Is Hammarby in Stockholm County? What does this record mean?

[Steve Wilson]

We have been trying to determine information about Hammarby Parish in Upplands-Vasby municipality. Our relative was raised in the Masons Childrens Home in Kristineberg, and in 1898 was taken from the home to be a maid for a woman whose address in the 1890 and 1900 census was "Kapellet" which we have translated to "chapel". We found the church online, and the information for the chapel says it was built in the 1960's.  We would like to find the physical place she lived (Anna Pettersson) in the records at the 2 web addresses below.

Was there a chapel before with an apartment and it was rebuilt in 1960?
Could someone provide a translation of the headings for these two references?

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/00027868_00042
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/00027869_00037


Thank you!

[Ulf Svensson]

00027868_00042: Kapellet. The rest is tax information

00027869_00037: Vilunda, little. Kapellet, residence

Kapellet is classified as "lägenhet". The closest translation I can think of is 'residence'.
Here is a link to a map from the beginning of the 1900's.

https://historiskakartor.lantmateriet.se/arken/s/show.html?showmap=true&archive=RAK&archive=RAK&sd_base=rak2&sd_ktun=52414b5f4a3131322d37352d34
I'm attaching a part of the map where I have marked Kapellet.

[Ulf Svensson]

I looked up the history of Kapellet.
It was a croft called Kappale but the original name was changed over time to Kapellet. So it has nothing to do with church or chapel.
That is why it has taxing information to the name in the record.
It was mentioned in written sources for the first time in the 1530's

[Steve Wilson]

Ulf, thank you so much.  We are trying to figure out about my wife's great grandmother, Anna Pettersson.  Especially why she didn't come to America with the rest of her family in 1894, and what she did during the time after her family left and she came over in 1903.  We help from folks like you in this forum, and yesterday from staff at the Stockholm City Archives we have found so much.  Looking at the modern map, it appears all of this is gone.  Progress!

Thanks again for your help,

[Ulf Svensson]

Here are the GPS coordinates for 'Kapellvägen' Kapell road. It seems to be close to actual place.

                                WGS84        59°30'49.0"N 17°55'14.2"E            WGS84 DDM        59°30.816'N 17°55.237'E            WGS84 decimal (lat, lon)        59.513608, 17.920611            RT90 (nord, öst)        6601158, 1619759            SWEREF99 TM (nord, öst)        6600876, 665255   

[Steve Wilson]

Thank you.  We were just looking at the 1952 and 1979 economic maps and were close, but this confirms our search.  Thank you again, very interesting and this website with historical maps is very helpful.