Johan Sahlsteen

[Els Vermij]

From 1795 Johan Sahlsteen has a company (Sahlsten & Laurin) in Göteborg. Johan Joachim Laurin is his business partner. Laurin was born in Gotland, but is living in Amsterdam, where he runs another firm with his uncle. Laurin lives (temporarily) in Göteborg, but lives in Amsterdam from 1803.
Question: Was Johan Sahlsten also born in Visby? Could he be a son of Anders Sahlsten?

[Kalle Birgersson]

There are a lot of registers for Visby and I can't find Johan Sahlgren in any of them. Several other Sahlgrens though, but there were some in Göteborg also, and Kalmar. Do you have any more info on Johan? Like approximately when he was born, in what part of the city he lived or if he was already married before moving to Amsterdam?

[Anita Aronsson]

Hello Els,

This merchant named Johan Sahlsteen (1743-1812) living in Gothenburg might be the person you are looking for:
http://gamlagoteborg.se/Goteborgsfamiljer/languages/en/families/Family_92104362.html
http://gamlagoteborg.se/Goteborgsfamiljer/languages/en/persons/Person_88168086.html

Johan’s parents Sven Erik Sahlsten and Nora Hedvig Hallenberg are mentioned in ”Göteborgs Nation i Lund 1669-1906”(No. 1526 Carl Olof Sahlsteen): http://runeberg.org/gbglund/0286.html

Johan’s son Carl Olof Sahlsteen DoB 11th August, 1786:
Göteborgs Domkyrkoförsamling (O) C:3 (1781-1806) Bild 55 / sid 103
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0040609_00059

Johan’s estate inventory:
Göteborgs Rådhusrätt och Magistrat före år 1900 (O) EIIIa:48 (1812) Bild 149 / Sida 289
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0108478_00157

Regards, Anita Aronsson

PS. There is also information about Johan on Geni
https://www.geni.com/people/Johan-Sahlsteen/6000000038425922526

[Els Vermij]

Thank you Kalle and Anita. Sorry it took so long for me to reply!
As Sahlsten apparently had no connection with Gotland, Laurin and he must have met in another way when they set up business together. Thank you again for your answer! 

[Britt-Marie Sohlström]

It seems there is something wrong with the information in "Göteborgs nation i Lund 1669-1906". Strandridaren Sven Erik Sahlsten and his wife Hedvig Eleonora (Nora Hedvig) Hallenberg had a son Johan, but he was born 1763 in the parish of Hanhals, not 1743. They were married 1759 in Hanhals. Johan Sahlsteen i Göteborg had a child 1779, and according to note on death in Göteborgs domkyrkoförsamling 1812 he was born 1743. He could have been a brother of Sven Erik Sahlsten, a child with another mother, or they were not related at all. I now seaching the death note of Sven Erik Sahlsten, the family moved to Kungsbacka from Hanhals. More information with sources can be found here:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sahlsten-4