Illegitimate Son

dlouise

Nestor Johnson was born October 2, 1878 in Karvia. He was the illegitimate son of Wilhelmina. From his birth record, I was able to trace Wilhelmina back to her parents and siblings, but Nestor is not listed. She married on July 3, 1880 in Karvia to Johann Jakobson. They had 4 children. Nestor is not with them. There is no mark on his birth record indicating he died. I searched death records in Karvia for 1878 and he is not there. What might have happened to Nestor?

Norm Baker

According to the communion records for Karvia he died 3 November 1878. The communion records for Karvia for this time period are available through a paid subscription to FFHA (Finland's Family History Association) or on microfiche at the the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The link to that record (through the FFHA subscription) is here: https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=5045&pnum=492.

However, the death records for Karvia for 1878 are freely available on Digihakemisto. A link to that record is here: https://digihakemisto.net/item/1255227379/6281331723/85.

dlouise

Thanks so much! I missed that one. I have subscribed to FFHA. Thanks for teaching me how to use it. The initial fee is just over $50 ($25/year next year). Well worth it!!