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From: heather e blair <>
Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] Marriage and Death lookups for Jasper County
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:48:17 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <MFMBM028PDVXLuSbh290000370b@mfmbm028.myfamilycorp.local>


Did Swedish names have fixed spelling in the 1880s and 1890s? I
have family lines where they didn't settle on their spelling until
about 1900.

- Heather

On 18 Aug 2004 wrote:

> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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> Surnames: PIERSON, CRO.....
> Classification: Query
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> Message Board URL:
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> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1MB.2ACI/2611
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> Message Board Post:
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> I need an act of kindness to try to find the correct spelling of my ggrandmother's last name. She came from Sweden and it was misspelled in the 1880 census.
>
> JOHN DOUGLAS PIERSON married ELISABET CRO.......
> on November 20, 1887 in Bellville, Jasper County, MO.
> She died June 10, 1894. I have tried the Cherokee County, KS Historical Society and they have no record, so I am hoping it is Jasper county, MO.
>
> Any help would be greately appreciated. Thanks
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