Samuel Otto Jönsson Ljungqvist
1840 - 1899 (58 years)-
Name Samuel Otto Jönsson Ljungqvist Nickname Otto Born 26 Feb 1840 Gränsen, Östra Ryd, Östergötland, Sverige 
Gender Male Baptism 1 Mar 1840 Östra Ryd, Östergötland, Sverige Residence Between 1854 and 1860 Norrköping St. Olai, Östergötland, Sverige Occupation Between 1859 and 1899 Sweden and United States Cooper Emigration 8 Jun 1869 the port of Göteberg, Sverige Immigration 25 Aug 1869 NY from Liverpool on ship "England" Residence Aug 1870 Williamsburg (13th Ward), Brooklyn, New York acc. to 1870 US Federal Census Residence Between 1872 and 1873 187 Rivington (bet Attorney & Ridge), New York, New York, USA Otto Jungqwist, cooper (NYC directory 1873 p. 616) Residence Between 1873 and 1874 355 Madison (Bet. Scammel and Jackson), New York, New York, USA Otto Yongguest, cooper (NYC directory 1874 p. 1426) Residence Between 1875 and 1877 355 Madison (Bet. Scammel and Jackson), New York, New York, USA Otto Yonkers, cooper (NYC dir 1876 p. 1456, 1877 p. 1498) Residence Between 1877 and 1878 322 Henry Street (bet Grand and Jackson), New York, New York, USA Otto Yonkers, cooper (NYC directory 1878 p. 1543) Residence Between 1878 and 1879 283 Monroe (bet Jackson and Corlears), New York, New York, USA Otto S. Yonkers, cooper (NYC directory 1879 p. 1600) Residence Between 1879 and 1880 283 Monroe (bet Jackson and Corlears), New York, New York, USA Otto Yonkers, cook [sic], (NYC dir 1880 p. 1648) Residence Between 1880 and 1881 283 Monroe (bet Jackson and Corlears), New York, New York, USA Otto Yonkers, cooper (NYC directory 1881 p. 1693) Residence Between 1882 and 1883 276 1st Ave., New York, New York, USA Otto Yunks, cooper (NYC directory, 1883, p. 1795) Residence Between 1883 and 1884 276 1st Ave., New York, New York, USA Otto S. Yonkers, cooper (NYC directory, 1884, p. 1842) Residence Between 1884 and 1885 276 1st Ave., New York, New York, USA Otto Yonkers, cooper (NYC directory 1885 p. 1928) Residence Oct 1885 374 2nd Avenue bet 22/23rd, New York, New York, USA acc. to naturalization Naturalization 16 Oct 1885 Superior Court of New York County Residence Between 1886 and 1887 374 2nd Ave bet 22 & 23, New York, New York, USA Otto S. Yonkers, cooper (NYC Directory 1887 p. 2152) Residence Between 1887 and 1888 374 2nd Ave bet 22 & 23, New York, New York, USA Samuel O. Yonkers, cooper (NYC Directory 1888 p. 2161) Residence Between 1888 and 1889 415 W 46th, New York, New York, USA Otto Younker, cooper (NYC Directory 1889 p. 2183) Residence Between 1890 and 1891 450 W 47th St, New York, New York, USA Otto Younker, cooper (NYC Directory 1891 p. 1394) Residence Between 1892 and 1893 450 W 47th St, New York, New York, USA Sam'l O. Yonkers, cooper (NYC Directory 1893 p. 1559) Residence Between 1894 and 1895 450 W 47th St, New York, New York, USA Otto Ljungqvist, cooper (NYC Directory 1895 p. 861) Residence Between 1897 and 1898 450 W 47th St, New York, New York, USA Otto S. Ljungquist, cooper (NYC directory 1898 p. 781) Residence Jan 1899 103 Melrose St bet Bremen/Evergreen, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, USA acc. to his death certificate _UID A46DD601750CE140859FE0033C3ABF753BCF Died 21 Jan 1899 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Buried 24 Jan 1899 Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA Person ID I159 Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages Last Modified 17 Mar 2012
Father Jonas Gustafsson, b. 14 Jul 1791, Gostorp, Björsater, Östergötland, Sverige , d. 15 May 1871, Östra Ryd, Östergötland, Sverige (Age 79 years) Mother Stina Andersdotter, b. 4 Jan 1801, Kulfall, Östra Ryd, Östergötland, Sverige , d. 13 Dec 1879, Fattighus, Östra Ryd, Östergötland, Sverige (Age 78 years) Married 11 Jun 1821 Målstena, Björsäter, Östergötland, Sverige Family ID F120 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Carolina Sofia Andersdr Nordström, b. 19 Aug 1835, Emaus, Hedemora, Kopparberg, Sverige , d. 13 Apr 1918, New York, New York, USA (Age 82 years) Marriage Banns 25 Aug 1865 Hovforsamlingen, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sverige Married 24 Sep 1865 Hovforsamlingen, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sverige Notes - Marriage bann, August 25, 1865, R. Bjorkman, Malare Gesellen (painter), and C. J. Landberg, Workmastarin (foreman).
