Re: Lundberg, Ernest & Gustafson, Anna/Sweden to Massachusetts
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Re: Lundberg, Ernest & Gustafson, Anna/Sweden to Massachusetts
Jill lundberg 8/09/08
There is nothing surprising about the last name of the father. You should not expect that a child had the same last name as the father did. Anna's last name of Gustafsdotter = daughter of Gustaf!! and Gustaf could have had any last name at all. The father, Gustaf Svensson (in Sweden; Gustave Swanson is Americanized.) was the son of Sven somebody. The mother, Brita Forman? apparently either took on a surname (which did happen.) or had a father with that surname. Sometimes the surname was only used by the father and not by the children, and sometimes the surnames were added years later, so it may not be possible to find Brita with that last name. Patronymics were extremely common.
Females eventually starting using the "son" ending (son of Gustaf). Swedes used a patronymic naming system and not permanent family names until the late 1800s and even later. There was a law in 1901, or so, requiring a permanent family name.
I am guessing she must have been born in 1874 and not 1974 or she would have died before she was even born. Anna is not listed on Emibas with that birthdate. When did she leave Sweden?
Here is a possibility found in the 1890 Swedish Census CD.
Svensson, Gustaf 1840 F
Petersdotter, Brita Kristina 1835 M
(Barn), Per Linus 1869 Ch
(Barn), Anna Cecilia 1874 Ch
(Barn), Sven Alfred 1877 Ch
Post 2801228
Svensson, Gustaf
Arrendator = a type of farmer.
b. 1840 i Södra Ving (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
Man, married (father)
Hallen.
Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
Place of birth (original source): Södra Wing, Elfsb.l.
Post 2801229
Petersdotter, Brita Kristina
b. 1835 i Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
h.= wife.
Woman, married (mother)
Hallen.
Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
Place of birth (original source): Brunns
Post 2801231
Per Linus
b. 1869 i Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
s.
Man, single (child)
Hallen.
Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
Place of birth (original source): Brunns
Post 2801230
Anna Cecilia
b. 1874 i Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
d.
Woman, single (child)
Hallen.
Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
Place of birth (original source): Brunns
Post 2801232
Sven Alfred
b. 1877 i Södra Ving (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
s.
Boy (child)
Hallen.
Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
v
Place of birth (original source): Södra Wing, Elfsb.l.
The above Anna Cecilia was born 9 May (not 8 May) 1874 according to her handwritten birth record found on the fee-based Genline site. She seems to have been the fifth child.
http://www.genline.comhttp://www.genline.com
This is the specific Genline page.
GID # 100015.90.31400
They are all on Emibas with the slightly different birthdate for Anna Cecilia. I think I've given this to you before, with explanations of the titles written before the (married, unmarried) part.
Post 535829
Svensson, Gustaf
Arrendator (married man)
b. 2/14/1840 in Södra Ving, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
Emigrated 2/26/1891
from Hallen, Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 128
Emibas migration file ID: Brunn P 1891 004
Post 535830
Petersdotter, Brita Kristina
Arrendatorshustru (married woman)
b. 12/18/1835 in Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
Emigrated 2/26/1891
from Hallen, Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 128
Emibas migration file ID: Brunn P 1891 005
Post 535831
Gustafsson Svensson, Sven Alfred
Arrendatorsson (unmarried man)
b. 1/2/1877 in Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
Emigrated 2/26/1891
from Hallen, Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 128
Emibas migration file ID: Brunn P 1891 006
Post 535832
Gustafsson Svensson, Per Linus
Arrendatorsson (unmarried man)
b. 11/28/1869 in Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
Emigrated 2/26/1891
from Hallen, Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 128
Emibas migration file ID: Brunn P 1891 007
Post 535833
Gustafsdotter Svensson, Anna Cecilia
Arrendatorsdotter (unmarried woman)
b. 5/9/1874 in Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
Emigrated 2/26/1891
from Hallen, Brunn, Älvsborgs län (Västergötland)
to Amerika
Source: Household Examination Roll, p. 128
Emibas migration file ID: Brunn P 1891 008
The parents must have returned to Sweden since they are listed in the 1900 Swedish Census CD.
Svensson, Gustaf 1840 Father
Persdotter, Brita Kristina 1835 Mother
Record 1642578
Svensson, Gustaf
Arrendator
b. 1840 in Södra Ving (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
Man, married, father
Kråkelid
Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
Place of birth (original source): Södra Ving Älvsborgs län
Record 1642577
Persdotter (same as Petersdotter), Brita Kristina
b. 1835 in Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
h.
Woman, married, mother
Kråkelid
Brunn (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland)
Place of birth (original source): Brunn Älvsborgs län
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