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August Ekburg
(Edited by Gus’s grand nephew Charlie Ekburg) August (Gus)Ekburg was born in Malma, Sweden in 1869 (d.1950). Gus emigrated to the States in 1891 initially settling in Alamosa then Silverton, Colorado. He and his brother moved to La Plata City Read More ...
Charlie G. Ekburg
Charlie G. Ekburg b. 8/13/1871 – d. 4/10/1948 Charlie George Ekburg was born in Malma, Sweden in 8/13/1871. He emigrated to the United States sometime in 1893. Charlie was christened, Karl Anders Son at birth. He had one brother, August, Read More ...
La Plata City, Colorado
Hardy individuals in search of gold, and ambitious entrepreneurs established La Plata City in the mid-1870s to reap the mineral wealth located in the La Plata Mountains. It wasn’t until the boom of 1884 that La Plata City took on Read More ...
Noteworthy Names
The following are lists of place-names and family names that are directly attached to the Ekburg legacy. Place names: La PLata Colorado – Ekburg hometown between 189? and 1950s Durango, Colorado – Ekburg home between 1934 – 1975 Hesperus, Colorado Read More ...
John Ekburg
Their entire lifetime, brothers Charlie and August lived close together in Colorado, but their half-brother John continued on to California to become a farmer. The Ekburg brothers and Anderson sisters all shared the same father, but John had a different Read More ...
The Black Di’Mond Mine
The Black Di’Mond Mine is located at an elevation of over 11,000 feet near Diorite peak, overlooking Tomahawk Basin and Basin Creek in La Plata Canyon, Colorado. 37°26’8.08″N, 108° 3’26.04″W August (Gus) and Charlie Ekburg, his brother were the original Read More ...
Beda A. Ekburg
(written by Beda’s grandson, her “Little Charlie”) Beda Matilda Albertina Ekburg (born Petersson) b. 5/27/1877 – d. 3//1956 Beda was born, Beda Matilda Petersson Grip, May 27, 1877 in Edshult, Eksjö community of Sweden to Johan August Petersson (b.11/1/1838) and Read More ...
Charlie and Beda’s Progeny
Charlie and Beda born three children, Verner Charles (1916), Evelyn Matilda (1918) and Edwin Herman Ekburg (1920) Evelyn and Edwin, we know, were born in Oshsner’s Hospital (#2 ?) in Durango. We don’t know exactly where Beda gave birth to Read More ...
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Ekburg family and friends circa 1922
Two of Beda’s sisters (Augusta and Hanna??) Evelyn and Edwin sitting on laps, Verner standing and Charlie on the right.
Welcome to Ekburg.org Home Page
Forward by Charlie Ekburg (Grandson of Charlie Ekburg and grandnephew of August Ekburg)
Every human shares a two-part story regarding his or her pedigree; one story told from the father’s side and the other from his or her mother’s.
Each individual’s story is a complex compilation of back-looking bifurcations of human relationships, that is extended into the next generation when that individual reproduces – then they too become a successor link in the intricate but precise human connections we call ancestry.
My Mother, Freda (Roberts) Ekburg, and her siblings traced their ancestry from the present, following hundreds of begets to an individual who emigrated from Austria to North America before it was a country. He served in the Continental Army fighting alongside George Washington to help win the independence of our country. This is a proud family matter!
Ironically, ancestral records of this Ekburg clan consist of only a few disjointed paragraphs, a bunch of images, anecdotal evidence, and lore that comprise incomplete chapters in my dad’s (Ekburg/Petersson) story. The greatest void is the years the Ekburg boys and Petersson girls lived in Sweden (pre-1890), and their parents’ stories – we may never complete that chapter.
The other missing paragraphs and chapters are the events, results, and succession of the Petersson girls and their offspring’s lives and Charlie’s and Gus’s brother John, who went to find life in California, and their sister Mary who went to Washington state. And, what about Beda’s eleven siblings, only four of which we have history?
Our Goal
This Ekburg clan has created this site with hopes of filling in the missing paragraphs and chapters in the Ekburg ancestry by advantaging the far-reaching capabilities of the internet; we are on a quest of discovery!
We encourage family members, friends of the family, and (especially) those who suspect they may have a limb position in this tree, to leave comments that will add to our story. Besides family, family friends, local residents, and historians may enjoy sharing images and local lore.
This site will continue to grow over time with new information from images not yet scanned and information locked in old personal letters written in Swedish. Return often!
Charlie Ekburg (grandson of Charlie Ekburg and grand-nephew of Gus Ekburg)