BERNHARD KARL YOUNGQUIST, who married Alma Soderquist in Seattle, and who was her husband when she died.  Alma was sister of Oscar Soderquist.  Who was Bernhard and what happened to him?

Probably Bernhard and Alma Youngquist 1910

Karl Bernhard Pettersson was born 4 Aug 1886 in Boldoen, Vissefjärda, Kalmar, Sweden.

He changed his name to Youngquist when he came to Seattle wth his older brother F Youngquist in 1905 at age 19.

About 1906 they joined the First Swedish Baptist Church and learned English there in classes.  

In 1906 he took the first step to getting citizenship by applying for Declaration to the court for citizenship. Then in five years he could apply for citizenship as Karl Bernhard Youngquist. He probably never became a US citizen.

Departure for Trip to Sweden in 1907 in Seattle, King.

Probably came with his older brother F. Youngquist. on 29 Nov 1907 in Seattle, King , Washington United States registered in Gothenberg as Karl Bernhard Pettersson.

Changed his name to Bernhard K Youngquist.

In April 1910 US Census he was living in a large boarding house with his brother F.Youngquist. They were both laborers on the streets.

On 3 December 1910 he married Alma Serafina Soderquist at First Swedish Baptist Church. 

4 July 1917 he was a cabinet maker and lived in Haller Lake area of Seattle. His wife was ill and he said he had to support her.  She stayed sometimes at the Firlands Sanitorium, the county TB sanitorium near present Kings School.

21 Oct 1917 his wife Alma died from tuberculosis. Buried Washelli Cemetery, Seattle.

1918 he was a ship joiner and lived with Charles and Emily Soderquist Nordell.  144 W 81st Street.

April 1920 in the US Census he was living along at his home at Haller Lake north of Seattle. He was a house carpenter.

1 June 1921 he married Esther Anderson at First Swedish Baptist Church, Rev. Emil Friborg. She was born 1887 in Sweden. and came to Seattle with her family in 1891.

Probably he left the US in 1931 due to the Depression and lack of work. Esther probably refused to relocated to Sweden and they divorced.

Departure: Travelled back to Sweden. about 1930 from Seatle, King, Washington United States. 

24 Dec 1932 he married Elna Margareta _______ at Mortorp parish church in Kalmar County. She was born there in 1889.

Bernhard lived in Mortorp, Kalmar, Sweden in 1959. They may have had children.

Karl Bernhard Ljungqvist died on 30 Jan 1959 at the age of 72 in Tallhagen, Kalmar, Sweden.

His wife died in 1989 about age 100.

Alma Youngquist funeral 1917, lt. to rt.,Oscar Soderquist,  Bernhard Youngquist, Charles and Emily Nordell, Hilda and Ben Benson