Carl Quanstrom
 

Name - Carl Quanstrom, previously Qvarnstrom
Date and place of birth: St Petersburg Russia ca 1854, Swedish subject.
Names of parents: Peter Qvarnstrom (from marriage cert) and ?
Date and place of baptism -: ?
Details of each of his or her marriages : 29 Mar 1891, Westminster, London, to Emily Meadows.
Occupation(s) : Tailor
Military service - if any
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
Marriage Cert: 45 Carnaby St, London
1891: 28 St James Residences, London
1901: 15 North Street, Eastbourne, Sussex
1911: 15 North Street, Eastbourne Sussex
Date, place and cause of death: 15 North Street, Eastbourne, 24 October 1928, Carcinoma.
Date and place of burial / cremation. Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any


OH's Great-Grandfather, who is a massive brick wall. First sighting was his marriage in 1891. Would love to know when he arrived in UK, and any more about his parents. Have researched all about the Swedish enclave in St Petersburg, but can find no trace of them. If anyone has any thoughts on places to look, please let me know!

This is the memorial inscription:

In
loving memory
of
our dear mother & father
EMILY QUANSTROM
who passed away March 31st 1926
aged 64.
CARL QUANSTROM
October 24th 1928 aged 78.

Does the marriage cert give his father's occupation, Crawfie?

FamilySearch has the baptism of a Rudolf Leopold Quarnstrom, 6 Mar 1883, son of Viktor Leopold Quarnstrom and Hedvig Gustafva Holmquist, at St Petersburg, Russia, could possibly be relatives.

His father is also a tailor and it says he was deceased.

According to the inscription that Shona found, plus the age on the death cert, this gives a dob of 1850. The informant on the death was his daughter, who might not have been too sure on his age.

Oh, and ancestry has Ingeborg Rebecka Quarnstrom, daughter of Clara Augusta Quarnstrom, born 9 Aug 1878 at St Petersburg, listed in the Sweden, Indexed Birth Records:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/22...nSearchResults

They also have the image for the Rudolf Leopold record:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/22...nSearchResults

But that database only starts in 1860, so Carl wouldn't be included.

Yes, I found those people, they are very intriguing, but as yet I cannot find any link. Carl did name one of his sons Leon, which might have been derived from Leopold, but could just be a similar name.

How far back do the consular records go on FMP? If he was living in St. James and got married in Westminster then he probably had money. It's possible he was a diplomat of some sort, likely someone of minor note who chose to defect. You may find something if you dig around, but as I don't have a FMP sub I can't help. It could be a red herring, of course.

Just a thought, though.

But he was a tailor.