CA CA - Sylvia Helen Carlson, 39, Santa Monica, 12 Dec 1977

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Sylvia...this month is 43 years.

 

[heartanium]

Another picture of her from the Philadelphia Inquirer (26 April 1956)


Her teeth are quite straight, probably had good dental health.

 

[spartanx]

I have the impression that she left with someone... she was still young, beautiful and educated, she probably lived with someone for a while but maybe she has already passed away...
whatever the case
rest in peace

 

[alb1on]

On revisiting this after some years I noticed one small issue. On Ancestry there are multiple family trees, obviously from those with the Swedish background of her family, that list her as Sylvia Helena (not Helen) and the surname as Carlsson, not Carlson. Minor differences, but they can make record searches tricky.

 

[fred&edna]

On revisiting this after some years I noticed one small issue. On Ancestry there are multiple family trees, obviously from those with the Swedish background of her family, that list her as Sylvia Helena (not Helen) and the surname as Carlsson, not Carlson. Minor differences, but they can make record searches tricky.

Do you think the info I mentioned in post #8 is the correct Sylvia? It's entirely possible I mixed up Carlsson and Carlson which may cause more confusion than help. I see you speculated her father's name was Harry which doesn't mesh with what I listed. I agree, this a bit tricky with spelling, etc.

 

[alb1on]

Do you think the info I mentioned in post #8 is the correct Sylvia? It's entirely possible I mixed up Carlsson and Carlson which may cause more confusion than help. I see you speculated her father's name was Harry which doesn't mesh with what I listed. I agree, this a bit tricky with spelling, etc.

My apologies. I should have revisited my post #6 where I suggested her parents were Harry and Ingrid. Whilst everything else seems correct her parents were Carl Elof Verner Carlsson and Karin M Hildebrand. That this is correct seems confirmed by the picture of Sylvia accompanying the Ancestry trees. It also has records confirming the date of death as 1977 (assumed, obviously) and the marriage to Edmund Arthur Carlsson. A daughter of the marriage died in 2020 and the trees suggest there is another living daughter. The Sylvia Carlson with Harry and Ingrid as parents did live nearby in New Jersey and was born within a year of our missing, but it was coincidence. Sylvia Helen was born in New York in 1938 and married Edmund in Summit, NJ in 1960.
The Carlson/Carlsson is just an added complication as it is treated different ways in both trees and records. It is possible that the family simplified to Carlson as that seems the more common spelling for Sylvia whilst her parents are more often spelled Carlsson.
When searching Ancestry it seems easier to find the trees either through her father or her brother, Paul Verner Carlson, who is also now deceased. The Ancestry search facility is notoriously poor and it is no different in the case of this family!

 

[fred&edna]

My apologies. I should have revisited my post #6 where I suggested her parents were Harry and Ingrid. Whilst everything else seems correct her parents were Carl Elof Verner Carlsson and Karin M Hildebrand. That this is correct seems confirmed by the picture of Sylvia accompanying the Ancestry trees. It also has records confirming the date of death as 1977 (assumed, obviously) and the marriage to Edmund Arthur Carlsson. A daughter of the marriage died in 2020 and the trees suggest there is another living daughter. The Sylvia Carlson with Harry and Ingrid as parents did live nearby in New Jersey and was born within a year of our missing, but it was coincidence. Sylvia Helen was born in New York in 1938 and married Edmund in Summit, NJ in 1960.
The Carlson/Carlsson is just an added complication as it is treated different ways in both trees and records. It is possible that the family simplified to Carlson as that seems the more common spelling for Sylvia whilst her parents are more often spelled Carlsson.
When searching Ancestry it seems easier to find the trees either through her father or her brother, Paul Verner Carlson, who is also now deceased. The Ancestry search facility is notoriously poor and it is no different in the case of this family!

No apology necessary! It's been such a long time since I did any research on this case, and heaven knows I've been wrong before.

I really wonder what happened to Sylvia... she was such a pretty young woman.

 

[Diane Redfern]

I'm quoting some comments posted on Whereabouts still unknown: Sylvia Carlson

Sharon Carlson says:
July 8, 2020 at 4:19 am
I am Sylvias daughter and can add a lot of information.
Reply

• whereaboutsstillunknown says:
  July 8, 2020 at 5:09 pm
  Thank you so much for commenting! I would love to do anything i can to assist, but there is virtually nothing to go on. So any information you can share would be wonderful.
  Reply
  • Sharon Carlson says:
    July 16, 2020 at 10:54 pm
    Mainly I would like to know if anyone has any information or saw her on or around the day she went missing. My mother was the most wonderful person I’ve ever known and I’m the sole survivor of our immediate family. I was a teen and have lived my whole life missing her. I know what happened to her but I cannot possibly say in an email and it’s too difficult for me especially now since my Down syndrome sister Brenda just passed away. My father passed away six years ago. We never had any type of service or gravesite for her. She loved her family too much to leave us. People may be curious and like hearing stories but the families suffer beyond belief.

 

[fred&edna]

I'm quoting some comments posted on Whereabouts still unknown: Sylvia Carlson

Sharon Carlson says:
July 8, 2020 at 4:19 am
I am Sylvias daughter and can add a lot of information.
Reply

• whereaboutsstillunknown says:
  July 8, 2020 at 5:09 pm
  Thank you so much for commenting! I would love to do anything i can to assist, but there is virtually nothing to go on. So any information you can share would be wonderful.
  Reply
  • Sharon Carlson says:
    July 16, 2020 at 10:54 pm
    Mainly I would like to know if anyone has any information or saw her on or around the day she went missing. My mother was the most wonderful person I’ve ever known and I’m the sole survivor of our immediate family. I was a teen and have lived my whole life missing her. I know what happened to her but I cannot possibly say in an email and it’s too difficult for me especially now since my Down syndrome sister Brenda just passed away. My father passed away six years ago. We never had any type of service or gravesite for her. She loved her family too much to leave us. People may be curious and like hearing stories but the families suffer beyond belief.

Thanks for sharing this. Interesting that her daughter says she knows what happened. It leads me to believe someone else was involved in Sylvia's disappearance but likely there was never enough proof to hold the person accountable. I wonder if Sharon and her sister were raised by their father. So, so very sad.

jmo