Eric Holmberg ¹⁴⁵

  General Notes:

Eric Holmberg and his wife Christina, along with their son Charles, ca me to New York from Enviken, Sweden in 1884, according to grandson (Ge rald Holmberg, son of Victor Holmberg).

Wayne Register, 18 Dec 1886 - Eric Holmberg placed an ad that he had o pened a Boot and Shoe shop in McDonald's hardware Store. Mr. Holmber g invites the patronage of the citizens of Wayne and Grant township. R epairing done on short notice and all work warranted. (KS Historica l Society, Kansas Collection, Microfilm W 2704)

Wayne Register, 23 Dec 1886 - E. Holmberg is prepared to mend your rub ber boots or your harness on short notice. Shop at McDonald's store . (KS Historical Society, Kansas Collection, Microfilm W 2704)

Wayne Register, 31 Mar 1887: The ads for the shoe repair do not appea r in this issue or in later issues. In this issue, it was printed: " Eric Holmberg who has been working on the section here for the last tw o years has been promoted to section foreman at Wymore." (KS Histor ical Society, Kansas Collection, Microfilm W 2704) (NOTE: We do kno w that Eric work on the railroad at different times during these year s and was moved to different locations -- thus, the children not all b eing born in the same town/city.)

Eric Holmberg worked as a section foreman for the Burlington RR at th e time of his death. (Information from Carl Holmberg, son of CharlesH olmberg, brother of Eric.)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Fact 1: Rose Hill Cemetery, Wayne, KS.

Eric married Christina Flockberg in Enviken, Dalarna, Sweden. (Christina Flockberg was born in 1863 in Enviken, Dalarna, Sweden and died in 1945 in Wayne, Republic Co., Kansas.)