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Note: Nels Peter Falkman
Nils Pitt Falkman is Great-grand-father's Swedish name. Upon comming to this country his name was anglicized. Some documents refer to him as Peter N. Falkman, Nels P. Falkman or just N. P. Falkman. For all intensive purposes these are one and the same person.
Nels left his home in Hudiksvall, Gavleborg County, Sweden, (Province of Halsingland) on the 8th October of 1891. He made the trip to G�tenborg and on the 9th of Oct. he sailed on the SS Romeo to Hull, England (Kingston upon Hull). From Hull, Peter then traveled by train to Liverpool. Where he stayed in a rooming house until he was able to board his ship. He boarded the RMS Britannic as a third class passanger on Oct 14th. At which time the ship set sail for America. The ship may have stopped at Queenstown first (I'm not sure of this fact). The Britannic finally arrived in America on Oct. 23rd. Arriving at the port of New York. Once in America Peter traveled to DuBois, Pa. (DuBois is in Clearfield County). There he waited for his fiance to arrive
Most of the emigrants entering Hull travelled via the Paragon Railway Station and from there travelled to Liverpool via Leeds, Huddersfield and Stalybridge (just outside Manchester). The train tickets were part of a package that included the steamship ticket to Hull, a train ticket to Liverpool and then the steamship ticket to their final destination - mainly America. Sometimes so many emigrants arrived at one time that there would be up to 17 carriages being pulled by one steam engine. All the baggage was stored in the rear 4 carriages, with the passengers filling the carriages nearer the front of the train. The trains took precedence over all other train services because of their length and usually left Hull on a Monday morning around 11.00 a.m., arriving in Liverpool between 2.00 and 3.00pm.
RMS BRITANNIC (built1874)
The RMS Britannic was a 5,004 gross ton ship, length 455ft x beam 45.2ft, two funnels, four masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a service speed of 15 knots. There was accommodation for 220-1st and 1,500-3rd class passengers. Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast (engines by Maudslay, Sons and Field, London), she was laid down as the HELLENIC, but was launched for the White Star Line as the BRITANNIC on 3rd Feb.1874. She left Liverpool on 25th Jun.1874 on her maiden voyage to Queenstown (Cobh) and New York and made record passages in Nov. and Dec.1876, the fastest being 7 days 12 hours 41 mins between Sandy Hook and Queenstown at an average speed of 15.94 knots. On 19th May 1887 she collided with the White Star liner CELTIC off Sandy Hook and both ships were damaged. Her last Liverpool - Queenstown - New York sailing started on 16th Aug.1899 and she was then used as a Boer War transport. Scrapped at Hamburg in 1903. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.757; vol.5, p.1877]
The following year his future wife Katherine (Corine Noren as stated on their marriage license) arrived from Sweden. They were married in the county court house on May 25, 1892. While in DeBois his first child, a son, was born, Herman. While in DuBois Nels plied his trade as a shoemaker. From DeBois the family movied to Chicago. Four more children were born. Lillian, Ester, Theodore, & Robert. They were all born in Chicago.
Nels Falkman lived and worked in several different places in and around Chicago. These are the locations and occupations:
Earliest (1896-1899) 187 Walton St. Occupation - Shoemaker
(1900-1901) 766 W. Lake St. " Shoemaker (1901-1906) 2676 W. Lake St. " Laborer C&OP RR
(1910-1911) 5120 W. Lake St. " Carpenter (RTA)
Last (1915-1917) 4825 W. Race Ave. " Conductor/Carpenter
He also belonged to the order K. of P. ( Knights of Pythias), a fraternal order founded in Washington, D.C., in 1864.
Finally after several years, around 1901, Nels landed a job working for the C&OP RR (Chicago & Oak Park Rail Road) now commonly called the CTA or RTA. It appears that he may have held several positions while employed for the Lake street elevated. He was eventually killed in an accident while working on the Elevated train. This happened on November 26, 1918.
Peter was waked for a couple of days and then intered on the 28th of November at Elm Lawn Cemetery, in Elmhurst, Il. Peter's father it is thought was originaly named Johnston, but when he was in the army over in Sweden there were so many Johnstons that he was asked to change his name. He decided to change his name to Falkman. Because he was originally from an area in Sweden called Falkland. His brother who also was in the army in Sweden also changed his name. He chose L�fgren. Supposedly because this was his wife's name.
After Peters death. The family moved to the Austin area of chicago. Purchased a home. (I'm sure the money for the home was a settlement with the rail road) The address there was: 5508 W. Hadden
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