Swen Hillingstead should be corrected as Svend Hyllingsted. He was born November 3, 1920 in Denmark, the son of Ludwik and Catherine (Pedersen) Hyllingsted. Svend was described as 6' 1" tall, and weighed 170 pounds. He went to sea around 1941, and throughout the 1940's he traveled the world, reaching ports in such distant places as Algeria, Panama, Wales, Aruba, the Philippines, and Naples, Italy.
Svend was a crew member on the ships: Belgian Gulf, Daniel Willard, John Gorrie, Evangeline, Touraine, Tabitha Brown, John J. Abel, Alexander Woollcott, Beacon Oil, Esso Bolivar, Cape Race, William Rawle, Steel Navigator, and the John B. Waterman.
Svend received his Social Security number before 1951 in New York state. His last residence was in Staten Island, New York.
Svend Hyllingsted died February 10, 1989 at Staten Island University Hospital. He was buried almost a year later January 24, 1990 on Hart Island.
Sources: Ancestry.com; US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; US, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; NY State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967; US, Atlantic Ports Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1959; NY, US, Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957; Honolulu, HI, US, Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959.
Svend was a crew member on the ships: Belgian Gulf, Daniel Willard, John Gorrie, Evangeline, Touraine, Tabitha Brown, John J. Abel, Alexander Woollcott, Beacon Oil, Esso Bolivar, Cape Race, William Rawle, Steel Navigator, and the John B. Waterman.
Svend received his Social Security number before 1951 in New York state. His last residence was in Staten Island, New York.
Svend Hyllingsted died February 10, 1989 at Staten Island University Hospital. He was buried almost a year later January 24, 1990 on Hart Island.
Sources: Ancestry.com; US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; US, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; NY State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967; US, Atlantic Ports Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1959; NY, US, Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957; Honolulu, HI, US, Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959.