Helge Edward Ostrom b. 4 Oct 1909 Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden d. 29 Aug 1973 Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA: Smith Family Tree

Helge Edward Ostrom

1909 - 1973 (63 years)

Name	Helge Edward Ostrom [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Birth	4 Oct 1909	Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Gender	Male
Immigration	7 May 1914	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [5, 6, 7]
	Carl and Anna departed Hamburg, Germeny on 25 Apr 1914, with Axel, Edith, Emil, Oscar, Helge, and Ernest, enroute to Liverpool aboard SS Marylebone -- Departed Liverpool aboard SS Franconia
		Ship-SS Franconia RMS Franconia passing Castle Island in Boston Harbor -- The RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her maiden voyage in February 1911, was between Liverpool and Boston, USA. She was nicked name the Bathroom ship as…
Census	1920	Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [6]
	Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single
Census	1930	Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [5]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Census	1940	Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [1]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Census	1950	Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [8]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Mary
FSID	LVHV-QF2
Death	29 Aug 1973	Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [3, 4]
Burial	Saint Francis Cemetery, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [3]
	Mary Murray and Helge Ostrom, buried together with Alice Ostrom McNeil
		Burial-OSTROM Mary and Helge Mary Murray and Helge Ostrom, buried together with Alice Ostrom McNeil -- Saint Francis Cemetery, Walpole MA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26332299/ helge https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26332577/ mary https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181760154/ alice
		Saint Francis Cemetery Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find a Grave: #91000
Person ID	I25012	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Carl Emil Ostrom, b. 24 Nov 1871, Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden d. 16 May 1957, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Anna Sophia Petersson, b. 24 Dec 1876, Örebro, Sweden d. 25 Mar 1938, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 61 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	21 Oct 1894	Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden
Family ID	F10325	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Elizabeth Murray, b. 18 Nov 1909, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Aug 1975, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)

Marriage 7 Jul 1928 Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [2, 10]

Children

	1. Mary Elizabeth 'Betty' Ostrom, b. May 1931, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Jan 2023, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Deanna Margaret Ostrom, b. 15 Jul 1938, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Jan 2017, Massachusetts, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Edward Helge Ostrom, b. 17 May 1933, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Mar 2016, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Alice Ann Ostrom, b. 24 Oct 1928, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Jul 2009, Victoria Haven Nursing Home, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10462 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 4 Oct 1909 - Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden
	Immigration - Carl and Anna departed Hamburg, Germeny on 25 Apr 1914, with Axel, Edith, Emil, Oscar, Helge, and Ernest, enroute to Liverpool aboard SS Marylebone -- Departed Liverpool aboard SS Franconia - 7 May 1914 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single - 1920 - Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Marriage - 7 Jul 1928 - Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1930 - Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1940 - Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Mary - 1950 - Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Death - 29 Aug 1973 - Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Burial - - Saint Francis Cemetery, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Burials

Burial-OSTROM Mary and Helge
Mary Murray and Helge Ostrom, buried together with Alice Ostrom McNeil -- Saint Francis Cemetery, Walpole MA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26332299/ helge https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26332577/ mary https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181760154/ alice

People

OSTROM-Anna and Carl family
From Claes and Anna Johnson's family photos, Carl and Anna Ostrom's family with Carl's brother Hjalmar Ostrom. Children's 1st names from oldest to youngest: Carl, Lydia, Axel, Edith, Emil, Oscar, Helge. (not in photo Erenst and Ethel) -- n_mail14 originally shared this on 18 Apr 2017

Places

Ship-SS Franconia
RMS Franconia passing Castle Island in Boston Harbor -- The RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her maiden voyage in February 1911, was between Liverpool and Boston, USA. She was nicked name the Bathroom ship as…

Sources

[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1633; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 11-267.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1633; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 11-267
[S70] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
[S7744] Find a Grave: OSTROM Helge E 1909-1973, Helge Edward Ostrom.
Birth 1909, Sweden Death 29 Aug 1973 (aged 63–64) Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts - Burial: Saint Francis Cemetery, Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
-- Memorial ID 26332299
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26332299/helge-e-ostrom
[S9507] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Number: 010-10-4465; Issue State: Massachusetts; Issue Date: Before 1951.
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 935; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0077; Image: 658.0; FHL microfilm: 2340670.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 935; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0077; Image: 658.0; FHL microfilm: 2340670
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_723; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 218.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_723; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 218

[S466] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943; NAI Number: 4319742; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004;.

Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943; NAI Number: 4319742; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004;

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Walpole, Norfolk, Ma.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Walpole, Norfolk, Ma

[S667] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2021;), New Hampshire Department of Health; Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969.

New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971
New Hampshire Department of Health; Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969
[S8261] Find a Grave: MURRAY Mary Ostrom 1909-1975, Mary E Murray Ostrom.
Birth 18 Nov 1909 Death 14 Aug 1975 (aged 65) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Burial: Saint Francis Cemetery, Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts -- Memorial ID 26332577
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26332577/mary-e-ostrom

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