Town and Neighborhood Locations

As follows are descriptions of towns in England, Sweden, Illinois and California important to the location of the Holloway, the Jordan, the Scholdberg, and the Steward families.

1. England
2. Sweden
3. Illinois
4. California
5. Also see Jordan Addresses for detailed locations and street addresses through the years.

England

As follows are text descriptions of towns and locations in England related to the Holloways, Jordans, Scholdbergs, and Stewards.

Poplar

To be provided. This is the ancestral home of the Stewards, Jordans, and Scholdbergs in the late 1800s.

Tower Hamlets

To be provided.

Bow

To be provided.

East of London

To be provided.

St. Albans

To be provided.

West India Docks

To be provided.

 

Sweden

As follows are text descriptions of towns and locations in Sweden related to the Scholdbergs.

Jämshög

Oscar Scholdberg was born in Sweden and it is believed to be in the small town of Jämshög, Blekinge, Sweden. More information to be provided.

 

Illinois

Chicago

James Oscar Jordan and his Uncle Charles Steward settled in Chicago, Illinois in the 1880s.

In August 1893 James' mother, Elizabeth Jordan, his brothers, Charles and James Jordan, and his Grandmother Elizabeth Steward arrived from England.

During the 1890s and early 1900s they all lived on the near west side of Chicago around 1200 to 2000 West and generally a few blocks from Roosevelt Road. The University of Illinois Circle Campus and parts of the Eisenhower Expressway are now located in the area and may in some cases overlap their old neighborhood.

Around 1905, the younger James Jordan moved to Madison and for a few years the entire family joined him, including James Oscar who left his family in Chicago. However between about 1907 and 1909, James Oscar Jordan, Charles Jordan, and their mother, Elizabeth Jordan began returning to Chicago.

After James and Margaret Jordan separated in 1911, Margaret with the children moved further east and further south.

 

California

Around 1930, Margaret and her 2nd husband Robert Graham moved to California with some of the children. However her son Herbert and Elizabeth Jordan and their family continued to live in Chicago. In 1943, Herbert and Elizabeth Jordan also moved to California.

Glendale

To be provided.