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Laura Melinda Varjo
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Username: lorie
Post Number: 204
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 4:45 pm: | 
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Just one quick question-I'm not sure about this-were the Skoogs on deck, all the way up, at Titanic's final moments ? Because I know their relatives Jenny and Ellen were, or Jenny, at least, because her body was recovered. Is there any mention of them from survivors ?
Thanks,
Laura. |
Christian J Cody
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Username: christian_cody
Post Number: 9
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2005 - 6:25 am: |
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It is very unlikely that the Skoog Family made it to the deck in time to board a lifeboat. Their eldest son, 11-year-old Karl, was on crutches and had a hard time getting up the slanting stairs, and his parents had their hands full with the other three children; Mabel, Harald, and Margit, ages 9, 5, and 2. I once saw a family portrait of the Skoogs taken just before Margit was born, and Karl's Accident. |
Laura Melinda Varjo
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Username: lorie
Post Number: 247
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 3, 2005 - 5:08 pm: |
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Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I was just a writing a story about the family for my niece Luca, and that's why I've asked. But, I wrote it as they were trapped in the gangways and never survived. Oh I have that pic of the family, it's in Judith Geller's Women and Children First, on the very last page for the Titanic passengers. Where did you see their picture ? Because I have looked in almost EVERY Titanic documentary film, but never identified them. But,when I received the book two years ago, I nearly flipped out I was so happy I saw the family photo, and of the Anderssons...too bad then 7 years old Karl jumped for the train and then his leg and some toes had to be amputated...maybe this is one of the reasons they perished. They certainly spoke and understood English-because they lived in the US before for decades. |
Hildur Panula-Heinonen
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Username: titanic_relatives
Post Number: 83
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 8:35 pm: |
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i was woundering what happened to Karl. |
Melinda Laura Varju
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Username: latterdaysaint
Post Number: 28
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, November 5, 2006 - 3:24 am: |
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Hi everyone.
I left my Titanic: Women & Children First book at home (I'm at BYU) so I need a picture of the Skoog family. I have it my book. I've looked everywhere online, but couldn't find them. Can someone please post it possibly on this thread? Or e-mail it to me? I have the one where 3 of the Skoog children-Karl, Mabel, and Harald are on it with thier parents.
Thanks so much.
~Families Can Be Together Forever~
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Melinda Laura Varju
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Username: latterdaysaint
Post Number: 67
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 3, 2007 - 5:44 am: |
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He died. Just kidding, well I think it was one frantic of a time for the Skoog family at the sinking. I think Karl had it really bad, the poor little boy. It makes me sick when I think of him dying being overlapped by water on crutches and then drowning. That goes for all of the little children, poor little ones. And we had these children falling, sliding, drowning, what kind of a hell they went through that night. I'm feeling extremely peaceful when I know that they are resting now and are peacful. |
Hildur Panula-Heinonen
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Username: titanic_relatives
Post Number: 218
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 3, 2007 - 8:35 pm: |
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i think it's sick to think of how these people died on Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland and all the other shipwrecks, when they are stuck below deck, and the ship has already sunk.They all know they are about to die, and they have to watch their own deaths and the deaths of their loved ones as the water rises and overtakes them. That's horrible and it happens alot because it takes a while for the entire ship to be filled with water, and many people just have to watch the water pour in around their ankles and wait for death to greet them. |
misti skoog
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Username: toejams_yummy
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 2:00 pm: |
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hi all. i was wondering if anyone had some information on the skoog family that was on the titanic? i was told at my mothers funeral that we are related to them somehow (before this, i didn't even know there were any on the titanic). and i would like to be able to prove this information and use it to help my brothers and i figure out our genealogy.
any information at all would help. if they had any brothers and sisters. cousins names. anything at all that would help us 3 kids to kinda find ourselves.
thanks all!! |
Holly Peterson
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Username: alzbeta
Post Number: 152
Registered: 3-2008
| | Posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 - 11:31 pm: |
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The Skoog family consisted of:
Wilhelm Skoog, 40 born April 6th 1872; he was the son of Anders Johansson
Anna Bernhardina Skoog, 44, born Friday 13th November 1868
Karl Thorsten Skoog, 11, born Friday 13th July 1900
Harald Skoog, 5, – b Wednesday 22nd August 1906
Mabel Skoog, 9, – b Tuesday 22nd July 1902
Margit Elizabeth Skoog, 2, – b Thursday April 15th 1910
Wilhelm Skoog and his family, from Hallekis, Sweden, travelled to the upper Peninsula of Michigan in the late 1800s to work at the Pewabic copper Mine in Iron Mountain. Between 1900 and 1910 the family had four children; their future looked bright.
