Gilbert Sigvard Emanuel Danbom

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1. Hornbo has a clock that was on board during the Titanic's sinking. Every year, I am reminded of the Titanic's sinking on April 14, 1912. Aina Brogren-Gustafsson from Horn was only seven years old when her close relatives perished on that fateful day 75 years ago. The Axel Brogren family from Långebro in Horn was the family hardest hit by the Titanic disaster. Aina possesses a clock and a gold bracelet that were found in the pockets of the deceased Ernest Danbom. "I remember very clearly the news of the Titanic disaster," recounts Aina Gustafsson, 82 years old. Rumors of the sinking came a few days after the collision with the iceberg late on the evening of April 14, 1912. My father (Axel Brogren) had fetched the mail with the newspapers in Årtesmåla. There was a solar eclipse that day. Father didn't say a word when he returned, but we saw in his face that something terrible had happened. Mother had to be helped into the house, and we understood then that there was no longer any... Read full post
2. Second Translated Article: Ten Residents of Kinda Followed 'Titanic' A Dismal Fifty-Fifth Anniversary Memory On April 15, 1912, exactly 55 years ago today, the White Star Line's Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, a dramatic event that echoed loudly around the world. The giant ship, which even God the Father could not sink, struck an iceberg during the crossing and went under. 1,503 people followed it into the depths, and only 705 could be saved. Among the passengers were 163 Swedes, of whom 119 perished while 44 were rescued. Among the passengers were 11 residents from the Kinda area near Kisa, namely 39-year-old Anders Andersson and his 38-year-old wife Alfrida, along with their children, Sigrid 12 years, Ingeborg 10 years, Ebba 6 years, Sigvard 4 years, and Elis 2 years. The Andersson family was from Kättestorp, where they owned a farm and were quite well-off. Also traveling were Ernest Danbom, 37 years old, and his wife Sigrid, 6 years his junior,... Read full post
3. Last Translated Article: The Titanic Passengers from Horn One of the oldest emigration offices in our country was located at Café Columbia in Kisa. Emigration trips were primarily arranged to the USA but also to other countries. There were also private agents who made interested contacts in Kinda district. One day in late winter 1912, over 60 residents of Kinda gathered at the farm of Axel and Hilda Brogren in Långebro in Horn parish to bid farewell to a few families who had decided to emigrate. Among the invited were my parents and siblings who had a fairly extensive association because the Brogren family belonged to the board of the Bränntorp Mission Association. There was a special reason why my parents and siblings, along with about sixty other relatives and friends, were invited to the Axel Brogren family on this day in late winter 1912. This family had just welcomed a relative, Swedish-American Ernst Danbom, 37, and his ten years younger wife Sigrid with their... Read full post

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