Fjelbacka , sweden baptisms

[jamcat95]

Just looked up Johanna Christiansdotter's Inventory of Estate/Will from 1888 and it is also stated that Olof was abroad. Olof was actually written down as Olle.


Ian

[jamcat95]

Hi again

Because there are no records before 1860 from the original Parish Books the only place to find some would be here:

There are a few hits on FamilySearch using Alexander Wingard and Johanna Christiansdotter
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gaj/

and on Ancestry there are a couple of hits too and a tree for an Olof August Alexandersson. I cannot check them unfortunately as I haven't renewed my subscription yet. But you might even be able to find Oliver's birth record.


Ian

[pinefamily]

Hi Ian,
I have a month's access to ancestry at the moment. The tree is for a different Olof Alexandersson unfortunately, born in 1884. Sorry.

[jamcat95]

Thanks Pinefamily.

Ian

[jamcat95]

Have you seen the death of British National Oliver Anderson in 1891 on FindMyPast?

He must surely have been a British Subject especially I think if he got his Seaman Certificate to be a captain in the Merchant Navy.


Ian

[jamcat95]

There are 2 records on Ancestry "All UK, Naturalisation Certificates and Declarations, 1870-1912" for an Olaf Anderson and an Oliver Anderson.
Worth a look perhaps.

Ian

[Jax49]

Thanks for all the information. I hadn't spotted the Naturalisation record on Ancestry i will check it out.

One other thing puzzles me why would all the family be on the 1880 census?Surely a few of the family would be married. Oliver was between marriages at the time! !!

[jamcat95]

Yes you are right.
If we could have read the original books it would have looked a little different. The minister would have crossed off the children when they left home. In this case the names were kept for statistical reasons I suppose.

Ian

[Jax49]

Ah i see. Makes sense now. Thanks.