Elizabeth Scholdberg and Elizabeth Jordan Family Charts
Elizabeth Priscilla Holloway Steward married twice and therefore there are two Family Charts.
  1. The Oscar and Elizabeth Priscilla Scholdberg Family Chart (led to the Chicago Jordans)
  2. The James and Elizabeth Priscilla Jordan Family Chart (led to the Madison Jordans)

Oscar and Elizabeth Priscilla Scholdberg Family Chart
Parents Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Knut Oscar Scholdberg

Source Data
13 January 1837 in Jämshög, Blekinge län, Sweden at Holje nr 20 17 January 1837 at the Church of Sweden, Jämshög, Blekinge län, Sweden Elizabeth Priscilla Holloway Steward on 24 May 1867 at St. Mary's Stratford Bow, Bow, England at age 30 • 1837 Holje No. 20 Jämshög
• Left Jämshög, Sweden in 1852 probably after his father died and became a Merchant Seaman
• After many years at sea in 1867 he married and settled in Poplar, England
• Mariner (Marriage Certificate, Joseph Oscar, Mary Elizabeth Baptismal records)
• Sailmaker (Joseph Scholdberg's Birth Registration)
• Seaman Merchant Service (Charles Albert Scholdberg's Birth Registration)
• Donkey Engine Driver (Seaman Death information)
Oscar Scholdberg's Voyages Chronology: 1867-1875 lists positions on numerous voyages.
15 November 1875 in Alexandria, Egypt at age 38

Cause:
• Heart attack
• Knut was taken from the S.S. West to a hospital in Alexandria where he died.
• After 15 November 1875
• Presumed to be in Alexandria
• May have been cremated
Elizabeth Priscilla Holloway Steward

(
Name shown on Birth Registration: Elizabeth Priscilla Holloway)

Source Data
27 February 1847 at the Poplar Union Workhouse, Poplar England 19 March 1851 at All Saints Poplar

Possibly also at 27 February 1847 at the Poplar Union Workhouse. See Source Data.

Knut Oscar Scholdberg on 24 May 1867 at St. Mary's Stratford Bow, Bow, England at age 20

James Jordan on 16 November 1876 at St. Mary's Stratford Bow, Bow, England at age 29
• Lived at various places in Poplar, England with parents and two husbands
• Arrived in New York on S.S. Britannic on 18 August 1893 with mother, and sons Charles and James Henry
• To Chicago in August 1893 to be with son James Oscar Jordan and her brother Charles Steward
• Moved temporarily to Madison about 1907-08 with sons and mother, then returned to Chicago.
Laundress in 1920s 22 April 1931 in Chicago at age 84

Place of residence: 1107 Robey (Damen), Chicago

Cause: Carcinoma of the right breast
25 April 1931 cremated at Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois; disposition of cremains unknown
Children Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
James Oscar Jordan

• Name shown on Birth Registration: Joseph Canute Oscar Scholdburg
• Name shown on Baptismal Record: Joseph Knut Oscar Scholdberg
•Name shown on 1881 Census: Oscar Scholdberg
•Name shown for 1890 Masonic membership: James Oscar Jordan

Source Data
18 February 1868 at 15 Oriental Street, Poplar, England 21 June 1868 at All Saints Poplar

Became interested in Spiritualism about 1910
Margaret Jane Knowles on 30 December 1896 in Chicago, Illinois at age 28

Separated November 1911

Divorced 19 June 1919 in Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago
• Lived at various places in Poplar, England with parents
• From Poplar to Chicago in 1882 or 1886
• Master Mason on April 11, 1890 in Chicago
• Electrician at the Conway Building, Chicago, Illinois
• Stationary Engineer at Marshall Fields at time of death
23 March 1947 at the Illinois Masonic Hospital, 836 Wellington, Chicago, Illinois at age 79

Place of residence: 6532 Maryland Avenue, Chicago

Cause: The immediate cause of death was Myocarditis. Other conditions were Nephritis. An autopsy found Artereoseliratic (Heart Disease)
29 April 1967 cremated at Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum in Chicago, Illinois.

