Notes:
Data compiled by Udo Momma. (deceased)
Data contributed by Frederick Roberts Reenstjerna. (deceased)
Data contributed by Rafael Rennstjerna, rafael2899@sbcglobal.net
1910 Census, WI, Milwaukee, ED 190, dwelling 65
Reenstjerna, Gothard, 61, m1 10 yrs, b: Sweden/Sweden/Sweden, contractor school supplies. immigrated 1868
" , Emma, L., wife, 49, m: 10 yrs., b: IL/Scotland/Scotland
" , Robert G., son, 8, single, b: WI/Sweden/IL
" , Sigurd R., son, 5, single, b: WI/Sweden/IL
1920 Census, IL, McLean Co., Bloomington, ED 113, dwelling 167
Loudon, Grace, head, owns, ? age, single, b: IL/Scotland/Scotland, no occupation
Reenstjerna, Emma, sister, 50, Div, b: IL/Scotland/Scotland, no occupation
" , Robert, nephew, 18, single, b: WI/Sweden/IL, clerk printing company
" , Sigurd, nephew, 15, single, b: WI/Sweden/IL
1930 Census of Merchant Seamen
Name: Ralph S Reenstjerna
Event Place: Los Angeles, California
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Ship Name: S S Oleum
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Birth Year (Estimated): 1905
Enumeration District: 19-1599 , Sheet Number and Letter: 2A , Affiliate Publication Title: 1930 U.S.
Ralph was an engineer for the Union Oil company and sailed on the seas of the Pacific Ocean beginning around 1926. Ancestry.com has an extensive listing of immigration records which show when he returned to the US from Vancouver, BC and other ports of call. ["California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957]
One ship upon which he served was called the Warwick. In 1940, that ship was sold and transferred to a Brazilian company by the name of "Navebras, S.A.". The ship was renamed the "Santa Maria". There is a write up in a Brazilian newspaper describing the ownership transfer ceremony in which Ralph Reenstjerna, the chief engineer, was a named attendee.
1940: Census, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California
Home in 1940: 4060 Maralesta Drive
Residence in 1935: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
Ralph J Reenstjerna, head, 36, b: WI 1935 San Pedro, CA, chief engineer, Union Oil
Ida M Reenstjerna, wife, 37, b: OR, 1935 San Pedro, CA
Wayne E Stalford, step son, 19, b: WA, single, 1935 Marysville, CA