Titel: SV: Translation help
Skrivet av: Don Kaiser skrivet 2020-01-23, 03:50
Dear Kristina Gunnarsdotter,
Thank you for your comments and the link about the Umeå fire of 25 Jun 1888. It's amazing to see how devastating the fire was from the photographs on Wikipedia. Yes, it's very interesting now, to know that Maria Johanna emigrated right after the fire. Sven Jonasson Björkland, my great grandfather, emigrated about 5 years later on 3 May 1893, so perhaps the family lore linking emigration with the fire, is not that obvious. In fact, my grandfather, Sven Gunnar Björkland, was not even alive at the time of the fire and was nearly 5-years-old at the time he, his siblings, his mother, Hilda Gustava Rönnlund (my great grandmother), and Lovisa Karolina, my great great grandmother emigrated on 26 Jun 1893. I'm glad you mentioned Lovisa because I know very little about her and the other supposed family members listed below her on the household page. A translation of those lines would be a good start?