Ottiliana Ruckman ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

There is a photograph of Ottiliana and Martha (Marta) taken about 1900 and the photographer is identified as Bror Malmquist located in Skillingaryd, Småland, SWEDEN. Its not known for sure if the entire family lived in that area at the time or if it was only those two young women.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Ottiliana Frisk
Death Date: 21 May 1934
Death Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1879
Birthplace: Elsboogo, Lan, Sweden
Father: Gust Ruckman
Father's Birth Place: Sweden
Mother: Unknown
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Rockford. Twp., Prairie Road, R.R. #7
Spouse: Justice Frisk
Burial Date: 23 May 1934
Burial Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Ill.
Cemetery: Arlington Memorial Park
Digital Folder Number: 4008362
Image Number: 2668
Film Number: 1711830
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: cn 89

Source Citation
"Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3Z9-K92 : accessed 26 July 2012), Justice Frisk in entry for Ottiliana Frisk, 1934.
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Illinois State Archives: Online Death Certificates 1916-1950:
Name Sex/Race Age Certificate # Date County City
Frisk, Ottiliana F/W 55 1010131 1934-05-21 Winnebago Rockford Township

The Death Certificate shows her residence as "Prairie Road, R.R. #7".
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She immigrated in 1902.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in New Milford Township, Winnebago, IL on 28 April 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 149, Family 134, Roll 336
New Milford Township, Winnebago County, Illinois
North Norence (?) Street; Farm rented
Married 9 years
Otillie Frisk..Wife..30..SWEDEN..Immig. 1902..4/2
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Feb 1879, then her age should have been 31 instead of 30.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Rockford, IL on 8 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 183, Family 225, Roll 416, Ward 2
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
809 First Avenue; home owned, with mortgage
Otilliana Frisk..Wife..39..SWEDEN..Immig. 1902..Nat. 1906
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Feb 1879, then her age should have been 40 instead of 39.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Rockford Township, Winnebago County, IL on 19 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 62, Dwelling 121, Family 124, Roll 572
Rockford Township, Winnebago County, Illinois
Prairie Road; home owed, $8000
Ottihiana Frisk..Wife..50..Västergötland, SWEDEN..Immig 1902.. Naturalized
(Living with husband and 1 son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Feb 1879, then her age should have been 51 instead of 50.
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• She was buried on 23 May 1934 in the Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery in Rockford, IL.

Find A Grave Memorial #107669290. ⁴

Ottiliana married Justus Henry Frisk, son of Johan Frisk and Maria Ahlin, on 9 October 1902 in Boston, MA.^{1 2 3} (Justus Henry Frisk was born on 13 July 1877 in Västergötland, SWEDEN,^{2 3 6 7 8 9} died on 10 September 1949 in Rockford, IL ^{6 9 10} and was buried on 12 September 1949 in Rockford, IL ^{6 9}.). The cause of his death was acute peritonitis.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in New Milford Township, Winnebago, IL on 28 April 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 149, Family 134, Roll 336
New Milford Township, Winnebago County, Illinois
North Norence (?) Street; Farm rented
married 9 years
Justus H. Frisk..Self..33..SWE..Immig.1901..Naturalized..General Farming
Otillie Frisk..Wife..30..SWE..Immig. 1902..4/2
Hilda Frisk..Dau..7..IL
Walter Frisk..Son..7m..IL
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Rockford, IL on 8 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 183, Family 225, Roll 416, Ward 2
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
809 First Avenue; home owned, with mortgage
Justice H. Frisk..Self..42..SWE..Immig. 1901..Nat. 1906..Milk dealer, dairy
Ottilliana Frisk..Wife..39..SWE..Immig. 1902..Nat. 1906
Hilda Frisk..Dau..18..SWE..Immig. 1902..Packer, knitting factory
Walter Frisk..Son..10..IL
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Rockford Township, Winnebago County, IL on 19 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 62, Dwelling 121, Family 124, Roll 572
Rockford Township, Winnebago County, Illinois
Prairie Road; home owed, $8000
Gustus H. Frisk..Head..52..Västergötland, SWE..Immig 1901..Naturalized..Carpenter, Building
Ottihiana Frisk..Wife..50..Västergötland, SWE..Immig 1902.. Naturalized
Walter J. G. Frisk..Son..20..IL..Meter Man, Electric Co.
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  Marriage Notes:

Some relatives have suggested that Hilda Frisk was born in Sweden to an apparently unwed mother, Ottiliana Ruckman. They also allege that church records in Sweden indicate that the name of the father is unknown. They further state that Hilda was about three years old when she was accompanied by her mother to the U.S. and that her unmarried mother was accompanied by Justus Frisk on the voyage. Others have thought that the mother didn't meet Justus until after she arrived in the US. However, no copies of any such documents have ever been produced.

The 1910 US Census record for Otilliana and Justus Frisk clearly indicate that they were married in 1901 and that Justus emigrated to the U.S. by himself in 1901. Ottiliana and young baby Hilda in her arms, followed Justus to the U.S. less than one year later, arriving in 1902.

There is a marriage record in Boston, Massachusetts dated 9 Oct 1902 for Justus Henry Frisk and Ottiliana Ruckman thus it appears that as soon as she arrived in the US they were wed not long after. So maybe they were never married in Sweden but as soon as Ottiliana came over to the US with the baby Hilda, they were almost immediately married here in the US. Thus, when the 1910 US Census was taken in Illinois, they showed that they were married for 9 years (technically it was only 8 years but sometimes those numbers got rounded up or down a little).

The 1910 Census incorrectly shows the birth location of Hilda to be in Illinois and not Sweden. However, the 1920 and 1930 Census shows the birth location of Hilda to be Sweden so a little bit of the controversy still remains.

Finally, there is a Baptism document from Sweden which provides the mother's name as Ottiliana Ruckman and the daughter as Hilda Cecilia Ruckman, born 22 Nov 1901 in Älvsborg, SWEDEN. This document would seem to prove that although Hilda's birth was illegitimate, her mother came almost immediately to the US to join Justus Frisk where they were married in Massachusetts in 1902.
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Name: Justus H. Frisk
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 09 Oct 1902
Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Father's Name: Johan Frisk
Mother's Name: Maria Ahlin
Spouse's Name: Otiliana Ruckman
Spouse's Father's Name: Gustaf Ruckman
Spouse's Mother's Name: Josefina Bald
Certificate Number: 64
GS Film number: 2057587

Digital Folder Number: 4267381
Image Number: 00105
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