Help in finding name

[diane]

Helgaar(d) Surles(s)on  came to Canada in1940 -1941 Toronto  Looking for connection country Etc.  Was to train as a Pilot went back to country of origin I am his daughter.Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.Diane

[Elisabeth Thorsell]

The name as you have it mostly sounds Norwegian. Have you tried to find out if he did train as a pilot, in Canadian records? If found there, there would probably be the details you need to trace him.

[Jörgen Tollesson]

Maybe Norwegian, but more likely - at least in my ears - Icelandic!
 
This was during the war, so no Swede had any reason to join the Canadian airforce.

[Kaj Janzon]

Diane
 
It could also be an alias. Considering the historical situation in 1940-41 that possibility must be taken to account. I have a possible clue for you: The name Helgaard is a Danish surname. Try this webadress:
 
http://www.hvemforskerhvad.dk/.
 
Regards
Kaj Janzon

[Kaj Janzon]

Diane: The accurate web address to find the surname Helgaard on the site I referred to in my previous message is:
 
www.hvemforskerhvad.dk/n_reg97_us.htm
 
Regards
Kaj Janzon

[Helen Von Porieppe]

I am trying to find Information for Family Tree
of The Von Porieppe.
Told was in a Royal capacity.
Thank You.
Sandra Slade

[Maud Svensson]

Hi Sandra,  
the name von Porieppe cannot be found in any of the four works of reference that I have, which indicates that probably no member of the family was a prominent person in Europe and for a certainty not in Sweden.  
I think you should search your ancestors in France or Belgium, but don?t take that royal talk too seriously.    
Kind regards,
Maud

[Tami]

Looking for Christina Jansson/Jansdotter/Holmstrom she was born Feb 23,1862 in grasmark parish, Varmland. Her parents Jan and Kajsa moved to Vasternorrland (skonvik parish/skon?? sometime between 1870-1880 but no mention of Christina when they returned to Grasmark. Her family including siblings moved to Canada in 1890. Need help finding out what happened to her, Tami
email: tamihenderson@hotmail.com

[Peter Karlsson (Peterk)]

There is a Katrina Jansdotter b. 1862 in Viksjö parish and a Kristina Jansdotter b. 1863 in Alnö parish, both wifes in families in Västernorrlands län, and both are born in Gräsmark in Värmland.. If you click on their names you'll find more info about them. Maybe theese two can be worth having a closer lookup on.. Especially Kristina in Alnö, because Alnö and Skön parishes are situated next to each other. Viksjö parish is abt. 35 km straight north of Skön/Alnö, so it's not so very far away..
Names like Katrina/Kristina can be written wrong sometimes, and a note '1863' can actually be 1862, so you better check this info I think..
 
-If you gonna continue with this here on Anbytarforum, it's good to know that you'll find Skön and Alnö parishes in the province of Medelpad, and Viksjö parish belongs to the province of Ångermanland.. You can always ask directly under theese parishes (socknar) in the section 'Landskap' here in Anbytarforum.
Regards/Peter

[Sandy Nelson]

I am trying to find out how my grandfather got the name Fredin.  He was born to John Erik Anderson and Johanna Bergstrom.  I have information that he was born in Husby Sochen, Sweden, on July 27, 1869.  Name of John Erik Johnson-Fredin.  Parents died early and he was put into an orphanage.  When old enough he was put to work in the mines.  Baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Koppenburg, Sweden.
I need to now about the Fredin part.
Thank you for anything you can find out. Sandy

[Elisabeth Thorsell]

Your grandfather was indeed born 1869 July 27 in Hanåker, Husby, son of Jan Erik Andersson and his wife Johanna Carlsdotter.
 
Jan Erik Andersson was born 1821 Aug.17 in Hanåker, Husby, and his wife Johanna was born 1834 Apr.11 in Garpenberg. She is not listed here as a Bergström.
 
They lived in Hanåker the rest of their lives, and Jan Erik was their only child.
 
Johanna died 1874 Aug.18, and her husband died in 1887 March 25.
 
By then son Jan Erik had already, in 1885, left his home and started to work as a farmhand, first at Vikarbyn, then from 1887 at Hansbyn, and in 1889 moved to Näsbyn, all places in Husby. Later records are not available online.
 
Sources: Husby AI:18c, page 47; AI:19c, page 44; AI:20c, page 53, 68 and 84; AI:20b, page 107.
 
But he is probably identical with Jan Erik Frelin, born 1869 July 21(!) in Husby, who emigrated from Torsåker in Gävleborg county 1903 April 6 with a ticket for Minneapolis. His wife and two children left in 1903 August 28, also for Minneapolis, according to the database Emibas.
 
Evidently Jan Erik had started to use the surname Frelin before 1903, and we had no laws about surnames until 1901. Before that you just had to tell the parish minister that you wanted to be recorded with a specific surname, and that was all it took.
 
If you wish to read more about Swedish names, you can read a good article  here.

[Maud Svensson]

On April 16, 1893 Jan Erik Jansson (b. Jul 27, 1869 in Husby), at the time a farmhand in Näsbyn, Husby, went to the parish priest to get a 'move out certificate', as he had decided to move to Torsåker, Gävleborg county. He also told the priest that from now on he would have the surname Frelin.
All noted in the household examination records of Husby 1890-1898 (AI:22a page 212).
 
Jan Erik Frelin came to Ellis Island Apr 15, 1903, with s/s Celtic (www.stevemorse.org).

[Sandy Nelson]

Thank you so much.  You have provided me with many answers.  We knew nothing about our great grandparents, only names. We were wondering where the name was changed.  I figured it was before he came to the US, but no confirmation.  You have been a great help.  I will go from here.  Thanks again, Sandy

[Sandy Nelson]

Where do I go now to find out the confirmation I need for my family tree?  Sandy
English only please.