This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wallen Willen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TGB.2ACE/37.1 Message Board Post: I am researching Wallen family from Sweden. Any chance that you are familiar with. Nels Wallen wife Anna? (born Ireland) Son: Peter Wallen (born May 1844 Sweden) Son: Charles Oscar Wallen (name changed to Williams) Blacksmith (born @1857 Sweden) Family says either Nels or Charles deserted Swedish Navy.