Both Carl and Emma had fathers with the first name ‘Sven’. They are the last generation of Swedes who took their father’s first name and added son or dotter to it to form their last names.
Since then, the government ordered that all people retain their family names. When Philip immigrated to America, his passport shows his last name as Svensson, but all later documents here show him as Philip Swanson, the site author’s paternal grandfather.
In Swedish, Svensson sounds like Swanson and was more commonly used here.
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Carl Simon Svensson
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Emma Christina Svensdotter
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Carl Simon and Emma Christina Svensson Carl married Emma in Rogberga on 1898-01-29 and they had several children, Philips’ siblings: Karin Hildur Adina, b. 1894-03-02 in Rogberga (born to Emma)
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Note: Many records after 1900 have both not been entered into the SVAR Databases and also are “too new” with many people listed in the record books still living. Specific requests for these records can be made. |
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