Beda Karolina Rawstrom, daughter of Karl (Charles) Arvid Konstantin Rawstrom and Hilda Kristina Bäcklund, was born on 4 June 1900 at New Jersey.^1,2,3 According to a passenger list, Beda Karolina Rawstrom was listed as a relative traveling with Karl (Charles) Arvid Konstantin Rawstrom and Hilda Kristina Bäcklund on 19 March 1904 at Christiania (Oslo), Norway; They arrived at the Port of New York, 02 Apr 1904. They were going home.⁴

     Beda married Sigurd Manfred Moberg, son of Axel Manfred Moberg and Maria Elisabeth Granath, on 6 April 1929, at Suffern, New York.^1,5

     Beda died on 22 July 1988, at Culpeper Healthcare Center, Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, at age 88. Beda's cause of death was listed as debility of age and pneumonia; secondary dementia..³ She was buried at Etlan Cemetery, Etlan, Madison, Virginia.⁶

     Carol Lilian Rawstrom, daughter of Charles Arvid Rawstrom and Mary Louise Lillian Gibbs, was born on 15 September 1942 at Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey.¹
     Carol Lilian Rawstrom and Stephen Callender Schimpff were engaged on 4 April 1963;

Carol Rawstrom Future Bride Of Stephen Callender Schimpff

- Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Rawstrom of Caldwell, formerly of Montclair, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Carol Lilian Rawstrom, to Stephen Callender Schimpff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Donald Schimpff of Mahwah. Miss Rawstrom is a graduate of Grover Cleveland High School, Caldwell, attended Fairleigh Dickinson University and is presently a junior at Douglass College. Mr. Schimpff is a graduate of Ramsey High School and will be graduated from Rutgers University in June. He plans to enter Yale University Medical School in September.²

     Carol married Stephen Callender Schimpff in September 1963, at Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey.^3,4

     Charles Arvid Rawstrom, son of Karl (Charles) Arvid Konstantin Rawstrom and Hilda Kristina Bäcklund, was born on 14 June 1904 at Montclair, New Jersey.^1,2

     Charles married Mary Louise Lillian Gibbs on 7 September 1940, at St. Luke's Churcch, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey.

Miss Lilian M. Gibbs, daughter of Thomas H. Gibbs of 104 Midland Avenue, and the late Mrs. Gibbs, was married at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon to Charles Rawstrom of 153 Valley Road, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Rawstrom. The Rev. P. J. Clark officiated at the ceremony, which was performed in the chapel of St. Luke's Churcch. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a soldier blue crepe gown, black velvet hat, black accessories and a corsage of tea roses. Miss Florencce A. Deaney of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was the maid of honor and only attendant, was gowned in burgundy crepe with black accessories and wore a corsage of yellow roses. Harry Larson of San Diego, Calif., served Mr. Rawstrom as best man. After a wedding trip to the Poconos, the couple will live at the Midland Avenue address. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rawstrom attended Montclair High School and Mr. Rawstrom is in business for himself in Montclair.³

     The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military. Charles filled out a draft card for World War II on 15 February 1942 (at age 37), while living at 62 James Street, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. He was self employed.⁴

     Charles died on 2 June 1981, at New Jersey, at age 76,^1,5 and was buried at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey.⁶

     Charles Arvid Rawstrom, son of Charles Arvid Rawstrom and Mary Louise Lillian Gibbs, was born on 6 April 1945 at Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey.¹

     Charles married Margaret Luedtke in May 1971, at Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey.²

     Doris Ellen Rawstrom, daughter of Karl (Charles) Arvid Konstantin Rawstrom and Hilda Kristina Bäcklund, was born on 28 September 1921 at New Jersey.^1,2 According to a passenger list, Doris Ellen Rawstrom was listed as a relative traveling with Karl (Charles) Arvid Konstantin Rawstrom on 20 June 1935, departing Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus, Sverige; Their final destination was Port of New York.³

     Doris married Robert Todd in 1944.¹