Bo Johansson wrote 2013-01-05 08:33: > > --- Baptised 17 Jan 1725, number 4 > Master smith Samuel Taberman's and wife Kerstin Erichsdotter's daughter > Maria at Frösvidahl born the 14th Jan. > Witnesses: Nils Michelsson and Anton Martinsson, assistant smiths, wife > Sisilia Olufsdotter, maid Brita Erichsdoter. Or maybe Samuel Faberman... // Bo Johansson

Bo, Thank you so much for your help with this family! I think I have gone as far as I can go with this line since I have gotten back to the earliest church books for the parish. There also seem to be missing books in Tysslinge parish, leaving a few gaps in my research. Finding Maria Samuelsdotter's father answered my questions concerning records that I thought were her marriages, but which gave her name as Maria Taberman. (I am not sure if the name begins with T or F. Sometimes it looks like T and sometimes like F.) I found Samuel Taberman in the HFL at Frösvidahl. Maria's parents were not young when she was born in 1725. Her father was born in 1680 and her mother in 1688. Smiths had last names that were not patronymics. Do you know how they got them? Were they inheritable? Is there something I could read on this subject? Thank you! Annette On 1/5/13, Bo Johansson <bo.h.johan56@telia.com> wrote: > Bo Johansson wrote 2013-01-05 08:33: >> >> --- Baptised 17 Jan 1725, number 4 >> Master smith Samuel Taberman's and wife Kerstin Erichsdotter's daughter >> Maria at Frösvidahl born the 14th Jan. >> Witnesses: Nils Michelsson and Anton Martinsson, assistant smiths, wife >> Sisilia Olufsdotter, maid Brita Erichsdoter. > > Or maybe Samuel Faberman... > > // Bo Johansson > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Annette Bowen wrote 2013-01-06 00:37: > > Smiths had last names that were not patronymics. Do you know how they > got them? Were they inheritable? Is there something I could read on > this subject? I'm not an expert on smith names, perhaps some info here: http://web.comhem.se/~u31263678/genealogy/ // Bo Johansson