Gustav Karl Crona ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Cause of his death was CA lung.¹⁰

  General Notes:

He immigrated to the USA on 20 Aug 1918 according to his WWI draft registration. He was employed by Scandanavian Immigration, New York, New York. He did not serve the military during WWI. He became a naturalized citizen. (There is a Gustav Karl Crona listed in the Ancestry.com. Index to Declaration of Intent for Naturalization: New York County, 1907-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA Declaration volume 466; page 190. No other identifying data is given.)

He was recorded as a seaman on New York Passenger Lists from 1925-1951 with jobs of pump man, chief engineer, and second assistant. .He was a first assistant engineer in the merchant marines when counted on the 1930 census. He was listed 1 Apr 1930 in Galveston, Texas and again 15 Apr 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana on the SS West Camak. His death certificate showed that he was a retired marine engineer, M.E.B.A. He was in Hillhaven Convalescent Center, Texas City, Galveston County, Texas, for 3 months prior to his death, but his usual residence was La Marque in that county.

  Additional Information:

• Death Certificate Image: here.

Gustav married Marie Hannah Kylberg, daughter of Anders Gustaf Kylberg and Anna Elisabet Otilia Johansdotter (Free), after 1930. (Marie Hannah Kylberg was born on 5 Feb 1898 in New Sweden, Travis County, Texas,¹³ died on 25 Jan 1968 in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas ^{12 13} and was buried on 28 Jan 1968 in Galveston Memorial Park, Hitchcock, , Texas ¹³.). The cause of her death was pulmonary embotism due to pulmonary emphysema and influenza. She had post tuberculosis thoracoplasty..¹⁰