment. Decedent was born in Sweden and had been a resident of this city for the last thirty years. He has been employed as a miner and for a number of years played in the local band.
Surviving relatives are his wife, Helen, two children by a previous marriage,
Oscar jr. [sic],
and
Thelma,
Gillespie; his parents, four sisters and three brothers who live at Forserium, Sweden.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Christian church, Rev. Henry Scaggs officiating. Interment will be in the Gillespie cemetery.
