Titel: SV: Wolffe and Hoffstrom
Skrivet av: Erik Mouwitz skrivet 2021-01-30, 11:04
Here’s the whole crew of the ship “Expediten”. Six of them jumped ship in London, namely Abraham Holm, Johan Gustaf Nordén, Nils Magnus Hofström, Carl G. Kernander, Johan Fredrik Nordlund, Johan Fredrik Gren and Carl Johan Wulf. The phrase used is “Rymt i London d. 16 Sept 1805”, which means “Escaped in London on the 16th of September 1805.” (The term in Swedish is “rymma” which in literal translation means “to escape”. In this case, since they were pressganged, perhaps their “escape" wasn’t entirely voluntary…) This fits well, however, with the men being pressganged on the 15th, since they were probably put down as “escaped” after not showing up for a while or at the time of the ships departure. The name of the ship is not the same though, since the British records indicate that the men were taken from the ship “Ceres” rather than “Expediten”. I do not know why this would be. Perhaps the men had left their own ship before they were pressganged? I include an image of the entire page documenting the crew. I have tried to track down the further whereabouts of Wulf in Sweden, but have as of yet had no luck. When it comes to Hofström, I have managed to find his birth record and to trace a few generations of his descendants, and include a picture of the family tree I have drawn up so far. Living relatives seem very likely, since he had many children and grandchildren. Swedish records are accessed mainly through the website of Riksarkivet (the National Archive): https://sok.riksarkivet.se/ (https://sok.riksarkivet.se/) They provide digitised records of all the basics required for genealogy (church records and such) for free. Viewing material that is less than a hundred years old may require registering an account, but this is also free. If you need access to more specific records (like the Sjömanshus records) you may have to use ArkivDigital. It is quite an expensive service, but the picture quality is good and many records available on ArkivDigital are not found on Riksarkivet’s website, and vice versa. The pictures I have posted in this thread are all from ArkivDigital. https://www.arkivdigital.net/ (https://www.arkivdigital.net/) I am happy to provide further help in tracing these men and their families, since I find it an interesting challenge! Regards Erik