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Titel: Nilla Rasses
Skrivet av: Rick Johnson skrivet 2018-02-23, 05:19
Greetings,

I found a marriage record for Nilla Rasses who was born in 1824 and married Sven Svensson on 30 Dec 1847 at Vanneberga No. 5 in Trolle-Ljungby. I'm not familiar with Rasses as a surname and can not find other instances of it in Sweden. It appears to be used in place of Nilla Larsdotter, daughter of Lars Pehrsson (1797-1883) and Karna Pehrsdotter Lagergren (1801-1886), and born 27 Nov 1824 at Vanneberga. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Titel: SV: Nilla Rasses
Skrivet av: Birgitta Wind skrivet 2018-02-23, 11:01
Hej !
Ser att du kan svenska under din information.
Husförhör Trolle Ljungby 1846-1855  sid 231,de utvandrar till USA med sina tre barn Karna,Bengta och Sven. Finns ingen anteckning om namnet Rasses var har du sett det ?
MVH Birgitta
Titel: SV: Nilla Rasses
Skrivet av: Rick Johnson skrivet 2018-02-24, 18:20
Hello, Birgitta. Thank you for your response.

Yes, both my wife and I have several Swedish ancestors that emigrated to the US.

Unfortunately, the record I have is the only one that uses "Rasses" for the surname, and there is no accompanying text.

Regards,
Rick Johnson
Titel: SV: Nilla Rasses
Skrivet av: Lina Libell skrivet 2018-02-25, 12:24
I think Rassas is a simpy a misreading of Larsas, ie Lars's written in a non-standard dialect.

"Drg Swen Swensson på N: 2 Wbrga
och Pig Nilla Larsas dr på på N:o 5 Wbga"
Titel: SV: Nilla Rasses
Skrivet av: Birgitta Wind skrivet 2018-02-25, 14:36
Där har vi det säkert !
Bra att du fann det.
MVH Birgitta
Titel: SV: Nilla Rasses
Skrivet av: Rick Johnson skrivet 2018-02-25, 17:12
Thanks!