September 29th, 1878 - April 15th, 1912

He is a Libra.

Frans Olof Carlsson was born in Glava, Arvika, Värmland County, Sweden to Karl Magnus Nilsson, a skipper and farmer born September 18th, 1935 in Glava parish, Värmland, and Karolina (née Magnusdotter; April 2nd, 1833 in Glava). His occupation was noted as 'mate sailing vessel' and he was said to have come to the USA in 1902. He had a sister and a aunt in Arvika, Sweden and a half-sister in Brooklyn, Mrs. Caroline Carlsson.

Aboard Titanic/April 14th-15th, 1912:
In April of 1912, he was to join the American Line's St Louis but because of the coal strike the ship was stuck in Southampton so the company gave him a first class ticket back to New York on Titanic. Frans died in the sinking and his body of recovered, was never identified. Land that he owned in Elmhurst, along Island went to his heirs.

"In an attempt to clear up the estate of Frank Olaf Carlson, who perished in the Titanic disaster of 14 April last, Public Administrator Randolph White of Queens County, from his office in Jamaica is sending enquiries to banks in Manhattan and Brooklyn to get at trace of Carlson's various accounts; Administrator White having learned that he had accounts in several financial institutions.

Before shipping on the Titanic, Carlson had been third officer on the steamship St Louis of the American Line. Carlson had friends in Elmhurst, where he is said to have owned some property. They have found mortgages and a deed belonging to the dead man, personal effects worth $3,000 and a bankbook showing that he had an account in the Seamen's Savings Bank. He is also believed to have had accounts in the Emigrants Industrial Bank and the National Bank. In the latter institution, it is said that a portion of his father's estate, amounting to $10,000 was deposited to his credit last March. Administrator White is also seeking to trace a sister of the dead man, who is said to live in Europe, and a stepsister who is believed to be in Manhattan."

- Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 29 July 1912

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Rest In Peace Frans Olof Carlsson.