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Hej Henrik,
I do not live in Chautauqua County or even close to it (I live in Illinois.) but I have a branch of my family who lived there and who were born in Sweden. There is good information for this area but much is not online. I hope the people who do live in this area can help you out.
For example, I found wonderful information in Lakeview Cemetery records, where a lot of my Swedes lived. (Those are microfilmed and can be ordered from a Family History Center but perhaps a local person can check for you.) I found much good information in records of the Swedish American churches, which are also microfilmed. I found good information in marriage application records, but those are also on microfilm. There are state cenuses (for example, 1905, 1915, 1925) that may or may not be online. There are Swedish American newspapers which also can be helpful. There are city directories which could list your Gottfrid and maybe those could help narrow down the time period in which he might have died or left the area.
The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center has a lot of wonderful materials (among them, Swedish American church records and newspapers but also more) but those are NOT online. I know that the same records are also available in Sweden but I can't remember where in Sweden, unfortunately. Perhaps the Swenson Center can tell you.
http://www.augustana.edu/swenson/
There is a person who sometimes helps out with an unpublished database of members of Swedish American churches and newspapers. He works for a Swedish archive, I think, and he once in a while posts on the Sweden forum. (Type Sweden into the "Jump to Forum" space at the top right of this page.) I don't think that database is complete. I think that it is still being developed but perhaps you will have good luck.
I don't see anyone who could be your missing ancestor in the 1920 and later censuses. Maybe he died before then.
The Holmback family is listed on Ancestry.com for the 1910 U.S. Federal Census. The transcriber misread some names, most noticeably the boy's name.
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Gattfried Holmback
[Gottfried Holmback]
Age in 1910: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: Sweden
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Sweden
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden
Spouse's Name: Selma Th
Home in 1910: Jamestown Ward 4, Chautauqua, New York
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1903
Household Members: Name Age
Gattfried Holmback 26
Selma Th Holmback 29
Doris S Holmback 2
George Alice Holmback 10/12 (10 months old)
Name: Selma Th Holmback
Age in 1910: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Birthplace: Sweden
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birth Place: Sweden
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden
Spouse's Name: Gattfried
Home in 1910: Jamestown Ward 4, Chautauqua, New York
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Year of Immigration: 1904
Name: Doris S Holmback
Age in 1910: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Gattfried
Father's Birth Place: Sweden
Mother's Name: Selma Th
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden
Home in 1910: Jamestown Ward 4, Chautauqua, New York
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Name: George Alice Holmback (The second given name is definitely Julius on the actual census.)
Age in 1910: 10/12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Gattfried
Father's Birth Place: Sweden
Mother's Name: Selma Th
Mother's Birth Place: Sweden
Home in 1910: Jamestown Ward 4, Chautauqua, New York
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Their address was 91 Morse Avenue. The father was a foreman of a furniture factory. (I think there was at least one furniture factory in Jamestown. I have seen the furniture factory mentioned a few times in censuses for my relatives.)
The CD-ROM "Swedish Death Index 1947-2006 shows the death record of Georg Julius Holmbeck. It also shows his birthdate and the date of his divorce.
19090519-0872
Holmbeck, Georg Julius
Farstav 62 lgh 4211
123 47 Farsta
Dead 8/14/1979.
Registered (1976) in Farsta, Stockholms stad (Stockholms län, Södermanland). Registered for taxation (1976) in the same parish.
Born 5/19/1909 in USA.
Divorced man (7/19/1938).
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Parish of birth in the records:
US
Source records:
RTB 79 / SPAR 80
Could this be the emigration of your Gottfrid? This one is a carpenter (snickare). This comes from the Emihamn database (Swedish port departures).
First name: GOTTFRID A
Last name: HOLMBÄCK
Age: 18 Gender: M
Parish: MALMÖ County: M
Title/Note: SNICKARE
Port: MALMÖ
Date: 1902 06 16
Destination: NEW YORK
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 1902:2385:0126
Could this be your Gottfrid in the 1900 Swedish Census?
