The following has been sent to both Lawrence & Barry Co Mo lists. My husband is a GG-grandson of Frederick L. Hultgren ( Lamberth Frithiof Hultgren), born Mar. 17, 1847, Vastervik, Sweden, & his first wife, Clara Josephine Carlson (Clara Josefina Carlsdotter), born Dec. 6, 1842, Blackstad Sweden. I know virtually nothing about the Carlson family. Fred married Olga Matilda Fyr, daughter of August Andrew Fyr & Matilda. I have been told that the Fyr surname was one taken after the family immigrated from Sweden---that the original name was Andersen. That information was given to me by a descendent of Fred & Olga--a copy of an old typewritten paper, author unknown. I have a lot of information on the Hultgren family, along with oodles of documentation. One of the most interesting is the family Bible for Fred & Olga, that is a Swedish Bible, with all entries in Swedish! It belongs to a descendent, and the page with their marriage and children, etc. was loose, so I was allowed to copy it several years ago. This can be seen on the MoBarry GenWeb site. Fred and Olga, and most of the family lived either near Verona, but mostly on Kings Prairie in Barry Co. Fred, Clara, & Olga are buried at Spring River Cemetery. Some of the family is buried at the Monett I.O. O. F. Cemetery. With the exception of family of Joe Hultgren, Fred & Olga' son, I have no contacts with any descendents of any of the above families. If there is anyone that connects to the Hultgren, Fyr, or Carlson familes, I would love to hear from you! Any information, especially on the Fyr and Carlson families will be very much appreciated! Thank you! Wilma

Wilma: I suppose you already know that "sen" on the end of the name of Andersen usually means that they were Norwegian or possibly Danish - and that his father's given name was Ander. It sounds to me like Hultgren may be a topographical name. I think the gren of the last of the name may mean branch and I am not sure what Hult means. Sweden did not have surnames until around 1901 when Patronymics was outlawed I don't know when the law became in effect for the rest of Scandinavia, but about that time. At that time everyone had to pick a name that they wanted to use. They could take their mother's or father's given name or if they wanted they could pick the area in which they lived. This caused great confusion because when the boat landed - they had to have a name - thus came the event of made up names such as Mustaparter, which I believe means black beard. Could your Fyr name be in this catergory? We are lucky because in Sweden, everyone had to report births, deaths and marriages to the local parish. It was used more like a court house than a church. The parish records have been filmed for most of - or all - of Sweden and I don't know for sure but I think all of Scandinavia has been filmed. You can order those and have them sent to your local LDS on an inter-library loan. When I was doing professional research on more than one occasion I used the Swedish census and the Swedish parish records and I can tell you that their record keeping is wonderful. LDS won't have the census but you can get it from another site - one sort of like Ancestry.com Many years ago I worked with the exchange student program and so I made several trips to Scandinavia and Europe. I have been to Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway and on two different occasions. I also have been in the Blackstad, Vastervick area, and if I remember correctly it is located south of Stockholm and on the west coast - and not near Norway. It is closer to Denmark so Andersen could very well be Danish. One word of caution there will be many people by the same name and maybe with the same birth date so everything will have to be exact - and to the T - you will need to match the entire family - so that you know that you have the right people captured. Since this is a Barry County list - and not a Swedish one - I will stop here but you can drop me a line if you want. Hope this helps enough to get you going. Donna Cooper -------Original Message------- From: mobarry@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:10:40 PM To: MOLAWREN@rootsweb.com Cc: MOBARRY@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOBARRY] Hultgren, Fyr & Carlson Family The following has been sent to both Lawrence & Barry Co Mo lists. My husband is a GG-grandson of Frederick L. Hultgren ( Lamberth Frithiof Hultgren), born Mar. 17, 1847, Vastervik, Sweden, & his first wife, Clara Josephine Carlson (Clara Josefina Carlsdotter), born Dec. 6, 1842, Blackstad Sweden. I know virtually nothing about the Carlson family. Fred married Olga Matilda Fyr, daughter of August Andrew Fyr & Matilda. I have been told that the Fyr surname was one taken after the family immigrated from Sweden---that the original name was Andersen. That information was given to me by a descendent of Fred & Olga--a copy of an old typewritten paper, author unknown. I have a lot of information on the Hultgren family, along with oodles of documentation. One of the most interesting is the family Bible for Fred & Olga, that is a Swedish Bible, with all entries in Swedish! It belongs to a descendent, and the page with their marriage and children, etc. was loose, so I was allowed to copy it several years ago. This can be seen on the MoBarry GenWeb site. Fred and Olga, and most of the family lived either near Verona, but mostly on Kings Prairie in Barry Co. Fred, Clara, & Olga are buried at Spring River Cemetery. Some of the family is buried at the Monett I.O. O. F. Cemetery. With the exception of family of Joe Hultgren, Fred & Olga' son, I have no contacts with any descendents of any of the above families. If there is anyone that connects to the Hultgren, Fyr, or Carlson familes, I would love to hear from you! Any information, especially on the Fyr and Carlson families will be very much appreciated! Thank you! Wilma Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .