Antipole Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Antipole Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameThord Ivor THORD-GRAY né HALLSTRÖM 1388,1389,1390,1391,1392,1393,1394,1395,13,1396
Birth17 Apr 1878, Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden1397,1390,1391,1392,1393,1394,1395,13,1396
Baptism2 May 1878
Census24 Oct 1918, Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada1395
Census1930, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA1394
Census1942, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA1397
Death18 Aug 1964, Coral Gables, Dade, Florida, USA1398
FlagsMV transferred
FatherAugust Reinhold HALLSTRÖM (1840-1913)
Misc. Notes
A quite remarkable soldier/adventurer. See Wikipedia for a general description.1399

Below is a detailed timeline supplied by Rosemary Tucker. Only key events have been incorporated in the event fields
Thord´s timeline

1878
Apr 17 Born Öfvre Badstugugatan 41, Stockholm (01h00)
May 2 Baptized. Witnesses: Axel Svensson and Maria Engman. Hugo Åkerman and
Annelie Sjödin.

1879
Jan 11 Thord got 20 SEK from Godfather Axel Svensson.
Feb 10 Thord has goth his first tooth.
Mrs 1 Thord has got fever.
Mrs 3 Thord is very ill. Fears for his life.
Mrs 4 Critical.
Mrs 5 Thord somewhat better.
Mrs 13 Thord has totally recovered and has got his second tooth.
Apr 17 Thord one year old. Has got four teeth.

1880
Feb 10 Thord is very ill.
Feb 27 Thord is ill again.
Feb 29 Thord has water in his lungs. Poor child.
Mrs 15 Thord somewhat better.
Mrs 31 Thord is recovering.
July 11 Gustaf Axel born 18h00. He was the sixth child. Living were Gunnar, Thord and
Gustaf. Earlier dead one son and two daughters.
Oct 15 Thord ill with measles.
Oct 17 Thord has almost recovered.

1881
Feb 8 All three brothers are ill.
Feb 19 Also Hilda ill. Gunnar recovering.
Feb 25 All are better.
June 20 Hilda and the children are going to Adelsö (island in Stockholm archipelago).
Sep 8 Hilda and the children are back from Adelsö.
Dec 23 His father made Thord a sledge.

1882
May 21 August, Gunnar and Thord are watching military manoeuvres on Gärdet training
Area in Stockholm.
Jun 4 August and his sons watch Circus in Stockholm.
Jul 1 The family to Adelsö.

1883
Jun 4 Picnic in Västberga (S Stockholm). Thord walked all the way.
Jun 21 To Adelsö.
Sep 5 Hilda and the children back from Adelsö.

1884
Mrs 25 Thord accidentally caused fire in the kitchen.

1886
May 29 “Lost child” incident. Sister Lydia born. She died within a year or so.

1887
June -- Summer house Grofstanäs.

1893
Apr -- Leaving School.
May 1 Joined sail training ship Abraham Rydberg. Cpt Claes Silversparre.
June 15 Sailing from Stockholm.
Sep 29 Joined Hawkesbury. Built 1868. Full-rigger 1179 GRT. Cpt Peter Norfelt.
Oct 17 Sailing to Västervik to load wood.
Nov 4 Sailing for Antwerp.
Nov -- Accident at sea.
Nov 29 Letter from Hospital in Antwerp. Hand severely wounded.

1894
Jan 20 Hawkesbury back in Sweden. Repaired and rerigged as a barque.
Thord returned to Sweden by a steamer.
May 1 Employed with Prof Clason Architect Bureau.

1895
May 1? Joined sailtraining ship Abraham Rydberg. Corporal. Cpt Silversparre.
Aug 1 Joining Fredrik af Nyhamn bound for South Africa.
Nov 27 Arriving Cape Town
Dec -- Leaving ship in Cape Town.

