There is a wholly separate set of Hallmans from Sweden via Michigan that settled in Birmingham, Alabama in the early part of the century. Ironically, I found myself seated beside one of that family in 1965-ish at the University of Alabama. There are those who would suggest that many of the early southern Hallmans were from Scandinavia or indirectly so, via several generations in Switzerland. This opinion, tenuous at best, is derived from the prominent use of the name popular in Scandinavia of Wendel by the early settlers. Also, there is a town near Oslo called ( as I recall ) Wendel or some such. All of this is food for thought but entirely unsupported. Also, any kinship would be quite remote. Mark H.