Person:Gustaf Newquist (1)

He was born "Gustaf Petersson" in Nykulla-Södergård, Sweden on February 24,1852.

There are no recollections of him available from his brothers who emigrated to the United States - John, Charles, or August. And living relatives of Johannes had no information on him in their 2004 report. His first name was later recorded as Gustav and Gust.

1871 - Gustaf received an exit permit to move from Södergård to the United States on May 2, 1871. He was accompanied by his third cousin, Johannes Johansson (b.1849) who lived in the adjacent farm, Kronogård. It is assumed that he located in Chicago, and may have been there at the time of the fire in October, 1871. He and John may have been together after the fire, when John re-located from MN. There is no indication of when Gustav changed his name from Petersson to Newquist prior to 1876.

1876 - He was naturalized of November 1, 1876, and his witness was John Newquist, who also was naturalized on that date. The Chicago Directory has the following data: Gustav Newquist, Packer, house 628 Carroll Avenue. I would look for the 1876 voter registration for John and Gustav. (Mike 1/3/02)

1877 - Chicago Directory: Gustav Newquist, Packer, boards 297 West Lake

1880 - We were unable to find a record for him in the Chicago Directory or the US Census.

1881 - The Chicago Directory: Gustav Newquist, Stair builder, boards, 102 N. Carpenter

1882 - The IL marriage records lists the following:

NEWQUIST, GUST (30 yrs) married JOHNSON, AUGUSTA (27 yrs) in COOK County, IL on 02/18/1882. License# 00059724. The marriage record was obtained from the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU on January 27, 2003. They were both residents of Chicago. They were married in the rectory of St. Ansgarius Episcopal Church by Minister John Hedmann on February 18, 1882. (John Newquist married Jennie Coughlin on April 14, 1882 in Chicago.)

The following information on St. Ansgarius Church:

Archives of North Park University Swedish-American Archives of Greater Chicago Manuscript Collection #45 St. Ansgarius Church Records, 1849-1971 SIZE: 2 Archives boxes

ABSTRACT: These records consist largely of parish registers dating from 1849 through 1896, listing communicants and pastoral acts such baptisms, burials, and marriages. Also included is a pastor’s diary, circa 1882, and the church meeting minutes for 1858-1875. Photos of the church interior and of St. Ansgarius’ founder, Gustav Unonius, complement the church records. The records are largely in the Swedish language.

HISTORY: St. Ansgarius (Anskar) was a missionary of the Faith to the Norsemen of Scandinavia. Long he labored amidst great discouragements and hostile tribes. Finally his self-denial and love for others made an impression and the savage people became Christian. Died 865 A.D.

The Chicago church was founded in 1849. At this time a new interest in the Scandinavian people in the United States seems to have sprung up in the Episcopal Church, having as its object the commencing of church work among them. The first man of Scandinavian birth to graduate from the Seminary at Nashotah was Gustav Unonius, a Swede, who at once started work among his own countrymen. Later on he built St. Ansgarius' Church in Chicago, materially assisted by the "Swedish nightingale", Jenny Lind (who also donated a chalice), but after a while he returned to Sweden.

St. Ansgarius Church was first located at Illinois and Franklin Streets, Chicago, IL. It was founded by Gustav Unonius, a convert to the Episcopal Church who previously led a group of Swedish immigrants to settle at Pine Lake, Wisconsin.

That was the logical time for the undertaking and prosecuting of active work among the Scandinavians, an opportunity unfortunately neglected, so far as the Danes and Norwegians are concerned. A Clergyman of the Church of Sweden, the Rev. Jacob Bredberg, ordained by the Bishop of Skara, came to America 1862-1863, was received by Bishop Whitehouse and placed in charge of St. Ansgarius' Church in Chicago.

At the end of the century, St. Ansgarius was located on Sedgwick Avenue, one block north of Chicago Avenue, in Chicago. The church remained at this location until 1920, at which time the church effectively closed due to the departure of the rector, Carl August Nybladh and the majority of the congregation. However, in 1924, the bishop of Chicago re-opened St. Ansgarius at a temporary location on Lincoln Avenue, and later built the Jenny Lind Memorial Chapel at 2514 West Thorndale Avenue, Chicago. In 1940 the church was re-dedicated as St. Francis Church, and this congregation survived into the 1990’s. (Information courtesy of Richard R. Seidel, Historiographer, The Diocese of Chicago, 1999).