1896
Jan -- Working at a Farm in SA.
Apr 26 Joining Robben Island Convict Station.
June 26 Shooting prisoner. Promoted Constable 2nd Class.
July 3 Letter from Robben Island.
Dec 28 Photo Robben Island.

1897
Apr 12 Letter from Robben Island.
Apr 27 Enlisted Cape Mounted Riflemen (CMR) King Williams Town.
CO Reg: Col Edmund Henry Dalgety
CO Arty Batt: Cpt Henry Timson Lukin
Friends: Gumaelius, friend from School in Stockholm
Karl Sandberg
July 3 Leaving King Williams Town for Umtata.
July 9 Letter from Umtata.
Aug 7 Letter from Umtata.
Aug 20 Negro hanged in Umtata.
Aug 23 Qualified Carbine drill.
Sep 5 Qualified Maxim-gun.
Oct 10 Letter from Umtata.
Oct 30 Qualified Artillery.
Dec 17 Letter from Umtata.
Dec 26 Letter from Umtata.

1898
Jan 16 Letter from Umtata.
Jan 27 Letter from Umtata.
June 10 Letter from Umtata.
July 7 Letter from Bizana.
Nov 16 Letter from Bizana.

1899
Feb 23 Training Control.
Mrs -- New rifles Lee-Metford issued.
Aug 30 Back in Umtata.
Sep 27 General mobilization in SA.
Oct 30 Leaving Umtata. CO Major Sprenger.
Nov 8 Forming 3rd Division in Queenstown.
Nov 22 Moving to the front.
Dec 10 Battle of Stormberg (Thord and Arty not there). Defending untill 27 Dec.

1900
Jan 2 Battle of Pen Hoek.
Jan 5 Letter from Pen Hoek, west Sterkstroom.
Jan 5 Battle of Dordrecht.
Jan 23 Defending Bird´s River.
Feb 6 Defending Bird´s River.
Mrs 3 Battle of Labushagres Nek. Two wounded in Thord´s guncrew.
Apr 5 Siege of Wepener begins. CO Col Dalgety.
Apr 9 Major Sprenger KiA.
Apr 10 Sgt Mjr Ledenham KiA.
Apr 20 Siege of Wepener lifted.
July 6 Battle of Wittebergen begins.
July 31 Battle of Wittebergen ends.
Dec -- Attached to Brabant´s Horse as Gun Cdr.
Dec 24 In Hospital Kroonstad. Malaria.

1901
Jan 6 Left Hospital.
Mrs 11 Aliwal North. In Hospital. Thypus.
Apr 30 From King Williams town to Umtata. Serving in Mounted Infantry.
May 31 From Umtata to Engcobo. CO Cpt Curtis.
Dec 21 From Engcobo to Indwe. CO Cpt Cummings (ex-Bizana and Wepener)

1902
June 2 From Indwe to King Williams Town.
June 15 Honourable discharge from CMR. Gratification 500 pounds. Private 1st Cl.
July 18 Joining South African Constabulary (SAC) as a Corporal.
Aug 1 Drill Instructor SAC.
Oct 31 To Potchefstroom. Warrant Officer?

1903
Feb 13 To Klerks Kraal. Promoted Lieutenant.
Mrs 16 Letter from SAC Klerks Kraal, Ventersdorp. Complaining that his living costs as
an Officer are 60 pounds/month but salary only 50 pounds/month.
July 8 Honourable discharge from SAC.
July 18 Employed by Transvaal Civil Service (TCS), Department of Mines as Beacon
Inspector. Pilgrim´s Rest near Lydenburg, Transvaal.
Time? Joining Lydenburg Militia as a Lieutenant. CO Col Damant.
Nov 5 Letter from TCS Pilgrim´s Rest. “The costs for my comission as Lieutenant in SAC was 40 pounds but the salary only 30 pounds”.

1904
Date? Promoted Captain and CO Sqn in Lydenburg Militia.
Mrs 3 Married to Edith Georgina Kemper-Voss born 7th Aug 1884. Lydenburg.
(Edith was a sister of Thord´s nearest boss in TCS).

