Who are the parents of Sven August Kristiansson (Christensson)

LegacyUser

Who are the parents of Sven August Kristiansson (Christensson)

I've tried to find any birth records, and house examinations for when he was a child but I haven't had any luck. What I do know:

 

Name: Sven Aug. Kristiansson (Christensson)

Event Type:Marriage

Event Date:4 Jan 1860

Event Place: Fjärås, Halland, Sverige

Event Place (Original): Fjärås, Halland, Sweden 

Residence Place: Haltet

Gender: Male

Age:22

Birth Year (Estimated): 1838

Spouse's Name: Carolina Johansdotter

Spouse's Residence Place: Haltet

Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse's Age: 32

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1828

 

1880 Census:

home church Nido, Domicile Fälared, Contract Fjäre, County Halland

 

Any help into what to reserch or where to look next would be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Chris Sanback

Amber Marstella Rothamer

I'm a newb... so bear with me as this may seem naive of me to ask or to assume that they are following historically typical Scandinavian surnames at this point in history, but have you tried researching a father?

Name: Kristian or (Christen)

Place: Fjaras, Halland, Sverige

 

Norm Baker

The household record for Fjärås for 1861-1875 says he was born in Landa Parish, Halland, Sweden 11 March 1838 and that she was born in Landa, Halland, Sweden 9 March 1831. See here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0010417_00099#?c=&m=&s=&cv=98&xywh=282%2C2707%2C3888%2C3224 . That would be a good place to start.

Norm Baker

Well, even though the household record said Landa, they were actually both born in Fjärås on those dates. You can find him here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0010431_00197#?c=&m=&s=&cv=196&xywh=-111%2C1783%2C2510%2C1570 and her here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0010431_00149#?c=&m=&s=&cv=148&xywh=1910%2C961%2C2336%2C1409 .

LegacyUser

Hey Amber,

 

Im a noob as well. But, that really is what I'm trying to figure out. I know the Scandinavian surnames can follow the typical patriarchal convention. That being said I haven't turned up anything that links a Kristian (Christen) to a Sven for those dates. I am used to US birth records where it states the mother and father. So I thought that might help.

LegacyUser

Hey Norm,

 

Thank you for all the links. I'm definitely new to genealogy and even more so to reading Gothic Swedish handwriting. But I don't see where it says Kristian or Christen next to Sven August's entry? What do those two columns represent? It's hard to determine since there is no heading for them.

Norm Baker

Sven August's father's name is written "Xsten Svensson". The "X" is often used to indicate the letters

"Chri" making his name "Christen".You can see it in the entry for the child on the second line below this-it is a girl named Nora Xristina (Nora Christina). There are several other examples of this on this page. Sven August's mother's name is Johanna (abbreviated Joha) Bengtsd(otter). The family is living on Håltet farm. This is them in the 1834-1841 household records: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0010414_00038#?c=&m=&s=&cv=37&xywh=695%2C1714%2C1409%2C1325 .

 

The columns meanings are as follows:

1) Child's name

2) Date of birth

3) Date of christening

4) Parents' names

5) Blank column (could be intended for the mother's age which is sometimes written)

6) Names of witness to the christening or godparents.

 

 

 

Heidi Kuosmanen

Columns in that Sven August birth record are from left to right:

Child's name

Birth day

Christening/baptizing day

Parents and place name

Witnesses/godparents