Could anyone make a guess at why the name Moback would become Petersson? I'm referring to Egby Alla;1 (1897-1936) image 730/ pg63 Skomare Per Aug Moback enka Kristina Karolina Moback Larsson Victor Henning Augusta Adeline (Petersson is added in) Hanna Signe Teresa (Petersson added) Oskar Sigried )Petersson added) Ernst Fridolf Moback All previous years the name was Moback When some of the above immigrated they used the name Petersson, not Moback. thanks susan fougstedt msuffda@verizon.net

Den 2015-09-11 kl. 04:14, skrev SUSAN FOUGSTEDT via: > > Could anyone make a guess at why the name Moback would become > Petersson? I'm referring to Egby Alla;1 (1897-1936) image 730/ pg63 > > Skomare Per Aug Moback enka > Kristina Karolina Moback Larsson > Victor Henning > Augusta Adeline (Petersson is added in) > Hanna Signe Teresa (Petersson added) > Oskar Sigried )Petersson added) > Ernst Fridolf Moback > > All previous years the name was Moback > When some of the above immigrated they used the name Petersson, not Moback. It was not automatic that the children would "inherit" their father's non-patronymic surname. Some could choose to use the patronymic (their father's given name + son/dotter) instead, in this case Persson/Petersson or Persdotter/Petersdotter. This was around the end of the 19th century, when the surname customs were changing, and in some families both sons and daughter would use the same (male) version of the name, in this case Petersson. It is not a case that their name was changed from Mobäck to Petersson, this is the first time they are recorded with surnames, see the previous household records in: Egby AIIa:1 (1897-1936) Image 460 / page 36 (AID: v173381.b460.s36, NAD: SE/VALA/00069). and: Egby AI:4 (1872-1896) Image 27 / page 22 (AID: v21933.b27.s22, NAD: SE/VALA/00069) BTW, the widow is recorded as "Kristina Karolina Mobäck f. Larsson", because she was a widow named "Kristina Karolina Mobäck", and her "maiden name" was Larsson. In previous records she was wife "Kristina Karolina Larsson". // Bo Johansson