1905
July 15 Honourable discharge from TCS. Claimed an own gold mine in Lydenburg.
Nov 14 Thord volunteered for service in German Southwest Africa. Governor Lindequist.
No British volunteers wanted in German Southwest Africa.

1906
Apr 24 Lieutenant Royston´s Horse (RH), Dundee, Natal. CO Maxim MG Troop.
CO Reg: LtCol Royston (“Hellfire Jack” aka “Galloping Jack”)
2/C Reg: Maj Frazer
COS: Maj Knott
CO B-Sqn: Cpt Watt
Friend: Lt Stephen Midgley (correspondence to 1952)
May 30 Fighting in Tate Valley.
June 3 Bush Driving.
June 10 Battle of Mome Gorge.
July 24 Promoted Captain RH and CO B-Squadron (in succesion to Cpt Watt prom Maj)
Aug 28 Honourable discharge RH.
Sep -- To Damara, German Southwest Africa. No Engländer wanted as volunteers.
Sep 13 Returning from Damara.
Oct -- To British East Africa.
Oct 12 Arriving Mombasa.
Nov 12 Employed as Captain and Inspector of Mounted Police, Nairobi.
Dec 17 Returning Nairobi after safari.
Dec 18 Son George Thord born.

1907
Apr 23 Letter from Nairobi.
Aug 28 Leaving Mombasa for Far East.
Sep 2 Arriving Bombay.
Sep 18 Arriving Hongkong.
Oct 1 In quarantine. Moiji. Japan.
Oct 3 Kobe, Japan.
Oct 6 Kobe, Japan.
Date? Manila. Working with Railway Coy (Dept of tracks and bridges).
Dec 18 Captain Philippine Constabulary, Cebu, Mindanao.

1908
May 17 Letter from “three days north of Cebu”.
July 16 Cebu.
Sep 8 Cebu.
Oct 20 Letter from Manila. “War has ended in the Philippines”.
Oct 22 Manila. Earthquake.

1909
Apr -- Photo from village on Philippines.
July 16 Letter from Cebu.
Aug 22 In Hongkong.
Aug 28 In Hongkong.
Sep 9 Letter from Saigon. “War has ended”.
Oct 18 Assistant Manager Tebin Tinggi Estate, Deli, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.

1910
Jan 29 Letter from Sumatra. Not employed by Dutch Colonial Army.
Jan 31 Head Assistant The Simpang Sumatra Rubber Co Ltd, NEI.
Apr 8 Left Sumatra.
Apr 8 Manager Klabang Rubber Co Ltd, Perak, Malaya.
July 10 Manager Sungei Liang Rubber Co Ltd, British Borneo. (= Barlow & Co)

1911
Oct 16 Leaving Singapore for Europe.
Oct 21 Colombo.
Nov 4 Alexandria.
Nov 7 Korfu.
Nov -- Tried to join Italian Army. In Tripoli. War has halted due to rain.
Nov 25 In Rom after visit in Tripoli.
Dec 12 Madrid.
Dec 15 London.
Dec 20 Stockholm. Arriving by rail.
Dec 23 Interview newspaper DN Stockholm.

1912
?? Engaged to Elsa Fock.
Mrs 14 London.
Mrs 23 Arriving Berlin with Elsa Fock.
Mrs 28 Thord and Elsa back in Stockholm.
Apr 1 Thord leaving for Singapore. Train to Genua to catch boat.
Apr 9 Arriving Port Said onboard s/s Bülow. Going to Barlow & Co, Kuala Lumpur.
June -- Singapore. Employed as Inspector of Plantations.
June 17 Arriving Batavia, Java (Now Jakarta).
June 21 Arriving Garoet, Java.
Oct 1 Manager Glenealy Plantations Ltd. Perak.
Nov 14 Letter from Glenealy Plantations Ltd, Perak
Dec 16 Letter from Perak.

