Without birthdates and knowing where someone was born and when they came to the U.S., it is hard to determine if a hit on a database fits, but I see a Frans Leonard Vidergren on a Swedish cd called Emibas. Emibas was made from registrations in the Swedish parish to go to a foreign country. It is about 75% complete.

Frans was often Americanized to Frank. Vidergren and Widergren are the same name. Swedes consider V and W interchangeable.

Post 196366

Vidergren, Frans Leonard
Hemmason = son living at home. (unmarried man)

b. 5/14/1861 in Stockaryd, Jönköpings län (Småland)

Emigrated 6/18/1880
from Stockaryd Södergård, Stockaryd, Jönköpings län (Småland)
to Amerika

Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 111

Emibas migration file ID: Stockaryd F 1880 012

Emihamn database:

Emihamn was made from registrations with Swedish port police before leaving Sweden. Not all Swedes left through a Swedish port.

First name: F L
Last name: WIDEGREN
Age: 19 Gender: M
Parish: STOCKARYD County: F (Jönköping)
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1880 07 02 (July 2)
Destination: CHICAGO
Fellows: NEJ
Source: 15:361:9473

I am not related.

Judy