Just tidying away loose ends before the circle closes :-)
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The 1904 birth of Eric Claude KENDALL was registered in New Plymouth so that looks a promising lead to finding the identity of Carrie SMITH.
According to burial records the Carrie SMITH buried at Te Henui cemetery in New Plymouth would have been born in 1861, which is a long way from 1885 when John Edward Valentine SMITH junior was born. She may well be a red herring.
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The birth of Lisa Carolina SJÖSTEDT was recorded in...
Filipstads kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, C:7 (1779-1809), Page 399There is an older brother August Pihl born in 1801...
Filipstads kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, C:7 (1779-1809), Page 375Not sure if there are any earlier children. Can't seem to find a corresponding marriage.
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The Eliza SEASTEDT found by Ian may have been the Eliza STEVENS who married Adolf Fred SEASTEDT in New York City on Nov 27 1852.
Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald: 1835-1855
Stevens, Eliza Spouse : Seastedt, Adolf Fred
Date/Year of Marriage : Nov 27, 1852
Location : New York City
County : New YorkThey share a plot at Green-Wood cemetery in New York.
Eliza SEASTEDT d.31 Dec 1873, Adolph F SEASTEDT d.18 Mar 1879http://www.green-wood.com/burial_search/Apparently this Eliza's Will is part of US Case Law (Thompson v. Seastedt 1875). Wonder how you could get to see a copy of the Will, assuming it still existed.
Will be most impressive detective work if this Ellen ROSE is the passenger Ellen ROOS travelling with Mary SJÖSTEDT
Regards
Beg