Notes
Note for: Melchior Schreiner, -
Though it cannot be proven from the books, as the birth records only go
back to
1581, Melchior is most likely the father of Michel who was the father of
Martin. The oldest book includes a village census from 1587 which
includes the
name of Melchior Schreiner, a widower, whose married children include
Baschen,
Michel and Otilia. None of the other Schreiner families listed include a
Michel.
Notes
Note for: Hans (der elter) Haus, -
Information from the village census.
Notes
Note for: (unknown) Schreiner, ABT 1639 -
Record in the birth book is incomplete; name, sex and date of birth are
not
recorded.
Notes
Note for: Olof Lars Eckberg, 21 JUN 1875 - 30 SEP 1964
WEDDED (undated, about September 21, 1905)
Mr. Olof Ackberg (sic) and Miss Ida Almstrom, both of this city, were
united in marriage Wednesday evening, Sept. 20, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James Johnson, Rev. A. L. Nord officiating. An elaborate wedding
supper was served to the assembled guests, who were relatives and
immediate friends of the contracting parties. Mr. Ackberg is a trusted
employe (sic) at the mine here, while the bride is an estimable young
lady. Their many friends wish them a smooth sea of life to travel over.
The couple will reside in the home of William Eielson.
OLD TIMER'S HERE (undated, probably from Greenview area, about 1930)
Mr. and Mrs. Olof Eckberg and three sons were here over the week end,
the guests of his cousin, Mrs. Mary Johnson. Mrs. Johnson will return
home with them for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Eckberg left here 25 years ago
and are living on a 240 acre farm near Wyanet, Ill. Until the last year,
Mr. Eckberg stated, he paid $10 per acre rent on the land and has made
money. Last year he raised 10,000 bushels of corn on 120 acres. His
corn is now 18 inches high.
(Undated clipping; about 1933)
CHILDREN CHRISTENED AT JOHNSON HOME
About sixty relatives and friends were guests at the Carl Johnson home
Sunday, when Lloyd, LaVerne and Russel Johnson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Johnson, Dorie Marie Carlson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carlson,
Kenneth Eckberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olak (sic) Eckberg of Wyanet, and
Clara Botelson (sic), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Botelson, were
christened by Rev. Mr. Elmer Peters of the First Lutheran Church of
Princeton.
Rev. Mr. Peters gave a very fine sermon after the christening service.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Lovegren and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Kihlstrom and family of La Moille, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Johnson and
family, Mrs. Edna Johnson of Wyanet, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Eckberg and family
of Wyanet, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Magneson, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kihlstrom, Mr.
and Mrs. Oren Johnson and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carlson and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Botelson and daughter, Mrs. Stella Fisher,
Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson and daughter, Ethel, Mr. and Mrs. Mandus
Martenson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson, all of Walnut.
WYANET COUPLE OBSERVE SILVER ANNIVERSARY (undated, about 1930)
Nearly 100 friends and neighbors gathered Sunday at the home of Mr.and
Mrs. Olaf Eckberg, north of Wyanet in honor of their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary.
The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pearson and family, and
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Veberg, of Moline; Mr. and Mrs. Nels Malmberg and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Olson and family, of Walnut; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Eyer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hoffmister,
Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Bell and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Anderson and
daughter and Mrs. James Hamilton and son, of Wyanet; Mr. and Mrs. John
Schoaf, Russell, Robert and Albert Flaherty, of Princeton; Aleck, Alfred
and Esther Soderberg, and Lester Carlson, of Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Riggs, of Manlius.
A purse of money was given to Mr. and Mrs. Eckberg, who were also
presented with a beautiful silver set by the children.
In the afternoon a pick up team from Kasbeer played Kitten ball against
a pick up team at the picnic. Kasbeer won by a score of 30 to 15. Next
Sunday a pick up team around Wyanet will return the game and will play at
Wilby Bell's of Kasbeer.
(Undated,1938)
Those who attended Mother's Day dinner celebration at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Olof L. Eckberg were Niles Hechtner, Bernard Martin, Cecil
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Eckberg and son, Mrs. Ada Peck and son,
Leland, of Wyanet, Robert Edlefson, Starrel and Bill Warfield, Everett
Powers, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wessell of Manlius, Miss Bernice Dyke of
Princeton, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bodleson (sic) and daughter, of Ohio, Mr.
and Mrs. Vivian (sic) Richmond and family, also a telegram of greetings
was received from Orville Eckberg of Millboro (sic), S. D. In the
afternoon the boys played basketball and were afterward treated to ice
cream and cake.
(Undated clipping, about 1940?)
HIT AND RUN DRIVER DAMAGES ECKBERG CAR
Five members of the Olof Eckberg family narrowly escaped serious injury
last Thursday evening when an unknown driver de-swiped (sic) their new
Pontiac car crushing in the side of the car and forcing them nearly off
the highway into a deep ditch.
The accident occurred about a mile and a half East of Sheffield. The
Eckbergs were returning from Mineral and were raveling (sic) along on
route 6 when a car approaching from the East at a high rate of speed,
headed directly for them. One of the younger Eckberg boys driving the
car, drove his car off the road attempting to avoid an accident, but for
a time it was believed that it could not be done. But just as the
approaching car was about to crash, the unknown driver swerved his car
back to his side of the road. The unknown driver continued on his way
never stopping to investigate the damage done.
The driver of the other car turned just intime (sic) to avoid a head-on
collision. As it was the front and rear fenders of the Eckberg car were
slashed off and the left side of the Pontiac was caved-in.
No one in the Eckberg car was hurt and they were able to drive the car
the remainder of the way home on its own power.
The driver of the hit-run car was not apprthended (sic).
(Undated, about 1941)
Orville Eckberg of Hopkins (sic), Ia., Miss Vonda Pollens (sic) of
Manchester, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Vivian (sic) Richmond and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Eckberg on Bureau Township, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eckberg and
son of Manlius, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Eckberg and son of Walnut, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Bodelson and daughters of Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Eckberg
and son, Mrs. Ada Peck and Leland of Wyanet, were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Olof Eckberg in honor of Mother's day.
(Undated, 1941)
BUREAU TOWNSHIP--A number of relatives from Manlius, Walnut, Ohio, Bureau
Township, Tiskilwa, Wyanet and Iowa surprised Olof Eckberg in observation
of his 66th birthday. A picnic dinner was enjoyed at noon. Mr. Eckberg
received a number of gifts.
The Bureau Township unit of the Home Bureau will meet on Friday, July
11, with Mrs. Helen Schwartzentraub instead of the regular date.
(Undated, about 1940/1)
Mr. and Mrs. Olof Eckberg entertained with a Christmas dinner. Guests
included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boodelson (sic) of Ohio; Orville Eckberg,
dean of Lenox college, Hopkinton, Ia.; Leroy Eckberg, Chanute Field,
Rantoul, Ill; Doris Wilson of Princeton; Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Eckberg of
Walnut; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eckberg of Manlius; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Eckberg and son, Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmond and family of Wyanet.
(Undated, 1942)
Mr. and Mrs. Olof Eckberg entertained the following on Mother's day.
Private Orville Eckberg of the Medical Corps Laboratory, of Chicago, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Bodleson (sic) and daughters of Red Oak, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin (sic) Eckberg and baby of Walnut, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Eckberg,
Vivan Richmond and family, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence (sic) Eckberg and son of
Wyanet, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eckberg and son of Manlius, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Pierson and family of Moline.
(Undated, about 1943)
Dinner guests at the Olof Eckberg home on Mother's Day were: Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Eckberg and son of Walnut, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bodelson and
daughters of Red Oak, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Eckberg of Tampico, Mr. and
Mrs. Laurence (sic) Eckberg and son, Mr. and Mrs. Vivian (sic) Richmond
and family, Mrs. Ada Peck, Everett Eckberg, Mary Otis Abel and Mildred
Stanfield of Wyanet, Staff Sgt. Lee Roy Eckberg and family of
Albuquerque, N. Mex., and Cpl. Orville Eckberg of Chicago.
Staff Sgt. Lee Roy Eckberg, wife and daughter are visiting friends and
relatives while on a 15-day furlough from Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Cpl. Orville Eckberg of Chicago is visiting a few days with home folks
before going to Camp McCoy, Wis., to take up his new duties at the
induction center there.
(Undated, about 1943)
Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmond entertained with a farewell dinner Sunday,
honoring Harold Eckberg and Max Hamrick, who left for the army service
Monday morning.
Those present were Mrs. Arthur Eckberg and son of Manlius; Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Bodelson and daughters of Red Oak; Mrs. Olof Eckberg and sons; Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Eckberg and son; Mr. and Mrs. Evan Hamrick and family
and Charlotte Edlin of Wyanet; Cpl. Orville Eckberg of Chicago and Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Eckberg and son and Gertrude Raker of Princeton.
(Undated, about 1945, with photos)
FIVE BROTHERS IN SERVICE
These are the five sons of Mr. and Mrs. Olof Eckberg, of Wyanet, who
have three other sons engaged in farming, another in war work, and two
daughters.
Pvt. Kenneth Eckberg enlisted Feb. 18, 1944, and was called to active
duty on Jan.31, 1945. He took his basic training at Keesler Field,
Miss., and is now training for R. C. T. command gunner on a B-29, at
Lowry Field, Denver, Colo.
Cpl. Lester Eckberg was inducted April 5, 1943, at Scott Field, Ill.,
and received his basic training at Camp McCoy, Wis. In July, 1943, he
was sent to Camp Grant, where he is doing clerical work connected with
German prisoners of war who are held there.
