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From: "Eric and Jamie Simmons" <>
Subject: [GEN-NORDIC] Re: Swedish ancestor's name and other questions
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:37:53 GMT
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It is brand new as of yesterday, and I am hoping to work more on
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Good luck and happy hunting!

Jamie


"Lesley Walker" <delirium+> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi everyone,
> I've just received my grandmother's birth record and therefore found
> the name of my great-grandfather who was born in Sweden about 1863
> and emigrated to New Zealand.
>
> He's listed as Simon Hansen (in later records as Hanson).
> It seems likely to me that Simon is an English name he adopted when
> he came here. Is there a clear Swedish equivalent name?
>
> His birthplace is listed as Go?henburg, Sweden. The unclear letter
> is probably s, maybe r. Is it reasonable, as a working hypotheis, to
> assume this is Goeteborg or are there other candidates?
>
> And some pure speculation: Given the spelling of Hansen and the
> location of Goeteborg, how likely is it that he was Danish rather
> than Swedish? (Ignoring for the moment the obvious possibility of
> clerical error.) There is a family legend that he wasn't actually
> Swedish, apparently based on the Hansen spelling.
>
>
> Lesley Walker
> Wellington, New Zealand
> --
> I can avoid being quoted by saying nothing,
> and it seems to work fairly well.
> Chuck Falconer
> news.software.readers
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