1913
Date? Captain and MG-Instructor British Volunters, Perak (Part-time basis).
Feb 27 Letter from Perak.
Apr 25 Receive telegram. Father August Reinhold Hallström dead.
May 1 Letter and money to Stockholm from Perak.
May 27 Letter from Perak. Thord´s favourite racehorse “Revolution” injured.
Aug 13 Offered to join Chinese revolution. Making at least one trip to China.
Nov 11 Resigning from Glenealy Plantations.
Nov 17 Arriving San Francisco on s/s Manchuria.
Nov 19 Joining Panco Villa´s Forces in Mexico.
Nov 24 Fighting in Mexico.
Nov 27 In Juarez.
Dec 9 Mexican Rebel Forces as Captain 1st class.
Dec 18 Mailing photo. Major Juan Merigo and 75 mm gun. Hermosillo.
Dec 25 Promoted Major.

1914
Mrs 10 Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and CO 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
Mrs 28 COS Northeastern Army Corps (GOC Gen Lucio Blanco)
Apr -- Promoted Colonel.
June 5 COS 1st Mexican Army.
Sep 3 Leave from Mexican Army.
Oct 28 Major 3rd (Reserve) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (NF). Drill Instructor.
Nov -- Major 2/C 15th Bn NF. Darlington.

1915
May 1 Major. Acting CO 15th Bn NF.
June 18 Lieutenant-Colonel CO 11th Bn NF.
GOC 68th Brig: Brig Gen Eric Pearce-Serocold
GOC 23rd Div: MjGen James Melville Babington
GOC 3rd Army Corps: LtGen Sir William Pultney
GOC 1st Army: Gen Sir Douglas Haig
C-in-C BEF: Field Marshal Sir John French
Aug 21 Leaving Great Britain.
Aug 24 Arriving Boulogne France. To the front in Tilques area.
Sep 3 Letter from France. (The only letter from France).
Sep 30 Issuing “Trench Routine Orders”.
Oct 30 Resigns command.
Dec 30 Discharged from NF.

1916
Feb 11 Lieutenant-Colonel CO 1/26th Bn Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment).
GOC Territorial Army: LtGen Sir Edward Bethune.
May 10 1/26th Bn Dissolved.
Jun 27 Leaving Liverpool onboard s/s Philadelphia.
Jul 7 Arriving NY.
Aug 28 Piedros Negros, Mexico.
Sep 5 Mexico City.
Sep 20 Leaving Vera Cruz onboard s/s Monterrey
Oct 2 Arriving NY.
Oct 22 Mrs Isabel M Barr born Gibb arriving NY. Widow. 29 yrs.
Nov 7 Residing Chateau Laurier, Ottawa.
Nov 13 “
Nov 24 “

1917
Jan 9 Residing Holland House Hotel 276 Fifth Avenue NY.
Jan 16 Berlin sending “Zimmerman note”.
Mrs 27 Organising “Theodore Roosevelt Voluntary Division”.
May 2 Questioned by Agent McGee, US Bureau of Investigation.
May 25 Letter from Theodore Roosevelt. Voluntary project abandoned.
Sep 25 Thord´s son Angus born by Isabel Barr in Scotland.
Nov 16 “Tactics on Attack and Defence in Trench Warfare” published NY.

1918
Feb 1 Employed by US Shipping Board. (Dr Charles Eaton).
Apr l LtCol Hunter, British Ass Provost Marshal NY, writes positive recommendation.
Thord granted to wear British uniform as LtCol when serving with US Shipping
Board. Thord travelling to shipyards all over USA.
Oct 24 Lieutenant-Colonel Canadian Expeditionary Force to Siberia (CEF-S)
GOC CEF-S: MjGen James Harold Elmsley
C Info (Int): Col John Stoughton Dennis
Nov -- Thord begin writing his Siberian diary. He has noted the adress Isabel M Barr
C/o Lloyds Bank, St James Str, London. He has also noted that she has two
Children: Andrew and Mary. Nothing noted of Angus born 25th Sep 1917.
Nov 11 Armistice on West Front.
Nov 12 Medical examination in Vancouver.
Nov 17 Leaving Vancouver onboard s/s Monteagle.
Nov 19 Telegram that Admiral Koltchak has been proclaimed Supreme Ruler of Russia.
Dec 5 Arriving Vladivostok.

