Ancestry.com. U.S., Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949, Alphabetical > Letcher - Little,
images 435-39 of 859 : downloaded 28 October 2024.
Sven Herman Liljestrand, Jr.
(1923-2002)
Sven Jr. was the youngest of the four sons of Sven Liljestrand and Ethel Hardy. He and his brother Eric were born in China, where their father was a medical missionary. Sven married Barbara Louise Mills in 1946 and they had six children.
Birth Certificate
En Route to China, 1938
Sven Jr. in the News
Newspapers.com. The Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Monday, 1 Aug 1938, p. 3 :
downloaded 28 October 2024.
Getting his Bride, 1945
Newspapers.com. Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Friday, 28 Dec 1945, p. 9 :
downloaded 28 October 2024.
Photograph Gallery
Sven Jr. (right) age 9 with his brother Eric (14) in their front yard
Sven Jr. in uniform
Sven and his wife Barbara and their newborn Svea, abt. 1947
Barb & Sven with Svea and Timothy, 22 April 1951, Ypsilanti MI
Sven and Barbara's children (l to r): Jonathan, Tim, Mary Teija, Svea, Beth - abt. 1957
Lyla, Sven & Bob
Bob & Sven
Sven, Barbara, Lyla, Bob, June 1991
Death in 2002
Sven Jr. passed away on 7 Mar 2002 in Suttons Bay, Michigan. He is buried in Kasson Township Cemetery.
FindAGrave.com, Memorial ID 132143613,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132143613/sven-herman-liljestrand : downloaded 29 Oct 2024.