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Re: Wallins in Sweden, Canada & USA
Posted by: Lawrence J. Wallin Date: January 02, 2002 at 15:05:54
In Reply to: Wallins in Sweden, Canada & USA by Bill Helland of 349

My great, great, grandfather was in the Swedish Army. Our family name was Olson. Many men changed their name from Olsen to Wallin or Sandburg. My father remembers a man coming to their house looking for a Mr. "Vallin". This is the Swedish way of saying Wallin.


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