1919
Feb 15 Honourable discharge from CEF for joining Russian “White” Army.
Feb 18 Colonel of Cavalry. Assistant to Major-General Pavel Pavlovitj Ivanov-Rinov.
Mrs 18 Leaving Vladivostok for Omsk with Major-General Romanovskij.
May 12 Second-in-Command of 1st Siberian Assault Division (CO Col Labuntsev),
Samara.
May 16 Battle of Kazan.
May 22 Battle of Perm.
May 25 Battle of Belaya 1st Day.
May 26 Battle of Belaya 2nd Day.
May 27 Near disaster at Usi.
June 16 S:t Stanislaus ?.Cl.
June 17 Photo with Mj Gen Gajda, Omsk.
July 1 Battle of Ekaterinburg until 11th July.
July 11 Reorganizing Omsk.
July 28 S:t Anna 2.Cl (or June 27?)
Aug 7 COS to Major-General Ivanov-Rinov.
Aug 10 Ivanov-Rinov promoted Lieutenant-General.
Aug -- Thord “adopted as Cossack”.
Aug 14 Thord shot with three bullets in an attempted assasination. Omsk.
Aug -- Visited by Adm Koltchak in American Red Cross Hospital, Omsk.
Aug 30 S:t George 3.Cl. Not issued because Koltchak arrested before signing.
Sep 24 S:t Vladimir 4.Cl and hereditary nobleman.
Time? With 1st Cossacks Army Corps, Chita. GOC Lt Gen Gregorij Semenov.
Nov 29 Thord promoted Major-General.
Nov 29 Thord assigned High Representative of the Russian Government with
Allied Expeditionary Force in Vladivostok.
Dec 10 From Chita to Vladivostok. Bringing gold from Semenov to Vladivostok.
Dec 13 Arriving Vladivostok. Living in Railway car.
Dec -- Meeting US MjGen Graves and Japanese Generals e t c.
Dec 31 Attempted assassination failed. Fellow Officer shot in his hand.

1920
Jan 14 S:t Vladimir 3.Cl.
Jan 16 S:t Anna 1.Cl.
Jan 17 Selling gold in Vladivostok. Worth 146.946 gold dollars.
Jan 29 Vladivostok captured by the “Reds”.
Jan 30 Visiting “Red” Col Krakovetskij. Visiting Swedish Consul in Vladivostok.
Feb 3 Thord leaving for Japan onboard s/s Suwa Maru.
Feb -- Yokohama. Mailing photo to amongst others Isabel Barr and George Thord-Gray.
Mrs 7 Arriving San Francisco from Yokohama s/s Persia Maru.
Mrs 21 Interview in NY press.
Time? Employed by Canadian Pacific Railroad (Col Dennis), Montreal.
June 26 Isabel still in London. Will meet Thord in Paris.
Sep 30 Swedish passport, Consul General, NY.
Oct 18 Paris.
Oct 19 Refused to enter GB in Dover. Reason: Thord believed to be a German agent.
Oct 20 Allowed to travel to Sweden.
Oct 21 Allowed to stay in GB.
Oct 22 Meeting Sir Herbert Creedy, War Office.
Oct 28 Berlin.
Nov 3 Stockholm
Nov 5 Lecture on Agriculture cancelled.