The cremains were mailed to Mrs. Mildred Esterhine at 6522 Maryland, Chicago, Illinois who lived a few doors away.
Mary Elizabeth Scholdberg 27 March 1870 in Bromley, England 7 May 1871 at All Saints Poplar
NA NA NA

16 May 1871 at 23 Follett Street, Bromley

Cause: Pertussis, also known as whooping cough

Death Registration used Scholdburg instead of Scholdberg

 
Charles Edward Scholdberg

Source Data
12 August 1871 at 23 Follett Street, Bromley, England Probably baptized as Anglican. NA NA NA 19 March 1872 at Kent Cottage, Poplar at age 7 months

Cause: Pneumonia for 7 days
26 March 1872 at London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery
Charles Albert Scholdberg

(later known as Charles Jordan and also Indiana Jordan)

Source Data
30 September 1873 at 3 Wades Street, Poplar, England Probably baptized as Anglican. Thought not to have married • Lived at various places in Poplar, England with parents
• Arrived in New York on S.S. Britannic on 18 August 1893 with mother, grandmother and half brother James Henry Jordan.
• To Chicago in August 1893
• Temporarily to Madison with brothers, mother and grandmother about 1907-1908, then returned to Chicago.
• May have moved to Indiana later in life.
• Electrician
• Fireman
• Coal Passer
• Steamfitter
   
Elizabeth Ada Scholdberg

Source Data
23 July 1875 at 4 Wades Street, Poplar, England Probably baptized as Anglican. NA NA NA 11 December 1879 at 4 Wade Street, Poplar at age 4

Cause: Phohisis, some sort of lung disease, possibly a form of tuberculosis.
 

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James and Elizabeth Priscilla Jordan Family Chart
Parents Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
James Jordan

(father's name was John Jordan, a farmer in 1876)
about 1845, probably in England Unknown Sponsors:
Unknown Religion: Unknown
Elizabeth Priscilla Scholdberg on 16 November 1876 at St. Mary's Stratford Bow, Bow, England at about age 30   Donkey Engine Driver (1876) Donkeyman (1879) Unknown, but probably around 1890-1893 in England  
Elizabeth Priscilla Holloway Steward

(
Name shown on Birth Registration: Elizabeth Priscilla Holloway)

Source Data
27 February 1847 at the Poplar Union Workhouse, Poplar England 19 March 1851 at All Saints Poplar

Possibly also at 27 February 1847 at the Poplar Union Workhouse. See Source Data.

Knut Oscar Scholdberg on 24 May 1867 at St. Mary's Stratford Bow, Bow, England at age 20

James Jordan on 16 November 1876 at St. Mary's Stratford Bow, Bow, England at age 29
• Lived at various places in Poplar, England with parents and two husbands
• Arrived in New York on S.S. Britannic on 18 August 1893 with mother, and sons Charles and James Henry
• To Chicago in August 1893 to be with son James Oscar Jordan and her brother Charles Steward
• Moved temporarily to Madison about 1907-08 with sons and mother, then returned to Chicago.
Laundress in 1920s 22 April 1931 in Chicago at age 84

Place of residence: 1107 Robey (Damen), Chicago

Cause: Carcinoma of the right breast
25 April 1931 cremated at Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois; disposition of cremains unknown
Children Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
James Henry Jordan


Source Data
26 December 1879 at 4 Wade Street, Poplar, England • 31 Oct 1886 at St. Stephen’s, Poplar, Middlesex, England
• Episcopalian in Madison
Emma Selena Christopher on 9 February 1907 in Madison Wisconsin at age 27 • Lived at various places in Poplar, England with parents
• Arrived in New York on S.S. Britannic on 18 August 1893 with mother, grandmother and half brother Charles Scholdberg Jordan
• Moved to Chicago in August 1893
• Moved to Madison about 1904.
• Patternmaker
• Machinist
• Mechanical Engineer
• Clerk
• Foreman
• Draftsman
• Supervisor
• Shopworker
• Machinist
20 September 1967 at Methodist Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin at age 87

Place of residence was: 454 N. Few, Madison Wisconsin

Cause: Accidentally struck on the street by an automobile
23 September 1967 Roselawn Cemetery, Monona, Wisconsin

Family Chart Notes
  1. Clicking individual names under the Parent's/Children's column transfers to that individual's Family Chart.
  1. If you wish to correct or add any data on this Family Chart, contact Dave and include the Family Chart title.