Veddige kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker (inbunden serie), SE/LLA/13446/A II a/1 (1896-1906), bildid: 00108329_00132 Johan Berndt (24 sep 1878), no surname, emigrated from Veddige 5 Mar 1897. I could not find him in the port records. Martin Naomi Swanson skrev 2012-12- torsdag 17:41: > Morning List, > > I am still looking for Johan Velander's emigration. Since I last asked for a lookup I have found another Johan. According to death info for the Johan I am looking for is this possibility: > > Johan Berndt(?) Augustsson b. 23 Sep 1878 Veddige Halland > > I do know that he was in DeKalb, Illinois in 1898 as he applied for a marriage license on 9 Aug 1898 and his name at time was John Welander. When his brother Carl Alfred left for North America he used the surname of Velander, so maybe that is when Johan took the surname of Welander also. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Naomi in Illinois > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Johan Berndt is the brother of Carl Alfred. Their parents were August Berndtsson and Carolina Jacobsdotter. Martin