Re: an Axel Edvin, but is he yours?
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Re: an Axel Edvin, but is he yours?
Pauleta Hicks 7/05/08
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The names of the parents were listed as last name first. The father would have been S. (probably Sven if the son was Svensson = Sven's son) Johannisson (son of Johannis something; Swedes had patronymic names) and the mother would have been M.L. Jonasdotter (daughter of Jonas something). The father didn't use Rosenqvist, at least at that time. It was very common for those entering a trade (such as shoemaker) to take a surname, such as Rosenqvist, so maybe only the son used Rosenqvist. A farm user (brukare) might have been thought of as uppity ;-) if he took a name other than a normal patronymic name.
I didn't see anyone obviously traveling with your ancestor on the Emibas CD.
The Swedish parish records are VERY informative. You can find the family members listed in a parish record very similar in format to a census but it was FAR more detailed and it was updated continually and not just every ten years. That record is usually in 5 or 10 year time periods and then there is an updated record. That record is called the husförhörslängd (clerical survey record; household examination record) in Swedish. Genline has those records too.
Judy