This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: abrahams, abrahamson, pebersgn, peberson, pederson, peterson, etc. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4NB.2ACI/29.27.33.1.2 Message Board Post: my grandfather was harold p. abrahams(on) the on was dropped in the 1900's his fah]ther was olaf abrahams (on) mother - pauline pebersgn (or peberson, pederson, peterson, etc. ?) all were born in sweden. harold had 13 children . his wife was effie ann eaton of newburyport, ma. I am trying to trace back through both pauline and harold. harold arrived in US apox. 1905-1910 there are both harold and olaf abrahams(on) on the ellis,ny and boston,ma immigrant lists. pauline is difficult to find.