Johan Sigfrid Lofstrom was born in Hillebola, Österlövsta, Sweden on December 30, 1889. He departed from Trondheim Norway on March 15, 2011, by steamship to Hull England, departing Liverpool England on the Canadian Pacific Lines ''Empress of Ireland'', landing in their wintertime port on the Saint Lawrence in Quebec. He travelled by rail across Canada, entered the United States at Blaine, Washington, where his ticket included a 50 cent medical inspection, his Canadian Pacific Railway journey ending in Portland, Oregon.
Grampa Sig married EmilyLongi in 19?? in Astoria, Oregon. He is the father of HubertWilliamLofstrom and SigLofstrom . He died in Portland on January 17, 1951 at the age of 61y 0m 17d.