#7380
Provenance
Olofs
Näset

People

Sjökapten Gustav Eriksson.

Description

Brother of Valter and Nils Eriksson. The mother came from Mellangårds in Kivimo. Drowned in Södersund, where she kicked herself, leaving behind three fatherless children.

Miscellaneous

Lived his life alone, unmarried. After going to sea as a young man, he came to the United States during the war, trained as a captain in America, later also in Mariehamn. He sailed for decades as a commander on American boats, and in his old age he came home, bought Olofsnäs and settled there.

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