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Titel: SV: Family name for illegitimate childern
Skrivet av: John Bentley skrivet 2016-11-09, 10:17
First a reminder of the basics. Childrens last names were pre 1900 derived from the fathers full name, specifically his first christian name. So if the child who died aged 4 was the son of Per Andersson (you do not give his first name), a son would without doubt be Persson and a daughter Persdotter. If the illegitimate child had an acknowledged father in the birth record, then the same would apply. Quite likely an illegitimate daughter of a woman named Larsdotter would otherwise be Larsdotter, and a son Larsson. I have a family example following the above for a son. However, the son adapted a different last name when adult, leading to my own speculation that his mother had at some time told him his fathers name, so he chose to use that name. However, the priest stuck to recording his old name in the household registers, only allowing him the name he had himself chosen to use on death. Possibly the new name gives a clue to the real fathers name, no further information has appeared.