In 1907, seven-year old Karl was chosen to carry his father's dinner pail over hte hills from their home to the mine for his midday meal. Thorsten enjoyed this duty as his father often rewarded him with a left-over cookie or a bite of his mother's pastries, which he particularly loevd when she filled them with wild game. Karl was fascinated by trains and on his way to the mine he woudl stop by the railroad yard to see the engines; sometimes he could hitch a ride toward the mine. On the first saturday of November 1907 he leapt out to hitch a ride, but that instant the train jolted and somehow he was thrown tot he track while the train sped over his legs. The yard workers rushed him to the hospital, but his left leg and right foot had to be amputated.
In 1911, the Skoogs, yearning for their home country, sold their home and their furnishings and moved back to the old country. It was, however, a short lived visit, for four months later, friends in Iron Mountain recieved a letter reading,
"Dear Friends, we plan to return to America next month. We were fortunate to seek passage on the new and beautiful luxury liner Titanic...our spirits soar. How wonderful it will be to see you all again."
Travelling with them on the Titanic were two relatives (I don't know how they were connected) named Jenny Lovisa Henriksson, 28, and Ellen Pettersson, 18. The entire party was lost. Climbing to safety on a listing ship amid throngs of anxious, shoving passengers in their last-minute dash for safety would have been impossible for a family with a child on crutches. The only body found was that of Jenny Henriksson's.
What was left of the Skoog's estate, including their piano left in America, was liquidated and sent to Wilhelm's parents in Sweden, but they would never accept any compensation, claiming that the lives of their son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren were worth far more than any money.
I am deeply sorry about your mother and hardly know how to respond; just know that my heart goes out to you and I will keep your family in my prayers. |
lOREE COLLINS
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Username: m3guy
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2009
| | Posted on Monday, April 20, 2009 - 4:34 pm: |
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Hello from Tucson--Iam just starting research on the Skoog family as I believe I have a large photo of Mabel and Margit Skoog. Don't ask how amazingly it ended up in Tucson,Arizona and my hands!! Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Loree |
Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 26728
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 4:10 am: |
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>>Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.<<
It might help the resident passenger/crew research people who hang out here if you were to specify exactly what it is you need help or advice with. If it's confimation that the photo is what you believe, you might actually have better luck with whomever you recieved the photo from.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Hildur Panula-Heinonen
Member
Username: titanic_relatives
Post Number: 280
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 12:30 am: |
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Ioree, if you could post the picture, i would be very grateful, or could you e-mail it, if you are able? Here is my address:
pikku-suomalainen@hotmail.com
I wish very much to have a face to these names,
Hildur Panula-Heinonen |
LOREE COLLINS
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Username: m3guy
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 4:45 pm: |
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Hello from Tucson--
In regard to my previous message I was hoping someone out there perhaps had more photos of the Skoog girls that I might compare or some information or connection to the family while they lived in Iron Mountain Michigan. The photo was purchased in an antique shop so there is no way to track any farther.
Loree Collins |
Hildur Panula-Heinonen
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Username: titanic_relatives
Post Number: 292
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 10:03 pm: |
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Loree, have you heard of image-aging? It is a process of examing the finer details in photos to determine when the photo was taken. Hair styles, dress styles, dress prints, shoes, etc..can narrow done when the pic was taken. |
Hildur Panula-Heinonen
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Username: titanic_relatives
Post Number: 306
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 10:14 pm: |
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I have found this picture of the Skoog family with their two youngest, Harold and Mabel, taken around 1905/1906.
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Hildur Panula-Heinonen
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Username: titanic_relatives
Post Number: 325
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 5:08 pm: |
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Alright i have LOCATED a photo of Harald Skoog taken around the time of the sinking on this excellent site. Click on "passengers", there are many small stories and photos, and to see Harald's, scroll down about three quarters to find it:
www.onetitaniclady.com |
Holly Peterson
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Username: alzbeta
Post Number: 252
Registered: 3-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 11:36 pm: |
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That's actually Karl, but whatever. The photo on that site is part of a larger one that shows the entire Skoog family (except Margit) around 1910, which can be found in Women and Children First. |
Hildur Panula-Heinonen
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Username: titanic_relatives
Post Number: 358
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 10:38 pm: |
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So i was wondering about the photo taken of Karl around 1910. It was my understanding that Karl had crutches, but in the photo he appears to have both legs, so i am wondering did he have a prosthetic leg or a wooden leg? |
Holly Peterson
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Username: alzbeta
Post Number: 260
Registered: 3-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 4:24 pm: |
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In Women and Children First the caption says that the picture was taken in 1910 a few months before the accident that lost Karl his leg. |
Hildur Panula-Heinonen
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Username: titanic_relatives
Post Number: 367
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 7:36 pm: |
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i have read he lost his leg on 5 november 1907, after slipping on the railtrack. He spent months having surgeries and had to learn how to walk again. |
