hi if u want maybe u can help me with another inquiry..but this time it has nothing to do with sweden or the hansson family... my grandmother's father richard matthews was born in hastings england, he married my great grandmother ella victoria smith on april 6,1921 in manitoba canada..ella's parents were rupert pruden smith and harriet louisa brown..anyways the matthews line is kind of a mystery...and there seems to be two seperate geneologies from different people about richard...the first geneology has him the son of edwin matthews and caroline purkis.. the second geneology i saw has him as the son of william matthews from battle, sussex, england and a mary ann holman.. now if he was the son of william and mary the info i got was.. One of those links goes to this family, with the ages of the parents very different to the 1901 census that I posted:
Immigration in March 1907 going to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on the Empress of Britain
William Matthews 51 1856 England
Mary Matthews 52 1855 England
Edward Matthews 17 1890 England
Richard Matthews 13 1894 England
Frederick Matthews 11 1896 England
William Matthews Head M 54 Hastings, Sussex
Mary Matthews Wife F 55 Not Known
John Matthews Son M 19 Hastings, Sussex
George Matthews Son M 17 Hastings, Sussex
Harry Matthews Son M 13 Hastings, Sussex
Edward Matthews Son M 11 Hastings, Sussex
Richard Matthews Son M 8 Hastings, Sussex
Frederick Matthews Son M 6 Hastings, Sussex
Mary Gibbs
Name Richard Matthews
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year 1893
Registration District Hastings
County Sussex
Event Place Hastings, Sussex, England
Volume 2B
Page 28
Line Number 86.
he was a member of the Northwest Mounted Police here in canada..which later became the RCMP and also served in the First World War too. I would just to get the info clarified..to see which line he actually came from..in regards to parents...and then i can go from there in regards to the search! bye for now. matthew