Hello all,
The third page is mainly a reference to more present day relatives, visiting London, meeting and having guidance and help from Donald Rumbelow, a local Parish Vicar etc and visiting Elizabeth's grave in London.
best wishes
Phil
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Hello Lina,Originally posted by Lina View Post
Thanks for your contribution and welcome indeed!
I will translate a few of the main points...
Born 1843
Stor Tumlehed, Torslanda.
After her confirmation, moved to Gothenburg.
Started work as housemaid, different places.
Became pregnant, and at this time a single woman in this condition was regarded with bringing great shame and scandal.
A stillborn baby girl was born, in the 7th month of pregnancy.
As time went on..her social position became worse and worse, falling ever deeper into prostitution.
In 1867 she was advised to leave Gothenburg, to avoid even more social stigma.
She decided to start anew in London.
Here she found work and narried an older man
Whether they had children or not is unsure.
The marraige lasted 10 years. After which she returned to prostitution more and more, interspersed with heavy drinking, she lived in slum conditions.
It is believed she was muredered by the unidentified Jack the Ripper in 1888.
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The ref to her relative is as follows..
The relative is Kurt Blom. There are papers as to her family stretching back to 1698.
His mother's father, Johan Ludvig, was Elizabeth's cousin.
Part of Kurt's job is the archiving and photogaphing, recording etc of old documents and papers. He came across a family tree a few years ago, but unfortunately his mother had died before this and therefore he could not ask her anything. He saw the names of all the four children of Elizabeth's mother and father, Gustav Eriksson and Beate Carlsdotter. They were..
1840 Anna Christin,
1843 Elisabeth,
1848 Carl Bernard
1851 Svante.
The only thing Kurt knew of Elizabeth was that she "went to town", meaning Gothenburg. Upon asking older relatives, they said very little and were reluctant to say any more.
Elizabeth went to Gothenburg to stay with her sister (Anna Christin), who was married to a cobbler. It was her sister that found work for Elizabeth. After that, all went as is known, and her fall into prostitution followed after the pregnancy.
Stefan Rantzow is in the process of compiling more data about the family. In the process of this he has discovered Elizabeth's brother's grave, in Gothenburg. Her brother, Carl Bernhard, died in 1908 and is buried together with his wife, Olena, b. 1837, who died in 1917.
Elizabeth's sister was born in 1840, and died in 1916. Her grave, a pauper's gave, no longer exists.Neither does that of Bernhard Olsson, Elizabth's brother in law, who died in 1907/1908. (He was buried 3rd Jan 1908.)
The photographs are by courtesy of Stefan Rantzow. He is to be heartily congratulated on finding these graves and the family details of Elizabeth Stride.
I hope this helps.
best wishes
PhilLeave a comment:
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Excellent Lina. I'll have to find someone to translate the text for me but I haven't seen this posted before.Leave a comment:
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Have you seen this?
A recent article about Stride from a swedish local newspaper.
It is in swedish, but has a few pictures that may or may not be interesting to you. The story about JTR and Stride starts in page 30. The pictures show some of her swedish relatives and the house she was born in. Apparently her nephew (small black & white picture) mentions her briefly in his memoirs. The grave of her brother Carl Berhard Gustafsson has also been traced.
http://www.tidningen.se/pdf/2009_v52.pdf
I looked for it here but could not find it so apologize if you've already seen this. I am new here.
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