Victor Gustav Crondahl

Below is information on Victor from multiple sources

Victor was born in Karlskrona on April 5, 1887. 

According to Katarina Moller, a genealogist who works at the Karlskrona culture department, Victor lived on Ronnebygatan in Karlskrona, in the same building as Viktor Balk (where Ahlens is now). His father owned the building. The family attended Fredrikskyrken. Ms. Moller also said that Crondahl is a very unusual name, and anyone with that name is related. 

Hilarious newsy letter, year unknown (1956-1960 ish)

Here's a hilarious newsy, five-page letter that was in Christie's stuff.

A paragraph from the first page:
"The kids around Juneau are going water ski crazy around here now. Everybody's bought, buying, or goin' ta buy water skis. On the forth of July about fifteen persons turned out for to ski. We had two boats to pull us. One boat was a Crock Product driven by Paul himself. It was a 20 foot cabin cruiser with a two hundred sixty five horse Interceptor in it. Talk about speed...Man, that boat was fast. It'll do almost fifty mph. The wake was huge. Osterman and myself built a jump too. I went off it once and made a beautiful one point landing on my hind end. The crowd got a big kick out of it. Then Osterman made a try and lit on his face. He got up again and made another attempt. Crock goosed the motor just as Bob hit the beginning of the incline on the jump. It threw his skis out from under him and he bounced off the jump on one shoulder and the side of his face. It was quite spectacular. Bob said he almost blacked out in the water. He just luckily suffered a few bruises."

Voyage of the Fearless

Victor Gustav Crondahl built a boat with several Swedish friends in Palo Alto California and sailed it up to Juneau.

The builders, Palo Alto. 

From left to right: Victor Crondahl, John M. Dahl, 

Gus Ryberg, and Felix Brandsten (in the window)

More photos and the story after the jump.

Dora's birthday letter to Jay

In 1958 Dora Irish Crondahl wrote a birthday letter to Jay while he was in the Army. It tells the story of his birth, along with her daily activities.

Thure Victor Crondahl Family, circa late 1800s, Karlskrona Sweden

Below are photos taken in Karlskrona Sweden of Thure Victor Crondahl and Edla Sigrid Rosalie Berg Crondahl and children. Photo is not dated, but based on the apparent ages of the children, Gunhild Siri (known as Siri), and Victor Gustav, they were likely taken in the late 1800s. 

Family Photo

Victor Gustav Crondahl

The story of my father, Victor Crondahl, by Christie Crondahl

The story of my father, Victor Crondahl, by Christie Crondahl

Above is a link to a brief, seven-page, undated story Christie wrote about his dad, Victor. It tells about his young life and what kind of person he was.