Children 1. Gerda Theresia Ljungqvist, b. 29 Oct 1865, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sverige , d. 19 Oct 1929, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (Age 63 years)2. Emma Sofia Ljungqvist, b. 3 Mar 1868, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sverige , d. 7 Mar 1950, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age 82 years)3. Jennie Octavia Ljungqvist, b. 24 May 1872, New York, New York, USA , d. 30 Apr 1957, Tuckahoe, Westchester, New York, United States (Age 84 years)Last Modified 23 May 2017 Family ID F27 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - The cooper Samuel Otto Ljungqvist, a native of Östergötland province, Sweden, whose ancestors had lived around the place where he was born for centuries, working as crofters, farmhands, smiths, shoemakers, etc. was married in 1865 in Stockholm to Carolina Sofia Nordström, a native of Kopparberg (Dalarna) Sverige, whose ancestors had lived in that part of Sweden for centuries; many of her ancestors were "bergsmen" or miners; ("Kopparberg" means "copper mountain"). So, Samuel Otto Ljungqvist emigrated to New York in 1869 and his wife followed the next year with their two daughters, Gerda Theresa and Emma Sofia, both born in Stockholm. A third daughter, Jennie Octavia, was born in New York.
Samuel Otto was usually known as "Otto" in the US. The family name was often approximated as "Yonkers" in many US records related to the family, even though there is no etymological connection whatsoever between the Dutch/German name and New York place name "Yonkers" (Junker- a landed social class), and the Swedish ornamental surname "Ljungquist" (meaning heather sprig).
The probable reason for the "Yonkers" alias is similarity of sound and convenience, as "Yonkers" was easier for Americans, particularly the German-Americans who made up a large part of New York's population in the late 1800s, to pronounce and spell, than the tongue-twisting, unfamiliar and unphonetic Swedish "Ljungquist." However, there was also a Yonkers Barrel Company at Cherry Street close to where the Ljungqvist family lived and where Samuel Otto Ljungqvist may well have worked, which could have influenced his alias. (Yonkers Barrel Co. burned down on February 22, 1883 acc. to the following day's New York Times)
The following bizarre note appeared in the social news section of the upstate New York paper the "Catskill Recorder" on November 22, 1895, following the wedding of Jennie Ljungqvist to John A. Anderson two days previous:
"The surname of a woman married at New York the other day was Ljungqvist. Who can blame her for wanting to change it?"
Gerda Theresa Ljungqvist married Englishman Thomas Charles Rothwell (after a brief, mysterious marriage to a fellow Swede) and had six surviving children, four daughters, two sons. The family lived in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Jennie Ljungqvist married electrician Johan Andersson (John Anderson) and had two sons and later moved from Brooklyn to the Bronx. Emma Ljungqvist never married.
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Named "Otto" because he was the eighth child of his parents.
In 1854, Samuel Otto and his brother Carl went to Norrköping.
November 1, 1854: Samuel Otto Jönsson from Östra Ryd is noted as moving into the parish Norrköping St. Olai., p. 223. His brother Carl dies in Norrköping in 1855. S.O. began using the name Ljungquist around 1859, he was a "journeyman cooper" by 1860, when he moved December 1, 1860 to Linkoping. He arrived in Linkoping on December 10, 1860., and left Linkoping ("T. 42") on July 24, 1861 for "obekant ort" ("unknown place").
