Gustaf Backström supposedly born in Västanfors 3 July 1830

[Kim Melchior]

Everywhere I find Gustaf Backström including in the Clerical Surveys and Sveriges Dodbok 1860-2017 he is listed as being  born in Västanfors 3 July 1830.

Problem is I can not find him in the birth register for Västanfors.

I find him listed as the son of Per Backström and Sara Stina Persdotter in a tree on the MyHeritage website. It sounds like that could be  a possibility, but how will I prove it if I can't find a birth/christening record?

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[Leif Lundkvist]

If there is an error in his data at any time, that will probably follow him all the life, as data is copied from one book to the next. I find Gustaf the first time in Norrbärke (W) AI:10a (1838-1848) Bild 236 / sid 230 (AID: v131210.b236.s230, NAD: SE/ULA/11109). He is said to be born in Västanfors, but there is also a N. B. (Nota Bene) that suggests that that data maybe is not correct. He is said to arrive 1844 from a place I can't interpret, and as he was 14 at the time he probably moved from his parents.

Turns out that it was from Nedre Hagge, where he is with his parents, born 9/7, father as you say but not mother. He was born in Norrbärke (W) C:6 (1803-1836) Bild 196 / sid 193 (AID: v131263.b196.s193, NAD: SE/ULA/11109).

[Kim Melchior]

Leif Lundkvist,


Thank you so much.