1921
Jan 10 Leaving Hotel Cecil, Nice, with Isabel Barr and children.
Jan 13 Letter from La Trayas 42 km west Nice.
Feb 4 Grand Hotel Stockholm. Writing to Sir Herbert Creedy.
Feb 10 Leaving Stockholm.
Feb 16 Bachelor´s Club, London.
Mrs 3 Letter from Paris. Has met Edith and spent some time with her. She is very nice.
Mrs 21 Lieutenant-Colonel British Army – backdated 10th May 1916!
Mrs 30 Bachelor´s Club London.
Apr 24 Terminus Hotel Vernet-les-Baines, France.
July 27 Grand Hotel London.
Aug 9 Grand Hotel Stockholm. It is believed that Isabel Barr was in Stockholm.
Aug 16 In Stockholm. Visiting brother Gustaf.
Aug 28 Grand Hotel Stockholm.
Sep-Oct? In Spain? Coup d´Etat in Portugal?
Dec 24 Grand Hotel Stockholm.

1922
Jan 2 Photo of son Angus in Nice.
Jan 3 Meeting Isabel Barr in Cannes.
Jan 14 Continental Hotel Berlin.
Jan 26 Bachelors Club London.
Jan 28 Leaving Southampton onboard s/s Aquitania.
Feb 3 Arriving NY.
Feb 17 Letter from Ritz Hotel NY.
Mrs 17 Letter from Ritz Hotel NY.
Mrs 23 Married to Belle L Scott (43 yrs) at 16H00 NY. “She is an old friend”.
Belle born 1879 Eire, Pa. Oscar Lewis Lebling and Sarah Ann Johnson.
Belle had a son. Martin 19, student Yale university.
Apr 10 Letter from Hotel Regis Mexico. (Nothing about problems with Belle).
Apr 25 St Anton Hotel, San Antonio, Texas.
June 10 Leaving NY for Gothenburgh onboard s/s Drottningholm.
July 4 Grand Hotel Stockholm.
Autumn Gustaf and Astrid Hallström visiting Isabel Barr in Paris and Nice.

1923
Mrs 26 Belle Scott found dead in bathtub, Blackstone Hotel, NY.
May 31 In Arvika, Sweden.
June 6 In Oskarshamn, Sweden.
June 9 Buying AB Örebro Slakteri & Korvfabrik (Sausage factory) in Sweden.
Aug 31 Residing Birger Jarlsgatan 60 Stockholm. British citizen.

1924
Date? Gustaf and Astrid Hallström visiting Isabel Barr, 85 F New Cavendish Str,
London. A fashionable house “De Walden Court” in Mayfair. Andrew married.
Feb 8 Selling sausage factory.
Aug 24 Letter to Astrid Hallström from Isabel Barr, Palma de Mallorca.
(This is the last trace of Isabel so far).

1925
Date? Starting Bank in NY.
Jan 4 7 East 88th Str NY. Already owing Gray Court which is being rebuilt.
Jan 7 Married to Josephine Toerge-Schaefer in NY. She was born 1885 NY.
Father Edward Schaefer. Mother Emma. Josephine’s children:
Edward 1908, Frances 1914. The marriage took place 7 East 88th Str NY.
Mrs-Apr Moving to Gray Court, North Street, Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Dec 1 Gray Court.

1926
Jan 7 Letter from Gen Alcantara to Thord. 7 East 88th Street NY.
Lieutenant-General in Venezuela Rebel Forces. Rebellion failed 1928.
Apr 1 Letter from I.T.Gray & Co, Inc. 522 Fifth Avenue NY.
May 31 First archery tournament. Westchester Biltmore Country Club NY.
Sep 25 Tournament Scarsdale High School Athletic Field, NY.
Thord was Champion in the open tournaments 1926, 1927 and 1928.
Time? Lecturing on Mexican Archeology. Did that yearly to 1932.

1927
Jan 24 Archer v/s 12 revolver men of 9th Coast Artillery Reg:t NY.
Feb 5 Double World´s Champion in archery, Pinehurst, NC.

