Swedish translation - Djeken

Lynn McCuistion

Please help me understand the use of the word “Djeken” in these household examinations.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGH-KCPB

and

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGH-KHD6

I believe the children on lines 3 and 4 were born while the mother was married. She became a widow in 1861 and had two illegitimate children Lines 5 and 6 Anna and Johann.

The birth record for Johan reads: 2nd oäkta of Pigan Djeken Anna Hansdotter @ #14 Sörboda

The birth record for Anna reads: oäkta of Pigan Djeken Anna Hansdotter @ #14 Sörboda

LINK
sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/F0008816_00077
SOURCE REFERENCE
Ore church archive, Dalarna county, Birth and baptism books, SE/ULA/12224/C/7 (1869-1894), image ID: F0008816_00077

The related Family Search Record is Djaken Anna Hansdotter id 27VG-1S3

Ulrich Neitzel

@Lynn McCuistion

Possibly just a (rather rare) first name, a spelling variant of Djäken. As of today there are 10 females and 13 males in Sweden with this name

https://www.ratsit.se/sok/person?fnamn=djeken&enamn=&gata=&postnr=&ort=&kn=&pnr=&tfn=&m=0&k=0&r=0&er=0&b=0&eb=0&amin=16&amax=120&fon=1&page=1

Lynn McCuistion

Thank you. I appreciate that you showed how rare the name is and that it is both male and female.

Forrest Emmett

@Lynn McCuistion There is a common practice in this region (Dalarna) to put a farm name in front of the given and patronymic name. It seems likely that Djeken Hans Andersson and Djeken Anna Hansdotter have a connection to a farm of the same or similar name "Djeken."

Lynn McCuistion

Thank you Forrest. This feels like the correct answer in my situation. I will look at the records again with this in mind.