scandinavian ancestry

Does your family come from Orust in Sweden? I'd be more than happy to locate their origins. Please contact me for more information and special fees.  

Contact me on; orust@scandinavianancestry.com

Update April 2010

These are all reunited families, all with a connection to Orust, Sweden, over the past year or so.   

Maria Andersdotter (1825-1904) och Abraham Nordlund (1826-1892) with family. Maja and her husband settled in South Dakota as did several of their children. Relatives of Julia Nelson, their daughter, is now in contact with a relative in Sweden.

Brothers Olle August Jansson (Johnson), John Severin Jansson, (Johnson).

Swanbergs  through Lilly Swanberg's family with Murphy. 

Ida Katrina Eliasdotter from Orust became Ida C Holmes in North Easton, MA. She married a man from Sandseryd, Småland, Sweden. Ida's younger sister Emelia came over too and married  Frans Oscar Olsson, he was also from Orust originally. Ida's great grandson who lives in Nantucket, MA, is now in contact with the family in Sweden. 

Theodor Olsson (Olausson) from Stala came to NY, married a girl from Karlskoga, Ulrika Bäckman. Theodore's grandchildren are now reunited with relatives in Orust, Sweden. (See photo below of Theodore and Ulrika Olson)

Ernst was born in Tegneby on October 16 in 1895. He emigrated in 1920 as Hjalmar Johansson. Brother Niklas Petterson in NY was his destination. He probably stayed with his brother for a while but he lived the rest of his life in Connecticut. He married Olga Wourisalo originally from Turku, Finland, and they had a daughter in 1927 named Hazel. Hazel has three children and we hope to be able to reconnect them with their roots in Orust in the nearest future.

Christian Christensson emigrates sometime after 1881, leaving his wife Anna Charlotta Larsdotter and son Karl Johan Mauritz in Sweden. Accused and sentenced for a crime that he probably did not commit, he  fled Sweden.  Christian's son Karl Johan Mauritz Christiansson, joins his father on August 6 in 1886. 14 years old. The destiny of Christian and his son is quite well known. C J M Christenson as he called himself in the US has living grandchildren.

I am currently locating a couple of Orust emigrants and their families. They are;

Edla Maria Johansson and her children who in 1897 left Uddevalla to join husband and father in New York.

Martin Johannesson/Eliasson b. Sept 25, 1870 in Langelanda. He left Sweden around 1891-1894. He's described on page 29 in the book about Emigrants from East Orust. Martin supposedly lived in the area RI/Maine and had three children.