Holmbäck, Gottfrid August 1850 Father
Johannesdotter, Brita Sofia 1862 Mother
(Barn), Johan Emil 1888 Child
(Barn), Augusta Sofia 1889 Child
(Barn), Ellen Maria 1891 Child
(Barn), Bror Axel 1893 Child
(Barn), Anna Brita 1898 Child
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Holmbäck, Gottfrid August 1884
Record 933705
Holmbäck, Gottfrid August
Ölutkörare
b. 1850 in Fosie (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Man, married, father
Södra förstadens ytterområde
Malmö Sankt Pauli (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Place of birth (original source): Fosie Malmöhus län
Record 933702
Johannesdotter, Brita Sofia
b. 1862 in Osby (Kristianstads län, Skåne)
h.
Woman, married, mother
Södra förstadens ytterområde
Malmö Sankt Pauli (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Place of birth (original source): Osby Kristianstads län
Record 933703
Johan Emil
b. 1888 in Ljungby (Kristianstads län, Skåne)
s.
Boy, child
Södra förstadens ytterområde
Malmö Sankt Pauli (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Place of birth (original source): Ljungby Kristianstads län
Record 933708
Augusta Sofia
b. 1889 in Ljungby (Kristianstads län, Skåne)
d.
Girl, child
Södra förstadens ytterområde
Malmö Sankt Pauli (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Place of birth (original source): Ljungby Kristianstads län
Record 933707
Ellen Maria
b. 1891 in Ljungby (Kristianstads län, Skåne)
d.
Girl, child
Södra förstadens ytterområde
Malmö Sankt Pauli (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Place of birth (original source): Ljungby Kristianstads län
Record 933704
Bror Axel
b. 1893 in Ljungby (Kristianstads län, Skåne)
s.
Boy, child
Södra förstadens ytterområde
Malmö Sankt Pauli (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Place of birth (original source): Ljungby Kristianstads län
Record 933706
Anna Brita
b. 1898 in Ljungby (Kristianstads län, Skåne)
d.
Girl, child
Södra förstadens ytterområde
Malmö Sankt Pauli (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Place of birth (original source): Ljungby Kristianstads län
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Record 933709
Holmbäck, Gottfrid August
b. 1884 in Hörby (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Boy
Södra förstadens ytterområde
Malmö Sankt Pauli (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Place of birth (original source): Hörby Malmöhus län
I think this is the same person on the 1890 Swedish Census CD, although his birthplace is different.
Holmbeck, Gottfrid August 1850 F
Johannesd:r, Britta Sofia 1862 M
(Barn), Gottfrid August 1884 Ch
(Barn), Johan Emil 1888 Ch
(Barn), Augusta Sofia 1889 Ch
Post 1302548
Holmbeck, Gottfrid August
Bokhandl.
b. 1850 i Fosie (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
Man, married (father)
Ljungby Köping
Ljungby (Kronobergs län, Småland)
Place of birth (original source): Fosie Malmö l.
Post 1302549
Johannesd:r, Britta Sofia
b. 1862 i Ryssby (Kronobergs län, Småland)
h.
Woman, married (mother)
Ljungby Köping
Ljungby (Kronobergs län, Småland)
Place of birth (original source): Ryssby Kr. l.
Post 1302551
Gottfrid August
b. 1884 i Höör (Malmöhus län, Skåne)
s.
Boy (child)
Ljungby Köping
Ljungby (Kronobergs län, Småland)
Place of birth (original source): Höör Chr. l.
Post 1302552
Johan Emil
b. 1888 i Ljungby (Kronobergs län, Småland)
s.
Boy (child)
Ljungby Köping
Ljungby (Kronobergs län, Småland)
Place of birth (original source): Ljungby
Post 1302550
Augusta Sofia
b. 1889 i Ljungby (Kronobergs län, Småland)
d.
Girl (child)
Ljungby Köping
Ljungby (Kronobergs län, Småland)
Place of birth (original source): Ljungby
If you ever find a date (month and year) of death for Gottfrid, the following library does obituary lookups, for a small fee. This is something that perhaps a person who lives locally can also help with. I don't know if there are death indexes in genealogical societies for Chautauqua County.
http://www.prendergastlibrary.org/obitform.html
Lycka till!
Med vänlig hälsning,
Judy
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