1928
Date? Awarded French Victory Medal.
June 2-3 Archery tournament Westchester Biltmore Country Club NY.

1929
Date? Closing Bank in New York.
June 4 Registering yacht nr 373 “Viking” with KSSS Sweden.
Sept 15 Photo Gray Court, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Dec 15 Letter from Gray Court.

1931
Jan 21 Archeological tour. San Francisco.
Jan 23 San Bernardino.
Feb 11 Lincoln, Nebraska.
Feb 20 Returning to NY.
Apr 7 US citizen. Registered New Haven, Conn. Cert no 3386463.

1932
Dec 13 Leaving Josephine after quarrel.

1933
Feb 17 “Family Council” in Stockholm.
Mrs 15 Ritz Carlton Hotel NY.
May-June Divorcing Josephine.
June 11 Married to Winifred Alice Ingersoll in Greenwich. Born 21/3 1883 Canton, Ill.
Charles Edward Ingersoll and Alice Caroline Parlin.
Dec -- Grand Hotel Stockholm with Winifred.

1934
Date? Still having office 522 Fifth Avenue NY.
Feb 17 Adlon Hotel Berlin. (Possible time for meeting with Herman Goering).
Feb 22 Ritz Hotel Paris.
Feb 23 “
Feb 27 Thord awarded Svärdsorden (Order of the Swords).
Mrs 2 Marseille France.
Mrs 21 Cairo Egypt.
Apr 2 Naples, Italy.
Apr 8 Alquazar, Spain.
Apr 9 Grenada, Spain.
Apr 14 Fez, Morroco.
Apr 30 Rome, Italy
May Back in Greenwich
June 4 Interview Svärdsorden (Order of the Swords) and Tarzan.
June 26 Grand Hotel Stockholm.
Aug -- Archery tournament in Båstad Sweden.
Sep 9 Arriving Stockholm
Sep 8 Grand Hotel Stockholm.
Sep 15 Copenhagen.
Oct 2 Ritz Hotel London.
Dec 3 Greenwich.

1935
Jan 5 Roney Plaza Hotel Miami
Feb 5 “
Feb 11 Cuba
Feb 25 Mexico
Mrs 7 Mexico
Apr 8 Major-General Florida State Militia.
Apr 10 Chief of Personal Staff to Governor David Scholz of Florida.
Apr 12 Driving home by car from Florida to Greenwich.
June 26 Greenwich
Time ? Going to Europe.
Aug 31 Leaving Bremerhaven onboard s/s Bremen
Sep 6 Arriving NY.
X-mas In Stockholm.

1936
Feb 11 Leaving Bremerhaven onboard s/s Europa.
Feb 17 Arriving NY.
Apr 4 Roney Plaza Hotel Miami
Apr 10 “
Nov 6 Receiving KÖMS gold medal nr 17 (since 1771).
Nov 25 Onboard s/s Normandie
Dec 1 Ritz Hotel Paris
Dec 4 Copenhagen
Dec 7 Stockholm
Dec 24 Grand Hotel Stockholm

1937
Mrs 18 Jamaica
Mrs 20 Cuba
Mrs 22 Haiti
Mrs 26 St Domingo
Apr 2 Puerto Rico
Oct -- In Stockholm.

1938
Jan 22 Greenwich
Feb 16 Honorary member 116th Field Arty Regt Florida.
Apr 26 St Augustine Florida returning by car to Greenwich
Nov 5 Miami
Nov 13 Greenwich

1939
Mrs 10 Greenwich
Dec 7 Letter to Gustaf. Thord is very disappointed with what the Germans are doing.
He had believed they should have a positive program and he had hoped for peace.
Time? Buying Grayvik Florida (or in early 1940).

