My known family ancestors has grown nicely and I feel confident in the accuracy of my information. At the moment my family tree has 856 individuals listed, with the majority of them from Finland.
How big a majority of the individuals in my family tree are from Finland? I would estimate it at easily over 90%. So far I have not discovered anyone (on my side of the family) before the 20th century that was not born in Finland.
I am not adding ancestors to my family tree as quickly as I was at first. I have altered my course a bit, and am discovering and adding more information about some of my individuals on my family tree.
I do wish my wife's side of the family was easier to trace. She is from the Philippines, and her town was burned by the Japanese in World War II, destroying all records.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Friday, December 23, 2016
14 Children of Matts BJÖRKBACKA
While browsing HiskiProject this morning, I came across this information on my 5th great grandparent's children.
Right now is not a good time for me to start adding all these newfound relatives to my Legacy Family Tree, after all it is the day before Christmas Eve and there are things to do around the house.
The satisfying part of adding all these individuals to my family tree is recording their names, births, christening dates, and the village and farm they were born on. At that point of documenting what I can on their lives I have hopes that they all lived a long life, married, and had children.
Yet, I have learned not to get my hopes up, after all, in this period of Finnish history many of my ancestors had children that died in infancy.
I do see the 1732 births of children Mattz and Brita that were only four months apart. Hopefully I can find the church records online and clear that up.
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| 14 Children of Matts Mattsson BJÖRKBACKA |
The satisfying part of adding all these individuals to my family tree is recording their names, births, christening dates, and the village and farm they were born on. At that point of documenting what I can on their lives I have hopes that they all lived a long life, married, and had children.
Yet, I have learned not to get my hopes up, after all, in this period of Finnish history many of my ancestors had children that died in infancy.
I do see the 1732 births of children Mattz and Brita that were only four months apart. Hopefully I can find the church records online and clear that up.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Buried Same Day
Matts Carlsson Modig 1747-1789 and Anna Persdotter 1749-1789 were my 4th great grandparents on my father's side of the family. They lived in Kälviä, Finland, and Matts was a soldier.
15 January of 1789, Anna died of magref (stomach complaint), and Matts died four days later, also of magref (stomach complaint). Matts and Anna were both buried the same day, 25 Jan 1789.
Matts and Anna were married almost 19 years, and had 9 children together, plus Matts had a daughter with his first wife Maria Samuelsdotter. Maria died in 1769.
Four of Matts and Anna's children died in infancy, two lived what could be considered a normal lifespan, and the other children I have been unable to find information on their deaths.
Their 5th child, Magdlena, was my 3rd great grandmother.
15 January of 1789, Anna died of magref (stomach complaint), and Matts died four days later, also of magref (stomach complaint). Matts and Anna were both buried the same day, 25 Jan 1789.
Matts and Anna were married almost 19 years, and had 9 children together, plus Matts had a daughter with his first wife Maria Samuelsdotter. Maria died in 1769.
Four of Matts and Anna's children died in infancy, two lived what could be considered a normal lifespan, and the other children I have been unable to find information on their deaths.
Their 5th child, Magdlena, was my 3rd great grandmother.
Monday, December 12, 2016
A Sailor In The Family
Jacobus Mathiasson Hummelholm (1786-1825) was my 1st cousin five times removed, and his occupations in Pedersöre, Finland were both carpenter and sailor.
I suppose there is nothing really unusual about either occupation. Still, I was quite pleased to discover I have a relative from the past that was not a farmer. There is nothing wrong with being a farmer, and I am proud to come from a long line of farmers, but it was nice to finally discover a different occupation in my family history.
From what I am able to learn, Jacobus was not a sailor in the navy, but a regular sailor.
Jacobus was born in Esse, Finland, and moved to Pedersöre, Finland, where he married in 1810 to Susanna Mattsdotter Wästersund. Jacobus died in 1825 of bröstsjuka, which was usually pneumonia.
Jacobus and his wife Susanna had six children in their 15 years of marriage. Apparently Susanna remarried after the death of Jacobus. That husband was also a sailor.
Jakob (or Jacob) is the Swedish version of Jacobus, and I suspect that is the name he went by. Jacobus is the Latin version of Jakob, and some clergymen entered births in the church books using the names in Latin. Jaakko is the Finnish version of the name, but my ancestors were from the Swedish speaking part of Finland, so it is more likely he would have used the name Jakob or Jacob.
Although Hummelholm is the farm name he was born on, he was later listed as Hummel, and beginning with the birth of his daughter Caisa Greta in 1812, I find his surname listed as Westerlundin for the births of his other children.
I suppose there is nothing really unusual about either occupation. Still, I was quite pleased to discover I have a relative from the past that was not a farmer. There is nothing wrong with being a farmer, and I am proud to come from a long line of farmers, but it was nice to finally discover a different occupation in my family history.
From what I am able to learn, Jacobus was not a sailor in the navy, but a regular sailor.
Jacobus was born in Esse, Finland, and moved to Pedersöre, Finland, where he married in 1810 to Susanna Mattsdotter Wästersund. Jacobus died in 1825 of bröstsjuka, which was usually pneumonia.
Jacobus and his wife Susanna had six children in their 15 years of marriage. Apparently Susanna remarried after the death of Jacobus. That husband was also a sailor.
Jakob (or Jacob) is the Swedish version of Jacobus, and I suspect that is the name he went by. Jacobus is the Latin version of Jakob, and some clergymen entered births in the church books using the names in Latin. Jaakko is the Finnish version of the name, but my ancestors were from the Swedish speaking part of Finland, so it is more likely he would have used the name Jakob or Jacob.
Although Hummelholm is the farm name he was born on, he was later listed as Hummel, and beginning with the birth of his daughter Caisa Greta in 1812, I find his surname listed as Westerlundin for the births of his other children.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Shared Origins With My Wife
My wife is from the Philippines, and we have no idea when her ancestors arrived there. My grandparents were all born in Finland, and we have no idea when my ancestors arrived there.
However, through DNA testing my wife and I do now have some idea of our ancestral origins from tens of thousands of years ago on their journeys from the origin of mankind in Africa.
If mankind originated in Africa, then at sometime many many years ago, my wife's and my ancestors must have been parts of the same "group" of people, people with similar appearances, language, lifestyle, etc. At some point in time my ancestors headed off to what we now call Finland, and my wife's ancestors took a different direction, ending up in the Philippines.
Through our DNA testing and my internet research, I was able to discover that between 54,400 and 58,600 years ago, my wife's ancestors and my ancestors were part of the mtDNA Haplogroup R, which originated in Southwestern Asia.
I have no idea how many people were in the mtDNA Haplogroup R at that time, but it was fun to look this up, and then to wonder if our ancestors knew each other, or even if they were related.
However, through DNA testing my wife and I do now have some idea of our ancestral origins from tens of thousands of years ago on their journeys from the origin of mankind in Africa.
If mankind originated in Africa, then at sometime many many years ago, my wife's and my ancestors must have been parts of the same "group" of people, people with similar appearances, language, lifestyle, etc. At some point in time my ancestors headed off to what we now call Finland, and my wife's ancestors took a different direction, ending up in the Philippines.
Through our DNA testing and my internet research, I was able to discover that between 54,400 and 58,600 years ago, my wife's ancestors and my ancestors were part of the mtDNA Haplogroup R, which originated in Southwestern Asia.
I have no idea how many people were in the mtDNA Haplogroup R at that time, but it was fun to look this up, and then to wonder if our ancestors knew each other, or even if they were related.
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