Immigrated at age 43 with his wife and three children, Elizabet age 10, Carl age 3, and Agnis;183
Name given as C. E. A. Olivenbaum;8
Name given as Eric Christian August Olivenbaum;183
Immigrated with his wife;183
Birth given as 1837; He was raised from 8 1/2 years of age by Lt. Carl A. Sparrman (a Swedish army officerin Germany) after his parents deaths starting Jan. 12, 1837; Sparrman lived in Undersaker in North Central Sweden;183
His family was one of eleven families (50 people) from Undersaker, Sweden that immigrated together (by team to Ostersund, by rail to Stockholm, by boat to Gotenborg via Gota Canal, over North Sea to Leith Scotland, by rail to Edinburgh to Glasgow, by steamer Arcadia 18 days to Halifax to St. John, by smaller steamer up St. John River to Fredericton, by side-wheeler to Woodstock, by tow boat pulled by horses to Tobique Landing, by team to Fort Fairfield, by horse and wagon to Caribou and finally New Sweden;) 64
Slept under slanted boards at the Capitol building in New Sweden upon arrival due to crowded conditions; Cooked in open for weeks; Three of eleven Jamtland families (Stadig, Olivenbaum and Benson) spent winter in state-built log house north of New Sweden, opposite later Trone farm, south of Jacobson hill; During that winter the three men built a 20 by 16 ft. log house on Stadig farm, south of West Jemtland Cemetery; The three families moved in Mar. 1872; Olivenbaum’s log house was then built 16 by 24, plastered with mud and moss for warmth with split cedar logs for the floor and ceilings, an iron-bound chest as a table, ends of logs for chairs; Olivenbaum sold a silver watch to buy an old cathedral clock;64
Built frame house (two story rectangular with four rooms down and room for four more up) by 1890; Built frame barn 40 by 40 by 40 in 1894 to replace old log barn which became a stable; Built house additon in 1900 and porch in 1907;64
Name given as E. C. A. Olivenbaum;25

Boston Post Cane holder in New Sweden 1910-191314