When Mary Josephine Hellstrom was born on 2 March 1864, in Fors, Jämtland, Sweden, her father, Johan Hellstrom, was 29 and her mother, Mait Persdotter, was 32. She married Emanuel Strom on 20 February 1880, in Deer Lodge, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1865 and lived in School District 4 Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States in 1910 and Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States in 1920. She died on 3 May 1926, at the age of 62, and was buried in Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Lennart, Anders, Mats, Nels, Nils, Sigfrid, Sven.
Swedish (Hellström): ornamental name composed of the elements häll ‘(flat) rock’ (as used in placenames) + ström ‘river’. Compare Helstrom and Hillstrom .
Possibly also an Americanized form of Swedish Hällström (see Hallstrom 2), a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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