Can't Find Birth Place

Heather Gibson_1

I cannot tell what my ancestors birth place is. It was indexed as Hvarf.

Please look for Erik August Andersson August 21, 1868.

Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGC-89KG?cc=2790465

If anyone could let me know that would be great. Thank you

Niels Just Rasmussen

I also think it says Hvarf -> could very well be Varv in modern spelling.

Varvs socken in Östergötland: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varvs_socken,_%C3%96sterg%C3%B6tland

Varv och Styra kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/VALA/00408/C/1 (1861-1880):

Born 21. August 1868.

Baptised: 28. August 1868.

Name: Erik August [Andersson].

Father: "Rusthållaren Anders August Andersson".

Mother: Mathilda Eriksdotter.

Place: Hvarfs Norrgård.

Source (bild 74/ sida 141): https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0009184_00074#?c=&m=&s=&cv=73&xywh=-319%2C2100%2C4214%2C2271

Heather Gibson_1

When I look up Hvarfs online I am not seeing that it is an area of Sweden?

Niels Just Rasmussen

Because Hvarf is the old spelling and Varv is the new spelling. [and the really old spelling in 1293 was Huarf], not that any pronunciation changes occurred, just different spelling conventions.

See the wikipedia link above and for the precise placement in Sweden here in google maps:

Source: https://www.google.com/maps/place/591+94+Varv,+Sweden/@58.6068736,13.0674249,7.44z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x465bdbe7c4043bc5:0x4dbd68b60301216c!8m2!3d58.4661795!4d15.1264853!16s%2Fg%2F1z2v7v945

"Hvarfs Norrgård" means "Hvarf's [Varv's] North-Farm" and is the name of the farm, they were living when Erik August was born in 1868.

Varvs socken = Varv's parish.