1884 - Voter registration maybe of some import as both men seem to have new addresses. ( Mike 1/3/02)

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1888 - Chicago Directory: Gustav Newquist ,bkpr., 11 LaSalle, bds., 806 North Park Avenue

1888 - Death Certificate: Research conducted by Cynthia Richardson, 3112 Wilmette Ave,Wilmette, IL 60091

Cook County #7670 death certificate dated 10/16/88 for Gustaf. He was 36, a carpenter, married, born in Sweden, lived in IL for 16 years, and died on 10/14/88 at 366 S. Roby (sp) in the Chicago 12th ward. Died after a year's bout with phthisis pulmonalis (pulmonary tuberculosis), and was buried by undertaker J. M. Adams in Forest Home Cemetery (Proviso Township). R.S. Hall,The physician who signed his death certificate, lived at 863 W. Harrison - John lived at 875 West Harrison! It is likely that John knew the doctor attending to Gustaf. I also feel that the 1882 marriage certificate between Gust and Augusta Johnson is his. We'll continue to search for information on Augusta. We have no info for any children.

1889 - The December 28, 1889 estate inventory document in Sweden at the time of his father's death stated that Gustaf had died in America last year. Bouppteckning is the event and documentation of evaluating and making an inventory of the deceased goods and chattels, i.e. "deciding what there is". Performed after every death when any belongings are left. Not the same as English "probate" which deals only with wills.

The search is ended. May he rest in peace.

Forest Home Cemetery (Waldheim) 863 S. Des Plaines Avenue Forest Park, Illinois, 60130 708-366-1900 Established 1873 and 1876

Forest Home Cemetery includes what was once two cemeteries: Forest Home and German Waldheim. The merged cemetery is located in the town of Forest Park, west of Chicago, and is bordered on the north by the Eisenhower expressway. Across the expressway is Concordia Lutheran Cemetery; south of Forest Home, across twelfth street, is Jewish Waldheim.

The land occupied by Forest Home was originally a graveyard of the Pottawattamie Indians. Later, the small hill containing the burial grounds was used for the same purpose by a family of white settlers.

In 1873 Waldheim Cemetery was organized by German Masonic lodges. Forest Home was established in 1876. Unlike most other cemeteries, Waldheim and Forest Home were open to all, not discriminating on the basis of ethnicity or religion, and therefore became very popular with immigrants. Funeral parties and families visiting graves could ride the Chicago and North Western railroad from the city, transferring to a Des Plaines Avenue streetcar.

When the Eisenhower expressway was constructed in the 1950s, it was necessary to remove over 2,500 graves from the northern parts of Waldheim. As the law required, all known descendants of the persons in those graves were notified by registered mail or public notices in the newspapers. This caused several years' delay. In 1969 the two cemeteries merged, and are now collectively known as Forest Home. (The word "Waldheim" means "Forest Home").

Forest Home is split into eastern and western parts by the Des Plaines River. Twin iron bridges cross the river within the cemetery. Both of these bridges are now closed and considered unsafe, and there is no way to reach one end of the cemetery from the other without exiting and using outside streets.

At about 11pm on July 27, 1960, a helicopter crashed in Forest Home's western half, east of the mausoleum of Congressman Sabath. It had been on an eleven-minute commuter flight between Midway and O'Hare. All thirteen persons aboard were killed. A map and list of 36 points of interest is available at the office.

The following marriage record might be for a child of Gustaf and Augusta. NEWQUIST, GUST P CHINBERG, MATHILDA M 02/22/1905 3 /42 8360 HENRY County

Matilda CHINBERG Household

   Female   

 Other Information: 
   Birth Year <1879>  
   Birthplace IL  
   Age 1  
   Occupation   
   Marital Status S <Single>  
   Race W <White>  
   Head of Household Andrus CHINBERG 
   Relation Dau <Daughter>  
   Father's Birthplace SWE  
   Mother's Birthplace SWE  
 

 Source Information: 
   Census Place Western, Henry, Illinois  
   Family History Library Film 1254213 
   NA Film Number T9-0213 
   Page Number 485A     

Another possible child and grandchild is located in a Rootsweb entry 2/19/07 entry by Angel Stonecypher:

ID: I29656 Name: Gustafson NEWQUIST Given Name: Gustafson Surname: NEWQUIST Sex: M Death: Y

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown Child of Gustafson NEWQUIST is: 2 i. Robert Russell NEWQUIST was born 10 Feb 1908 in MN, and died 8 Jul 1986 in Riverside CA. He married Ethel Esther MCGEE, daughter of James Marion MCGEE and Mary Adalyn REAVIS. She was born 25 Aug 1901 in Francisco Gibson County In, and died 27 Apr 1981 in Riverside CA

Robert NEWQUIST

   Birth Date: 10 Feb 1908  
   Death Date: Jul 1986  
   Social Security Number:  563-10-7685  
   State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:  California 
 
 Death Residence Localities 
   ZIP Code: 92220  
   Localities:  Banning, Riverside, California