1940
Feb 21 Telegram to Gustaf: “Whatever happens stand by the King”.
? Building of Grayvik begin.

1944
Date? Residing in Miami Roney Plaza Hotel.

1945
May 26 Residing in Grayvik.

1947
Time? Photos of Grayvik.

1950
Jan 30 Photo Grayvik, Florida.
June 18 Arriving Gothenburgh m/s Gripsholm.

1951
Sep 28 Visiting East London South Africa.

1952
July Moved to 6800 Riviera Drive, Coral Gables, Florida.

1953
Jan 7 Thord seriously ill and in hospital Miami.

1956
May -- Selling Grayvik to Baker of Ocean Reef.
May 23 Coral Gables
June 27 Arriving Gothenburg m/s Klingholm.

1957
Jan 21 Coral Gables
Feb 22 “
Mrs 18 “
Apr 1 “
May 7 “
June 3 “
June 19 Greenwich
July 6 Greenwich considering to live in Florida all year around
Sep 1 The Adventurer vol 32 published
Oct 8 Coral Gables
Dec 9 “
Dec 28 Photo Coral Gables with dogs Cissie and Dixie.

1958
Jan 6 Coral Gables
Apr 22 “
Apr 24 “
Aug 13 Greenwich
Sep Furusund?
Oct 5 Coral Gables
Dec 13 Coral Gables

1959
Jan 28 Member Science Society Uppsala, Sweden.
Mrs 17 Coral Gables
Apr 10 Coral Gables
May 13 “
June 1 “
June 5 “
July 3 “
Aug Furusund?
Sep 24 Greenwich
Oct 19 Coral Gables
Dec Xmas “

1960
Mrs 21 Coral Gables
Mrs 22 “
Apr 25 Miami. Winifred dead of heart attack.
May 31 PhD (Hc) Uppsala University, Sweden.
May 30 Greenwich
July 25 Arriving Gothenburgh m/s Kungsholm
Aug Furusund?
Sep 15 Greenwich
Dec 19 Coral Gables
Dec 24 Miami

1962
Time? Nordstjärneordern (Order of the Polar Star) with Great Cross.
The order was given to Thord in Sw Embassy Washington by
Ambassador Gunnar Jarring.
June 1 Arriving Gothenburgh m/s Kungsholm.
Aug Furusund?

1963
June 20 Arriving Gothenburgh m/s Gripsholm.
July 1 Photo Coral Gables. Cleaning rifles in garden.
Time? Moved to Brickel Town House (4-room flat).

1964
Aug Chris Hallström visiting Thord. She was there when he died.
Aug 18 Thord dead in Coral Gables.

1965
Sep 19 Buried Sandsborg Cemetry, Stockholm.
Spouses
Birth7 Aug 1884, Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
Death27 Jan 1969, Somerset West, Cape, South Africa
FatherWilliam *George* VOSS (1850-1894)
MotherCaroline "Carrie" PARKES (~1847-1937)
Marriage4 Mar 1904, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Divorced22 Aug 1909, Transvaal, South Africa
ChildrenGeorge Stewart (1906-)
Birthabt 1887, Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland1400,1126,1127
Marriage1916, USA
Birth2 Aug 1882, Eire, Pennsylvania, USA664,1401,1402
Death26 Mar 1923, Blackstone Hotel, New York, USA664
Marriage23 Mar 1922, New York, USA
Birthabt 1885, New York, USA745
Birth22 Oct 1885, New York, USA1403,1404,1394,1405,1406
Death28 Oct 1954, Alameda, California, USA1405,1406
Marriage7 Jan 1925
Divorcedabt 1932
Misc. Notes
Marriage
Date: 7 Jan 1925
Place: 7 East 88th St, New York, USA
Birthabt 1883, Illinois1407
Birth21 Mar 1883, Canton, Illinois, USA1408,1389,1409,1410,1411,1412
Birth21 Mar 1883, Canton, Fulton, Illinois, USA745
Death25 Apr 1960, Coral Gables, Dade, Florida, USA745,1398
Marriage11 Jun 1933, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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