T-Sgt. Lee Roy E. Eckberg (APO 182, San Francisco) enlisted at Chanute
Field, Rantoul, Ill., Sept. 16, 1940, and was graduated from the airplane
mechanics technical school there, in March, 1941. He received further
training at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La., Kirtland Field,
Albuquerque, N.M., and Lowry Field, Denver, Colo., where he received his
flight engineer's wings for B-29 service. He was reassigned to a crew at
Alamogordo, N.M., and received additional training at Harvard, Neb., and
at Vernon Field, Jamaica (B.W.I.). He is now stationed in Guam. His
wife, the former Doris Wilson, and two daughters, Patricia Ann and Sandra
Lee, reside at 1517 South Main Street, Princeton.
Lt. Orville E. Eckberg, chief of laboratory service for the 103rd
Station Hospital, overseas, was recently promoted to first lieutenant.
He entered service June 26, 1941, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and was sent
overseas with the 35th Field Hospital unit on Aug. 21, 1943, serving in
North Africa and Italy. While in Italy, he received a direct commission
to second lieutenant in the sanitary corps (on May 18, 1944), and was
later assigned to the 103rd Station Hospital. Lieutenant Eckberg holds a
bachelor of science degree, which he received in chemistry at Wheaton
college in 1935, and a master of science degree from the University of
Illinois (1939). He was dean of Lennox college, Hopkinton, Iowa , before
entering the service. His wife, the former Wanda Paullina (sic), of
Ryan, Iowa, currently is attending Wheaton college for special courses.
Pfc. Harold A. Eckberg entered service Jan. 18, 1943, and was inducted
at Peoria. He trained at Scott Field, Ill., Camp Robinson, Ark., Fort
Lewis, Washington and Louisiana. He was in combat for seven months in
Europe with the 44th Division, and was awarded the Bronze Star medal for
meritorious service in action against the enemy. The 44th division is
now stationed in the Austrian Tyrol, in what is often called the "most
beautiful section of Europe."
(Undated, about 1945)
Guests on Christmas day at Olof Eckberg home were Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Eckberg and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bodelson and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Eckberg and son and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Eckberg and Linda Mae,
Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmbond (sic) and family and Harold Eckberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Eckberg spent Christmas day with relatives in
Rockford.
(Undated article, from the Wyanet paper)
TOWN PUMP
It squeaks for itself
Random thoughts on village life...Olaf Eckberg, friendly, well-read
native of Sweden who farms 160 acres three miles north and one mile west
of Wyanet...He was once a sailor man and toiled years before the
mast...No part of the globe that did not see him and that he did not
see...That old yarn about the graveyard of missing ships in the Sargasso
sea is true, says he...
(About 1948)
RETIRED WYANET FARMER BUILDS MODEL SHIP
(Photo) Olaf Eckberg, retired farmer of Wyanet, who spent 16 years on the
high seas in his younger days, part of the time for the Swedish Navy, is
shown with the model ship which he built to scale, and keeps in his
bedroom.--Photo by David Hamm.
BUILDS MODEL OF BARQUE ON WHICH HE ONCE SAILED
By William Johnson
Olaf Eckberg, retired farmer of Wyanet, who spent 16 years sailing the
high seas, six as a member of the Swedish Navy, still must have some of
an old salt's blood in him. He has built a replica of a four-mast barque
on which he once sailed.
Mr. Eckberg was born at Malmo, Sweden, in 1875, and started sailing at
the age of 11. He joined the Swedish Navy in 1896. He sailed on five
different ships, liks (sic) the Oceana, the model he carved out of wood.
The barque which he copied carried wheat from Australia to England and
coal from Cardiff, England, to the British Navy in Singapore. When he
left the sailing field, he had two degrees but needed three to navigate
his own ship.
He came to this country and took up farming in Bureau county. His
family consists of his wife, nine boys and two girls.
His model barque is a replica of a ship 180 feet high from keel to top
of the mast, and 350 feet long, and is all hand-carved. The real ship
would draw 22 feet of water, and his model has a water line where it
should be. There are 30 sails, all of which are collapsible. The ship
would take 40 men to man it.
The home port of his model ship is the Atlantic, Mr. Eckberg said,
because the mermaid carved at the bow lives there.
When he completes all the details of the barque, he plans to build a
model of an old style Swedish frigate.
(About 1948)
(Photo)
Replica "Oceana Atlantic"--Olof Eckberg, 70, Wyanet, is shown with the
replica of "Oceana Atlantic" which he recently completed at his home.
(Star-Courier photo by Clyde Sundquist, farm editor).
