Hi Dianna, There is a Carl P. HALLGREN, abel-bodied seaman, on the Mariners website - three pages of entries, showing him as Swedish, aged 30-37, on various vessels - but not Charles/Karl Frederick - http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/results.htm?cx=004861337844262330206%3Ayq_2tgjydtg&cof=FORID%3A11&q=hallgren&sa=Search&siteurl=mariners.records.nsw.gov.au%2Fsearch.htm&ref=mariners.records.nsw.gov.au%2F&ss=1263j237221j8 Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > I'm doing research into Charles (Karl) Frederick HALLGREN who appears > twice in the newspapers in 1902 and 1904. Electoral district of Port > Melbourne Emerald Hill division List of names objected to upon list of > Rate paying Electors. This is in the newspaper 18 March 1904 "The Argus". > Could anyone tell me what this means please? Charles (Karl F) HALLGREN > came from Sweden (don’t know what year) was married to Kate Cunningham in > 1897 Victoria. Charles died in 1910 aged 41. > I am trying to find any information on his arrival in Victoria (or > Australia) and perhaps for him becoming a citizen, entry on electoral > roll, anything that will give me more details on him at all. It has been > suggested that he was a sailor but this has not been confirmed. Any > information would be great. Kind regards Dianna