Ragnar (Roy) BJELLQUIST

1903 - 1993  (90 years)

• Name	Ragnar (Roy) BJELLQUIST
  Birth	18 Mar 1903	Jönköpings län, Sweden
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Sep 1993	Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey
  Notes	He is Bror Ragnar Severin, born 18 Mar 1903 in Säby, Jönköping, to Hjalmar Severin Bjällqvist and Lydia Dorotea Andersdotter. He arrived in the U.S. as Ragnar Bjellquist on August 26, 1931, at New York aboard the S.S. Kungsholm which had sailed from Gothenburg. His occupation was stoker and he was single. Arriving with him was his brother Hugo Hjalmar Bjellquist. (There is a Hugo Blellquist in the 1930 U.S. census, living in New York.) He arrived again in the U.S. as Ragnar Bjellquist on August 22, 1933, at New York aboard the S.S. Drottingham which had sailed from Gothenburg on August 12th. He was 30, married, and was a naturalized citizen of the U.S. living at 16 Robinson Street in West Engelwood, New Jersey. In the 1940 census, he and “Holge” and Ray lived in Teaneck Twp, Bergen County, New Jersey. He was a fireman in a school. He and Hulda were still not citizens of the U.S. In the 1950 census, he and his family lived in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was a janitor for the board of education. He retired as a custodian in the Teaneck school system in May of 1964. His obit was in the 18 Sep 1993 edition of the Morristown, New Jersey, Daily Record. He came to the U.S. in the 1920s, living in Teaneck and Florida before moving to Hopatcong in early 1993. He was a maintenance supervisor for the Teaneck Board of Education for 27 years. He was survived by a brother Ingvar in Sweden.
  Person ID	I14391	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Hulda Elise WALLBÄCK,   b. 11 Sep 1908, Ransäter, Värmlands län, Sweden d. 18 Dec 1983, Jensen Beach, Martin County, Florida (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F10679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2018