OLOF ECKBERG IS BUILDER OF HUGH MODEL 'OCEANA ATLANTIC'
By Clyde Sundquist Star-Courier Farm Editor
Wyanet--Olof Eckberg, of this city, who spent six years in the Swedish
navy from 1896 to 1902, ending his navy career with the rank of
boatswain's mate, has just finished carving out a replica of the ship
"Oceana Atlantic" on which he made two voyages from Sweden to Australia.
Each trip was about 32,000 miles and took nine months to complete with
stops for cargo being made en route with the original ship having a
capacity of 5500 tons and a crew of 40 men. At that time he received a
salary of $35 or seven pounds per month.
Mr. Eckberg started the work of carving this ship from an elm log just
before Christmas in 1947 and while he says he did not do much work on it
during the summer, he has worked steadily on it for the last six weeks.
The actual cost of materials used is about $50 although he has placed a
value on the finished ship of $500. The 30 pieces of sail were made from
two pillow slips that cost $6.
This replica is a full mast bulk or four mast ship with 30 sails and
measures six feet from stern to bow spirit; 16 inches wide beam; and 57
inches from the keel to top of mast; the mast spar yard measures 21
inches, and with a figurehead on the prow.
Mr. Eckberg stated that he plans to sell the model masterpiece and then
plans to start work on another ship or copy of the "Fraja" a Swedish navy
training ship on which he spent 12 months. This ship was also a sailing
vessel although it had auxiliary engines.
After receiving his discharge from the Swedish navy in 1902 he came to
this country where he worked on farms and coal mines in Illinois and then
went west for two seasons, working in the harvest fields and on ranches.
He married Ida Almstrom, a schoolmate from Sweden, in Greenview, Ill., in
1905, and they have lived around Wyanet since. They farmed around Wyanet
until he retired in 1943 and moved to town. They were blessed with 11
children, nine boys and two girls, all of whom live around Wyanet with
the exception of one son in San Antonio, Tex. Five of the boys were in
the army in World War II and all returned to carry on their life work.
Two of the boys, LeRoy and Kenneth, operate the Texaco oil station in in
Wyanet.
OLOF ECKBERG DIES; SERVICES ON WEDNESDAY (1964)
Funeral services for Olof Lars Eckberg, 80, Wyanet, will be held at
Sutley funeral home, Wyanet, at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Mr. Swanson
of the Wesleyan Methodist church will officiate, and burial will be in
Elm Lawn Memorial park. Friends were to call at Sutley funeral home
Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Mr. Eckberg died Monday in a Quad-City hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was born June 21, 1875, in Skifarp, Sweden, the son of Lars and Anna
Eckberg. He was educated in Sweden and was a member of the Swedish navy
and merchant marine for 14 years.
He came to Illinois from Sweden in 1902, settling first in the coal
mine area of Southern Illinois. On Sept. 21, 1905, at Greenview, he
married Ida Almstrom, and they moved to Bureau county in 1905. He was
engaged in farming in this area until 1943 when they retired and moved to
Wyanet.
Mr. Eckberg leaves his wife, nine sons, Arthur, Walnut; Lawrence,
Walnut; Lt. Col. Orville, San Antonio, Texas; Lee Roy, Wyanet; Everett,
Princeton; Edmund, Walnut; Harold, Walnut; Lester, Wyanet; and Kenneth,
Wyanet; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Alma) Bodelson, Princeton, and Mrs.
Vivian (sic) (Anna) Richmond, Wyanet; 32 grandchildren, 12 great
grandchildren, and three nieces.
OLAF L. ECKBERG (1964)
Wyanet--Olaf Lars Eckberg, 89, retired farmer of Wyanet, died in a Quad
City hospital Monday morning, after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Eckberg was born June 21, 1875 in Skifarp, Sweden, the son of Lars
and Anna Eckberg. He received his education in Sweden and was a member
of the Swedish Navy and the Swedish Merchant Marine for 14 years. He
came to the United States in 1902, and worked for three years in southern
Illinois in the Coal Mines. His marriage to Ida Almstrom took place
Sept. 21, 1905, in Greenview. They moved to Bureau County, where Mr.
Eckberg farmed until retiring in 1943. At that time they moved to
Wyanet, where the home has been ever since.
Surviving are the wife; nine sons, Arthur, Lawrence, Edmund and Harold,
all of Walnut, Lt. Col. Orville of San Antonio, Texas, Everett of
Princeton, LeRoy, Lester and Kenneth, all of Wyanet; two daughters, Mrs.
Alma Bodelson of Princeton and Mrs. Vivan (Anna) Richmond of Wyanet; 32
grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and three nieces. He was preceded
in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Sutley Funeral
Home, Wyanet. The Rev. Vernon Swanson of the Wesleyan Methodist Church
of Wyanet will officiate. Interment will be in the Elmlawn Cemetery,
Princeton.
Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon after 2 and this
evening.