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Särskilda ämnen & övrigt => _Archives => Discussions in English => Archive - General questions => Ämnet startat av: Karen Kelsey skrivet 2007-02-28, 16:41
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I am confused about where my ancestors lived. Perhaps someone who knows about the old area of Stockholm can help me. In the letters written by Carolina Ahlgren Olsson, she refers to the clock in the church which was outside the nursery of their apartment. From what I have reconstructed, they lived at 7 different addresses. She writes about the church clock in letters from the 1904 - 1911 era, when they moved between Klara parish and Johannes parish. I know that the postmarks from her letters in Dec 1907 and 1911 were from Malmskillnadsgatan #17. Today that address is in the financial district of Stockholm, since that area of the city has been rebuilt. Was that address near the Johannes parish church? If not, perhaps it was near the Klara parish church? Carolina talks frequently about having the clock outside the window of the house, and I'd like to include a recent photo of the church tower in my family history. Also, I will be in Stockholm next summer, and I want to see those churches. Thanks!
One more quick question - after the Olssons retired, they moved to Vendelsö. Is that an area of Stockholm, or a town that is north?
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Here is a map from hitta.se showing Malmskillnadsgatan 17.
Klara church is 3 blocks SW of that address, Johannes church is 6 blocks N.
There is a Vendelsö in Haninge, south of Stockholm city.
// Bo Johansson
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Hello, Karen
I can?t help you on the questions about Stockholm but I can tell you that Vendelsö is a small village, 1,5 swedish miles south of Stockholm in Österhaninge parish. Have a good day Leffe
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For images do a Google images search on Klara kyrka and Johannes kyrka.
The churches are also in the Swedish wikipedia Klara_kyrka and Sankt_Johannes_kyrka,_Stockholm
// Bo Johansson
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Thanks to both of you!