He moved out from Gävle (IV Rote) bound for Stockholm on April 21, 1864 (Gävle BI:6). ("See p. 177 of household examination"). He moved into Hudiksvall, Gävleborg county, from Gävle on Nov 5, 1864. (Hudiksvall BI:4). He moved out from Hudiksvall on May 26, 1865. "Samuel Otto Jönsson Ljungquist moved to Klara, Stockholm from Hudiksvall on July 7, 1865." (BI:15).
Hovförsamlingen Marriage records (EI:3):
The journeyman cooper Samuel Otto Jonsson Ljungqvist married Miss (jungfru) Carolina Sofia Nordström on 1865 Sep.24. The banns were called 25 August (R. Bjorkman, Malare Gesellen (painter), and C. J. Landberg, Workmastarin (foreman)).
Adolf Fredrik moving-in records (BIa:7, page 586):
1865 October.12, Ljungqvist Samuel Otto, born 1840 Feb.26 in Östra Ryd parish and his wife Carolina Sofia Nordström, born 1835 Aug.19 in Hedemora, both moved from Hovförsamlingen to Återvändsgränd 3 in Adolf Fredrik parish.
Register of Population for Stockholm 1800-1870, Samuel Otto Ljungquist
1866 Adolf Fredrick #796
1867 Klara lower #2395
1868 Klara upper #295
1869 City Inner & East #3020
1870 Adolf Fredrik #4863
Samuel Linquist, laborer, male age 28, arrived at Castle Garden on 25 August 1869 on ship "England" via port of Liverpool, England via Germany (original customs list/manifest at NARA; list 991 line 16 Microfilm Series 237 film 317)
AUGUST 18 1870 ENUMERATION OF 1870 FEDERAL CENSUS lists the following
[no first name listed] Youngquest, 29 y.o. male cooper, Swedish alien lodger in the boarding house of Mr and Mrs Peter Bauer (with a clientele of Germans, a few Poles and Swedes), 13th Ward of Williamsburg, Brooklyn (a small area bounded by the East River, Division Street, and Broadway; on the north, by South Seventh and Sixth). NARA M593_954 #591
First New York city directory listing for Otto Jungkwist is in the 1872-1873 Manhattan city directory. The family has not been found in the 1871-1872 Manhattan directory.
The family first lived in the Lower East Side of Manhattan close to the East River i.e. Rivington St, Madison St, Henry St, Monroe St, then started moving north in the 1880s into what is now called the East Village (1st Ave, 2nd Ave); by the 1890s the family had moved uptown to the West Fourties neighborhood known as "Hells Kitchen."
Household (1880 census)
Otto YONKERS Self M Male W 45 Sweden Cooper Sweden Sweden
Sophia YONKERS Wife M Female W 40 Sweden Keeping House Sweden Sweden
Teresa YONKERS Dau S Female W 15 Sweden At School Sweden Sweden
Emma YONKERS Dau S Female W 12 Sweden At School Sweden Sweden
Jennie YONKERS Dau S Female W 8 Sweden At School Sweden Sweden
Source Information
Census Place 7th Ward, District 2, New York, New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York
Family History Library Film 1254872
NA Film Number T9-0872
Page Number 436A
naturalized in the Superior Court of New York County (bundle 365, record 136) as Samuel O. Lyungquist, cooper, of 374 2nd Ave; witness was Charles Ross, cooper of 610 E 13th Street.
Otto Ljungquist death certificate reference- New York City Civil Registration, Kings County, year 1899, Certificate #1374
- The cooper Samuel Otto Ljungqvist, a native of Östergötland province, Sweden, whose ancestors had lived around the place where he was born for centuries, working as crofters, farmhands, smiths, shoemakers, etc. was married in 1865 in Stockholm to Carolina Sofia Nordström, a native of Kopparberg (Dalarna) Sverige, whose ancestors had lived in that part of Sweden for centuries; many of her ancestors were "bergsmen" or miners; ("Kopparberg" means "copper mountain"). So, Samuel Otto Ljungqvist emigrated to New York in 1869 and his wife followed the next year with their two daughters, Gerda Theresa and Emma Sofia, both born in Stockholm. A third daughter, Jennie Octavia, was born in New York.