The parents of Carl Vilhelm Johannesson Löf were farmer Johannes Löf, born 8 Jan 1799 in Fröderyd, Holmeshult, Jönköpings Län in Sweden, and his wife Karin Håkansdotter born 28 April 1804.
Carl moves to America in 1884.
He came back to Sweden 3 years later and moved in 1887 again to America with his daughter Hulda Lovisa Carolina.
In 1888 his wife Emma Johansdotter and other 6 children also moved to America.