My husband is descended from the Bissmar(c)k family of Halmstad. His line of descent is:
1. Benedikt HALBMEIJER married Margareta SCHMIDT
2. Anna Dorotea HALBMEIJER (1718-87) m Fredrik Erasmus BISSMARCK (1709-69)
3. Fredric Benedict BISSMARCK (1752-1804) m Johanna Christina SIGNEUL (1765-1834)
4. Fredric Benedict BISSMARCK (1797-1836) m Anna Elizabeth RYDEN (1800-71)
5. Fredrik Edvin BISSMARK (1831-85) m Amalia Josefina SCHERDIN (1837-1905)
6. Carl Fredrik BISSMARK (1859-1921) m Johanna Augusta Mathilda MÜNZER (1867-1949)
7. Carin BISSMARK (1904-75) m William Chambers WEBER (1901-89)
8. Constance Bissmark WEBER (1937-) m David Barrymore RICHARDS (1927-)
9. Robert Felix-Treharne RICHARDS (1961-) m Anne Katherine COOKE (1961-)
Notes:
(1) Benedikt HALBMEIJER was a saddle-maker in Göteborg
(2) Fredrik BISSMARCK moved to Göteborg in 1740 from Pomerania
(5) Fredrik BISSMARK consciously dropped the 'c' in his surname
(5) Fredrik BISSMARK was born in Stockholm, Sweden
(6) Mathilda MÜNZER was born in Prestnitz, Bohemia in present-day Czech Republic - I don't think this place still exists with that name
(6) Mathilda MÜNZER died in Malmö, Sweden
(7) Carin BISSMARK was born in Malmö, Sweden and died in Westport, CT, USA
(7) William WEBER was born in New York, USA and died in Westport, CT, USA
(7) Carin BISSMARK married first, according to family legend, a Dutch Prince
(7) Carin BISSMARK and William WEBER married in Berlin, Germany in 1929
Any information would be wonderful - or clues as to where to look next. I am new to research in Sweden and would welcome any help.
Thank you.