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Sorry I can't help on Heinstrom. The name, to me, has a Scandanavian ring. My native Minnesota was loaded with strom; such as Bergstrom or Nordstrom. The department store, Nordstrom's, started in Seattle which is very Scandanavian. One of my youthful buddies was a Hedstrom, but he didn't enlighten me about the name, as though I cared then.
My family originates in the Saarland. The village from which they immigrated is about 3 miles from Luxemburg and 3 miles from France. The family records are in villages in the three countries. In fact, the ancestral village was occupied by France for a period early in the 19th century, so even the hometown records are in German, French, or Latin.
The area they came from was depopulated during the 30 Year's War. After that war the local nobility invited folks to come in. As a result families came from Switzerland and Holland. An acquaintance from Holland said all the Heins came from Holland and especially from an area north of Amsterdam. The Dutch hero is Piet Heyn who captured the Spanish Treasure Fleet way back. If my family came from Holland, I don't think they were related since they seemed to be farmers.
The ancestral town had some families by the name of Nelson and Spanier. Nelson sounds like a Swede who stayed there.
The name Spanier means spaniard. So here's a Spanish soldier who stayed. In Spain there is a provence, Jaen. If I spelled it correctly, it sounds like Hein. So maybe they Spanish who stayed.
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